Taking a break from drinking alcohol even for just one month can lead to surprising and significant improvements in both physical and mental health, according to Jennifer Steiner, an assistant professor at Florida State University.
Jan 2, 2024
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A few years ago, the World Health Organization estimated that blood poisoning, or sepsis, is involved in 1 in 5 deaths around the world; 11 million people die from sepsis each year, of which nearly 3 million are children.
Dec 29, 2023
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Strategies used by doctors to increase patient engagement with health information may work with white Americans, but can backfire with Black Americans.
Dec 27, 2023
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People who maintain or increase their aerobic fitness are at less risk of being hospitalized in the future, particularly if they were hospitalized previously. These are the findings of a study conducted at the University ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Currently, the most deprived fifth of people in England experience 11.9 fewer years of healthy life than the least deprived fifth: a total gap between the groups of 135 million years.
Dec 21, 2023
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A new QUT-led study that maps health statistics in Australia highlights the disparities in small area-level data and identifies communities where people may have unhealthy behaviors that could lead to cancer.
Dec 20, 2023
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A common new year's resolution for many is to improve health and fitness for the year ahead. Achieving optimal immune health while working on your fitness can be tough following the festive period in the peak cold and flu ...
Dec 19, 2023
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AI models in health care are a double-edged sword, with models improving diagnostic decisions for some demographics, but worsening decisions for others when the model has absorbed biased medical data.
Dec 19, 2023
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Scientists and clinicians at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) have identified two compounds—sST2 and suPAR—in the blood of dengue patients ...
Dec 18, 2023
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The future for AI regulation is currently being charted in the United States and will have significant effects on the health sciences, writes Vanderbilt researcher Laura Stark in a new article.
Dec 13, 2023
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