Burning wood or coal to cook food is associated with increased risk of hospitalization or dying from respiratory diseases, according to new research conducted in China and published online in the American Thoracic Society's ...
Sep 21, 2018
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Women in India who cook using fuels such as wood, crop residues and dried dung instead of cleaner fuels are more likely to have visually impairing nuclear cataracts¹, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental ...
May 25, 2016
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Many Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults may have trouble accessing health care and insurance because of language barriers, a new analysis indicates.
Dec 28, 2022
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Kris Wood, PhD, had been going full tilt for more than six months, ever since he'd been hired to the faculty in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke. He was working 12 stressful hours a day, adjusting ...
Oct 26, 2017
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Deaths caused by indirect effects of the pandemic emphasize the need for policy changes that address widening health and racial inequities.
May 20, 2021
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Dr. Andrew Stokes, assistant professor of global health, is providing mortality data and modeling to the Documenting COVID-19 project and Muckrock in a collaboration that aims to identify the scope of underreported COVID-19 ...
Dec 22, 2021
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Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are now known to negatively control plasmid replication, according to Thomas Wood, Biotechnology Endowed Chair and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering.
Feb 1, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic is straining many families' abilities to meet basic needs, according to a study published April 28 by the Urban Institute.
May 5, 2020
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Much of our daily lives are taken up by habits that we've formed over our lifetime. An important characteristic of a habit is that it's automatic— we don't always recognize habits in our own behavior. Studies show that ...
Aug 8, 2014
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Using drugs to treat an infection could allow other co-existing conditions to flourish, a study in wild animals has shown.
Jun 17, 2013
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