Among 2,600 patients with opioid use disorder, approximately 5% across both sexes tested positive for COVID-19. In contrast, significantly more males than females presented with an opioid overdose, according to a study in ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Governments need to give 'urgent consideration' to their public health response to prevent any possible impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the number of suicides, experts warn.
Apr 22, 2020
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April is National Minority Health Month, making it the perfect time to focus on the often-significant disparities in health and well-being that affect racial and ethnic minorities across our country. But it's important to ...
Apr 9, 2021
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A new report calls for measures to protect elderly people in long-term care facilities and their caregivers who are particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 7, 2020
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Researchers from The University of Auckland have announced the results of a recent study showing that overweight and obesity in New Zealand costs the country between NZ$722 million and NZ$849 million a year in health care ...
Dec 11, 2012
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Australia's community health service workforce was pushed to its limits by the COVID-19 pandemic with new research revealing high levels of stress and burn-out among staff as many consider leaving the sector altogether.
Mar 10, 2023
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Heart failure in the elderly is set to triple by 2060, according to new data from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES) - Reykjavík study presented at ESC Congress 2016 today.
Aug 28, 2016
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Food insecurity is a social determinant of health that contributes to the burden of chronic diseases and poor mental health and disproportionately affects groups with socioeconomic disadvantage.
Feb 3, 2023
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Around 320,000 new cases of leukemia, a type of blood cancer that can affect all population groups, are diagnosed every year in Europe. In children, cases of leukemia make up a third of diagnosed cancers. Chemotherapy is ...
Dec 7, 2023
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When a person loses a parent or a caregiver at a young age, their immune system suffers later in life, according to University of Michigan research.
Jun 22, 2023
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