New UK Biobank research, led by the University of Glasgow and published today in BMC Medicine, has found that black and south Asian ethnic groups have a higher risk of testing positive with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes ...
May 29, 2020
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The coronavirus hits older people and those with chronic medical conditions hardest. But many of these folks didn't take the virus seriously as the outbreak took off in the United States, a new study finds.
Apr 15, 2020
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In the high-impact journal Appetite the UPV/EHU's Nursing and Health Promotion research group has published a study using photovoice methodology and which qualitatively compares citizens' perceptions about the food environment ...
Feb 24, 2020
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A strong ability in languages may help reduce the risk of developing dementia, says a new University of Waterloo study.
Sep 12, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Socioeconomic factors, largely outside an individual's control, account for racial differences in cardiovascular health behaviors, according to a study published in the July issue the American Journal of Preventive ...
Jun 20, 2018
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A study of all 3rd-5th grade youth in one U.S. county examined differences in access to playgrounds and associations between youth weight and playground accessibility and quality. The study, which focused on variations in ...
Jun 13, 2017
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After decades of declining US smoking rates overall, most remaining smokers have low income, no college education, no health insurance or a disability, according to research from the Colorado School of Public Health at CU ...
Mar 24, 2017
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There are significant demographic and regional disparities in the use of insulin pumps in New Zealand, according to new University of Otago research.
Sep 23, 2016
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Advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell, have led to improved survival predominantly among young and white patients, with less of an increase in survival observed in ...
Aug 22, 2016
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Last month, the UK health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, called childhood obesity "a national emergency", but the government has once again delayed publishing its strategy aimed at combating it.
Mar 9, 2016
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