Paid home care workers are helping patients manage chronic conditions and promoting general and mental health—going well beyond the personal care contributions for which they have been historically associated, according ...
Jan 18, 2022
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For as long as sex has existed, people have been shamed for talking about it. To this day, kids are taught a very narrow perspective on sex education which is comprised mostly of details of erections, ejaculations, and acts ...
Jan 18, 2022
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In a first-of-its-kind study comparing hundreds of millions of social media posts about online health topics, a team of researchers found that posts about COVID-19 were less likely to contain misinformation than posts about ...
Jan 12, 2022
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Two years ago, a previously unknown virus plunged humanity into an unprecedented global crisis that has transformed our daily lives—and significantly expanded scientific knowledge.
Jan 06, 2022
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A study of the impact of national face mask laws on COVID-19 mortality in 44 countries with a combined population of nearly one billion people found that over time, the increase in COVID-19 related deaths was significantly ...
Dec 15, 2021
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New research in the December 2021 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network found that only 59% of oncology clinical trials studied provided adequately-defined rules for censoring. The researchers ...
Dec 15, 2021
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Individuals with chronic health conditions are more likely to also struggle with mental health, a problem that only intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers from Canada and the UK have now uncovered the 'best ...
Dec 15, 2021
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In a new peer-reviewed paper in the American Journal of Public Health, physician and researcher Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, leads a diverse group in tackling how words used in relation to firearm injuries and deaths can impact prevention ...
Dec 08, 2021
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European governments have struggled to manage the pandemic well and maintain public trust, finds an analysis of the handling of the COVID-19 crisis by Germany, Sweden, and the UK, published in the open access journal BMJ ...
Dec 06, 2021
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Two new studies published by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago provide evidence that public policies to reduce consumption of added sugars through taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages are effective and sustainable.
Dec 02, 2021
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