Health
People in hotter, poorer neighborhoods at higher risk of death during extreme heat
In Vancouver, heat exposure and social vulnerability can be a lethal combination.
Jun 28, 2016
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Health
Reducing the sodium content of packaged foods: How does Canada measure up?
In 2010, as part of a national sodium reduction strategy, a multi-stakeholder working group published Canada's Sodium Reduction Strategy. This strategy was meant to act as an essential public health intervention to address ...
Apr 26, 2016
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Health
Interventions requiring less individual agency should be prioritized to fight obesity
Public health interventions that require individuals to invest fewer individual personal and psychological resources are likely to be most effective and equitable; such "low-agency" approaches should therefore be central ...
Apr 5, 2016
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Health
New international research reinforces the link between public policy and life expectancy
While average life expectancy has been rising steadily in most countries over the past century, new research led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that life expectancy declined significantly and rapidly ...
Mar 22, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social media use associated with depression among US young adults
The more time young adults use social media, the more likely they are to be depressed, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Mar 22, 2016
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Health
Researcher discusses issues with 'vaccine hesitancy'
Every now and then, a virus emerges that captures the world's attention and sparks a rush to create a vaccine to prevent its further spread: think H1N1, Ebola, and now Zika, a flu-like disease with seemingly mild effects ...
Mar 18, 2016
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Medications
Drug overdoses in PA increased 14-fold in past four decades
Drug-overdose deaths in Pennsylvania increased 14-fold in the last 35 years, with rates climbing especially fast in relatively young white women, according to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
Mar 10, 2016
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Health
Breaking up prolonged sitting benefits postmenopausal women
(HealthDay)—Breaking up prolonged sitting with standing or walking improves postprandial markers of cardiometabolic health in overweight/obese, dysglycemic, postmenopausal women, according to a study published online Dec. ...
Dec 7, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study explains racial and ethnic disparities in unintended pregnancy
A new study from the University of Maryland School of Public Health examined why African American and Hispanic women have higher rates of unintended pregnancy than White women. Researchers found that there were unique factors ...
Nov 23, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Weill analysis finds high prevalence of hepatitis C
Upwards of a million more people have been infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) than current estimates indicate, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine. The investigators say their finding exposes a critical ...
Oct 22, 2015
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