by Libby Richards, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Millions have rolled up their sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine, but why haven’t they rolled up their pants legs instead? Why do we get most shots in our arms? As an associate professor of nursing with a background in public health, and as a mother of two curious kids, I...
Intensive blood pressure treatment targeting systolic blood pressure <120 mm Hg results in lower rates of major adverse cardiovascular events and lower all-cause mortality than a standard treatment target among patients at increased cardiovascular risk, according to a study published in the May 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Cora E. Lewis, M.D., M.S.P.H., from...
Eating a Western diet impairs the immune system in the gut in ways that could increase the risk of infection and inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Cleveland Clinic. The study, in mice and people, showed that a diet high in sugar...
OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: RESPONSES RECEIVED ON THE TELEVISION-WATCHING PATTERNS IN CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 1 TO 6 YEARS AND THE CORRESPONDING EYESIGHT CONCERNS SHOWN BY THEIR PARENTS DURING ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL YEARS. CREDIT: 2021 OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY It is ingrained in parents to curtail the hours their children spend in front of the television. Anecdotal evidence suggests...
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IMAGE: ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR POPULATION SCIENCE AND INTERIM CO-LEADER OF THE CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM AT VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER. CREDIT: VCU MASSEY CANCER CENTER Nearly a quarter of pregnant women say they’ve been around secondhand smoke – in their homes, at work, around a friend or relative – which, according...
lThe findings highlight the risk for consumers to contract foodborne illness—contaminated animal products that sicken tens of millions of people in the US each year—and the prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms that, when they lead to illness, can complicate treatment. The researchers found that, compared to conventionally processed meats, organic-certified meats were 56% less likely to be...
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY Alcohol appears to have an immediate–or near-immediate–effect on heart rhythm, significantly increasing the chance that an episode of atrial fibrillation (AFib) will occur, according to new data presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session. The data revealed that just one glass of wine, beer or other alcoholic...
by European Society of Cardiology Credit: CC0 Public Domain Women with mildly elevated blood pressure in their early 40s have a two-fold risk of acute coronary syndromes in their 50s compared to their counterparts with normal blood pressure. That’s the finding of a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European...
by Tara Hurst, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The development of several COVID vaccines in less than a year has given us all hope of a release from the pandemic. Now the goal has shifted to ensuring widespread vaccine coverage is achieved as quickly as possible around the globe. However, it is unlikely that any of...
Do you need to have your teeth cleaned or a cavity filled? Go ahead. Dental treatment won’t put you at risk for contracting COVID-19, a new study affirms. “Getting your teeth cleaned does not increase your risk for COVID-19 infection any more than drinking a glass of water from the dentist’s office does,” said lead author Purnima...
