Medicare eligibility and enrollment are associated with decreases in the percentage of low-income adults who delay or avoid medical care
Month: October 2022
Heart risk factors, not heart disease itself, may increase odds of COVID-19 death
Seeking to clarify connections between pre-existing heart disease and COVID-19, a study of critically ill patients has found their risk
Professor offers pandemic health advice for Halloween
In 2020, we created chutes to send candy to trick-or-treaters at a distance. We canceled Halloween house parties. The theme
Method for detecting waves of COVID-19 infections can shape critical public health decisions during a pandemic
A method that combines case investigation data from local health departments and hospitalizations records from local institutions allows for the
A new multilayered approach discovers 50 novel candidate genes for Parkinson’s disease
Many neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) result from the combined effects of mutations in several genes (i.e., polygenic).
New research, set in China, suggests that using masks for health reasons also leads people to behave more ethically
Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global increase in the number of people wearing masks to limit
Suicide risk almost seven times higher after diagnosis of young onset dementia
A study of nearly 600,000 people in England shows that suicide risk in the first three months following a dementia
Researchers discover new molecular driver of retinoblastoma
Despite decades of medical advances, children who develop the pediatric eye cancer retinoblastoma often lose their vision or an eye
Malaria treatment is saving money while saving young lives
Young children in sub-Saharan Africa often become severely anemic as consequence of a malaria infection. Treating them requires blood transfusions
Study links prenatal phthalate exposure to reduced childhood lung function
A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that exposure to phthalates in the womb