Why most health apps are biased even before their first lines of code are written
Many of us use digital health tools every day, such as period trackers, fitness apps or online quizzes to check our mental health.
Oct 10, 2026
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Social Sciences: News and Research on Demography
MeSH tree: I01.240
Aging smoker population explains rise in five-year mortality risk
Smoking kills. But why does smoking seem more likely to kill now than a few decades ago? In 1987, a smoker had a 3.4% chance of dying within five years. By 2013, a smoker had a 4.9% chance of dying within five years.
Sep 22, 2026
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Warming climate can put women at greater risk of violence
Unusually warm periods may be linked to an increased risk of intimate partner violence against women, according to a new IIASA-led study covering 31 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The findings highlight how rising temperatures ...
Sep 14, 2026
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Laughter therapy can help people with COPD breathe more easily
A clinical trial for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) shows that laughter therapy can reduce breathing difficulties and is as effective as more traditional breathing exercises. The research was presented ...
Sep 6, 2026
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Report measures blue spaces as major public health assets in Scotland
Scotland's rivers, lochs and coastlines deliver health benefits worth up to £123m a year in the Forth region alone, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen that puts a monetary value on the impact of blue ...
Aug 26, 2026
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New metric reveals how inequality can spark epidemics despite low overall risk
Influenza spreads in a crowded barracks or prison. Ebola proliferates when per capita hospital beds plummet below typical levels in developed countries. Bedside discrimination leads some patients to die and others to survive.
Aug 19, 2026
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Eight in ten adults track their own health: New survey
Before breakfast, you may already have checked your sleep score, resting heart rate or blood oxygen level. By bedtime, you might look at your step count, stress score or even an estimate of your biological age. For millions ...
Aug 14, 2026
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Most UK adults track health themselves, yet unequal access could widen care gaps
Most people in the UK already monitor their own health and well-being, and an overwhelming majority would be happy to do more if advised by the NHS, according to a new University of Manchester–led study.
Aug 14, 2026
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Four-paper series broadens sex workers' health focus beyond HIV prevention
A new four-paper series in The Lancet Public Health reflects a two-year collaboration among researchers at San Diego State University and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Global Network of Sex Work ...
Jul 28, 2026
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A call for greater focus on social factors that shape health
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has published a new call to action statement urging the sports medicine community to intentionally incorporate social determinants of health (SDoH) into research, clinical care, ...
Jul 9, 2026
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