Health
Lead from old paint and pipes is still a harmful and deadly hazard in millions of US homes
Lead is a potent neurotoxin that causes severe health effects such as neurological damage, organ failure and death.
Mar 8, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shares wāhine Māori birth experiences
Improving the sometimes-devastating birth and post-natal experiences of wāhine Māori in Aotearoa is the aim of a group of University of Otago researchers.
Mar 5, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A blood test will diagnose fibromyalgia more reliably
A research team from the University of Rovira i Virgili, University of Ohio and the University of Texas has developed an innovative method that allows fibromyalgia to be reliably diagnosed from a blood sample. Identifying ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Health
Extreme weather events tied to increased mortality and emergency department activity
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, which may particularly endanger vulnerable populations such as the elderly. Researchers examined how weather disasters between 2011 and 2016 ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Radiology & Imaging
Researchers look at environmental impacts of AI tools in radiology
As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in radiology, researchers caution that it's essential to consider the environmental impact of AI tools, according to a focus article published in Radiology.
Feb 27, 2024
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Health
Trust in NHS advice key to COVID vaccine uptake, study finds
People's trust in the NHS was linked to increased uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic, a study suggests.
Feb 13, 2024
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Medical economics
Can a $6.4 billion mental health ballot measure solve California homelessness?
For decades, thousands of Californians struggling with mental health and addiction have languished on the street. Now, voters will decide whether a March 5 ballot measure is the solution to get them the care they desperately ...
Feb 12, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Doctors may not be giving young cancer patients what they need
The rate of cancer deaths in the U.S. has steadily declined for several decades. But there's a caveat: We've recently seen a small but worrisome increase in the rate of certain cancers—particularly colon cancers—among ...
Feb 7, 2024
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Health
How better and cheaper software could save millions of dollars while improving Canada's health care system
Billions of Canadian tax dollars have been funneled to private companies to develop proprietary medical software. More tax dollars were then paid to the same companies to use the software to run our medical system.
Feb 5, 2024
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Medications
Social inequity linked to lower use of epidural in childbirth
In a study of women in labor in the U. S., social inequity was associated with lower use of neuraxial analgesia—an epidural or spinal pain reliever— among non-Hispanic white women and, to a greater extent, among African ...
Feb 1, 2024
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