People are five times more likely to catch coronavirus at home from a family member than from contacts outside their household, study claims Korea Centers […]
Largest study of prostate cancer genomics in Black Americans IDs targets for therapies
Black men in the United States are known to suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer, but few studies have investigated whether genetic differences in prostate tumors […]
Study finds decreased rates of high-cost care after a community development initiative
More than a decade into the community development initiative called Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families, the 30-block Southern Orchards neighborhood on Columbus, Ohio’s South Side had […]
Medicare’s race, ethnic data often undercounts minority populations, study finds
The information critical to a nationwide priority of reducing health care disparities among minorities is incomplete and inaccurate, according to a new Rutgers study. Published […]
Preterm birth ups mom’s long-term heart disease risk, study says
(HealthDay)—Over a lifetime, women who’ve had a preterm delivery have a higher risk of heart disease, new research suggests. The findings point to the fact […]
Linking hospital and other records can predict both fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses, study suggests
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the odds of a fatal opioid overdose were 1.5 […]
Vegetarians are slimmer and less extroverted than meat eaters, study finds
According to a survey by the Allensbach Institute, more than 6.1 million Germans stated last year that they were vegetarians, 400,000 more than two years […]
Study finds another reason to wash hands: Flame retardants
Harmful flame retardants may be lurking on your hands and cell phone, according to a peer-reviewed study published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. […]
Largest study to date of electronic dental records reviews understudied populations
The largest study to date of electronic dental records delves into both previously inaccessible data and data from understudied populations with the ultimate goal of […]
Study demonstrates association between exposure to air pollution and vascular damage
A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, contributes new evidence about the negative […]
Study finds TAVR is safe treatment for patients with bicuspid valve disease
For many patients with a bicuspid aortic valve that needs replacing, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) appears to be a safe treatment option with low […]
Coronavirus was in Brazil before carnival: study
The new coronavirus was circulating in Brazil in early February, weeks earlier than initially detected, and just before millions of people were partying in the […]
Malaria drug shows no benefit in another coronavirus study
A new study finds no evidence of benefit from a malaria drug widely promoted as a treatment for coronavirus infection. Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the […]
A study reveals potential causes of female infertility
Over the last six years a group of Estonian geneticists led by Associate Professor Agne Velthut-Meikas and Ph.D. student Ilmatar Rooda from the TalTech Department […]