In the United States, premature death associated with exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution—a toxic gas emitted primarily by burning fossil fuels in cars, trucks and power plants—is more likely to impact people ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Montana state Sen. Becky Beard thought she'd found a fix for a shortage of assisted living care options for Montanans who can't afford to pay for it themselves—a shortage she became aware of while searching for a suitable ...
Jul 21, 2023
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Through a partnership with Capital Area Human Services District, one of Louisiana's largest behavioral health providers, LSU leverages AI technology to catch early warning signs of serious mental illness and improve treatment.
Oct 25, 2022
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An Oxford University study to identify the multidimensionally poor in the developing world has found that in 49 countries, half of the poor are so deprived they should be classed as 'destitute'.
Jun 17, 2014
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The phrase 'you are what you eat' was coined almost a century before Alois Alzheimer made his breakthrough in identifying brain disease, but the evidence is now clear that diet as well as age influences the brain.
May 21, 2024
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Health benefits that have resulted from reductions in fine particulate air pollution aren't distributed equally among populations in the U.S., a new Yale-led study finds. Racial and ethnic minorities—and Black people in ...
Aug 31, 2023
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The vast majority of older homeless adults have access to mobile phones, but they are usually basic phones, without annual contracts that let them keep stable numbers, and thus are only practical for one-way communication, ...
Dec 5, 2018
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Effective tuberculosis control in India needs political will and commitment, backed by sufficient resources, says a senior doctor in The BMJ this week.
Mar 23, 2015
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Older people with mobility problems living without home adaptations have poorer health and higher levels of pain, according to researchers at The Universities of Manchester and Hong Kong.
May 5, 2022
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In an African pandemic it is more productive to consider lockdowns after using other non-medical measures first, especially in countries with high levels of poverty and corruption, says Prof. Nicholas Ngepah, a Professor ...
Jul 28, 2021
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