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Cancer now leading cause of death in high-income countries – while heart disease burden persists in low-income and middle-income countries
Two reports from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study published in the Lancet and presented together at the …
Texas cities increasingly susceptible to large measles outbreaks
The growing number of children arriving at Texas schools unvaccinated makes the state increasingly vulnerable to measles outbreaks in cities …
Should doctors accept unvaccinated children as patients? 41% of parents may seek new provider because of unvaccinated children at their doctor’s office
Four in 10 parents say they are very or somewhat likely to move their child to a different provider if …
Physical and mental health of seniors linked to optimism, wisdom and loneliness: Findings can be used to develop new, health-focused interventions in aging populations
Ten thousand Baby Boomers turn 65 every day. By 2029, the entire generation born between 1946 and 1964 will be …
Mass drug administration reduces scabies cases by 90% in Solomon Islands’ communities: Largest study of its kind provides important evidence for global strategy on scabies control
Mass drug administration (MDA) of two antibiotics can be highly effective at reducing cases of scabies and the bacterial infection …
Government subsidies could be key to containing hospital-born infections
Healthcare-associated infections — illnesses that people contract while being treated in a hospital or other healthcare facility — sicken millions …
Violence against long-term care staff ‘normalized’
Violence against staff working in long-term care facilities — including physical assault, verbal abuse and sexual harassment — has become …
Attitudes about health affect how older adults engage with negative health news
To get older adults to pay attention to important health information, preface it with the good news about their health. …
Integrated therapy treating obesity and depression is effective
An intervention combining behavioral weight loss treatment and problem-solving therapy with as-needed antidepressant medication for participants with co-occurring obesity and …