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Pandemic increases substance abuse, mental health issues for those struggl
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic is having a detrimental impact on substance use, mental health, and weight-related health behaviours among people with obesity, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern and the UTHealth School of Public Health.
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Study indicates malaria risk can be accelerated by multiple mosquito blood
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 3 (ANI): A recent research by Virginia Tech and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health revealed that multiple blood meals by mosquitoes increase malaria transmission potential and shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites.
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Multiple mosquito blood meals can expedite risk of malaria, study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], January 2 (ANI): A study lead by a team of researchers from Virginia Tech and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health claimed that multiple bouts of blood-feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmissio
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Medicaid expansion not enough for diabetes patients: Study
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Boston [US], November 29 (ANI): A study led by researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) claims that Medicaid expansion is not enough to improve the health care for patients with diabetes.
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Coming out as bisexual associated with increased risk of smoking: BU study
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 7 (ANI): A new first-of-its-kind Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study paints a more precise picture by looking at LGB+ identities separately and over time, finding that bisexuality is the identity most associated with smoking, especially around th
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Cannabis use appears to encourage, not replace, non-medical opioid use
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Contrary to some claims, people in the U.S may not be substituting cannabis for opioids, according to new research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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Scientists discover bacterium linked to deadly childhood disorder
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have discovered bacteria linked to post-infectious hydrocephalus (PIH), the most common cause of pediatric hydrocephalus worldwide.
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Weight between young adulthood and midlife linked to mortality: Study
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], August 14 (ANI): Changes in weight between young adulthood and midlife may have important consequences for a person's risk of early death, suggests a new study from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH).
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Covid spread can be contained in US universities with students testing eve
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 2 (ANI): The coronavirus spread can be controlled in US universities if students are tested for the infection every two days, according to a study published on Friday.
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Study looks at opioid use and driving outcomes among older adults
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Colorado [USA], July 12 (ANI): A new study from faculty at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus looks at the relationship between opioid use (medicines used for pain relief, including anesthesia) and driving among older adults.
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US could've saved 36,000 lives if social distancing measure adopted earlie
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 22 (ANI): The United States could have saved 36,000 lives only if the social distancing measure was adopted a week earlier instead of March 15, according to new research from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health scientists.
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'Contagion' Cast collaborate with scientists to unveil series of coronavir
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 28 (ANI): With the aim of disseminating evidence-based information about the coronavirus, the cast of 'Contagion' in collaboration with scientists from Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health and Participant unveiled a series of PSA videos on Friday.
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