Latest - Public Health & Prevention

• High-Dose Flu Vaccine Boosts Immune Response in RA Patients A flu vaccine used in elderly patients is safe and more effective than the traditional vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, who are particularly susceptible to influenza, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Eating More Organic Food Tied to Lower Cancer Risk A huge observational study from France surveyed adults online about food consumption and then followed them for a mean of 5 years.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• The Healthcare Provider's Role in Prevention of Maternal Death   New information shows that most maternal deaths are preventable, and tools are now available to reverse our devastating maternal mortality rates.
  CDC Expert Commentary, October 2018
• Computerized CBT Used Alone Is Safe, Effective, and Well Liked   Does computerized CBT work when it is used alone? Dr Peter Yellowlees discusses promising results from a randomized clinical trial.
  Medscape Psychiatry, October 2018
• EASD 2018Nasal Glucagon: Less Fear in Treating Hypoglycemia in Diabetes? Lilly's investigational nasal glucagon was equally effective and safe as the injected formulation in reversing severe hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes; it may prove simpler to use in stressful situations.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Modified Cotton Could Be Human Food Source After U.S. Green Light U.S. regulators have cleared the way for farmers to grow a cotton plant genetically modified to make the cottonseed edible for people, a protein-packed potential new food source that could be especially useful in cotton-growing countries beset with malnutrition.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Genes, Not Diet, Main Determinant of Urate Levels Heredity plays a substantially larger role than diet in determining serum urate levels, according to new findings in BMJ.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Children With Heart Conditions and Their Health Care Needs This study aimed to determine the prevalence of heart conditions among children in the US. What are their demographic characteristics, and what percentage require special health care?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2018
• Protective Effects of Exercise on Cognition and Brain Health Can exercise help improve cognition in older adults?
  Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, October 2018
• WADA Should Remove Cannabis From Banned List Says Canada's Rebagliati With Canada about to legalize marijuana on Wednesday, the World Anti-Doping Agency should remove cannabis from its banned list of drugs, says Canadian Ross Rebagliati, whose Olympic snowboard gold medal was taken away after he tested positive for the drug then subsequently returned on a technicality.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Zika in Africa: Rare Birth Defect on the Rise in Angola Emiliano Cula starts to cry as his tiny fingers, curled into a tight fist, are stretched by a physical therapist to stimulate motor control.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Poverty Tied to Worse Heart Health Among U.S. Teens Adolescents from low-income families are more likely than their affluent peers to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease like obesity, inactivity, poor nutrition and tobacco use, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Australian State Legalizes Abortion After Parliamentary Vote Australia's Queensland state has legalizsed abortion after lawmakers were allowed a free vote late on Wednesday, making it the fifth Australian state to do so.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• PrEP Dramatically Cuts New HIV Infections in Australia Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)dramatically reduced new infections in a large group of high risk gay men, Australian researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• U.S. Prepares for Biggest-Ever Agent Orange Cleanup in Vietnam U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday visited a former American air base in southern Vietnam that will soon become the biggest-ever U.S. cleanup site for contamination left by the defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Go Fish! Minnow 'Nutrient Bombs' Deployed to End Malnutrition
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Cardiotoxicity Common With Angiogenesis Inhibitors Tyrosine kinase inhibitors that target vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR-TKIs) are commonly associated with cardiovascular toxicity.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Trump's 'Public Charge' Plan 'Jeopardizes' Health, Groups Say One official said the plan goes after things "essential to human survival" and that advocates will sue to overturn the proposal if it is not withdrawn.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• More Evidence Herpes Virus Strongly Tied to Alzheimer's New epidemiologic studies suggest a causal relationship between the herpes virus and Alzheimer's, as the involvement of the immunology system in the disease becomes a 'hot' research topic.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Dementia and Guns: When Should Doctors Broach the Topic? There are no scientific standards for when a health care provider should discuss gun access for people with cognitive impairment or at what point in a person with dementia becomes unfit to handle a gun.
  Kaiser Health News, October 2018