2022-07-20 Too hot to handle: Climate considerations for youth sport during the hottest years on record Many young athletes spend hours in the hot sun every day. Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Jessica R. Murfree, Texas A&M University and Natasha Brison, Texas A&M University At least 50 high school football players in the U.S. […]
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As Big Pharma Loses Interest in New Antibiotics, Infections Are Only Growing Stronger
2022-07-18 As Big Pharma Loses Interest in New Antibiotics, Infections Are Only Growing Stronger Arthur Allen Forget covid-19, monkeypox, and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even hospitalizations because of the failure of […]
Y Chromosome Loss and Aging
2022-07-03 Y chromosome loss through aging can lead to an increased risk of heart failure and death from cardiovascular disease, new research finds Chromosomes change over time, whether through the process of aging or exposure to harmful substances in the environment. Steven Puetzer/The Image Bank Kenneth Walsh, University of Virginia The Research Brief is a short […]
Kids Want to Put Montana on Trial for Climate Policies
2022-07-17 Kids Want to Put Montana on Trial for Unhealthy Climate Policies Nick Ehli For her birthday every October, Grace Gibson-Snyder and her family explore the Lamar Valley just inside the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. Carved long ago by meandering glaciers, the valley is home to bison and bald eagles, grizzly […]
Scepticism for Rural Hospital Rescue Program
2022-07-16 Rural Hospital Rescue Program Is Met With Skepticism From Administrators Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News and Tony Leys In West Texas, the tiny hospital in Crosbyton has only two beds, and they’re not always occupied. “We rarely admit patients,” said Steve Beck, chief executive of the hospital, which is 40 miles east of […]
Epilepsy and CBD
2022-07-15 Patients With Epilepsy Navigate Murky Unregulated CBD Industry Eric Berger In 2013, Tonya Taylor was suicidal because her epileptic seizures persisted despite taking a long list of medications. Then a fellow patient at a Denver neurologist’s office mentioned something that gave Taylor hope: a CBD oil called Charlotte’s Web. The person told her the […]
Self-Managed Abortions Gain Attention
2022-07-14 Self-Managed Abortions Gain Attention, but Helpers Risk Legal Trouble Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio At a recent rally in Nashville, Tennessee, Planned Parenthood organizer Julie Edwards looked out at some of the “back-alley abortion” imagery on signs, including bloody coat hangers. Edwards reminded the crowd, driven into the streets by the U.S. […]
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Is Killing Patients. Yet There Is a Simple Way to Stop It.
2022-07-13 Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Is Killing Patients. Yet There Is a Simple Way to Stop It. Brett Kelman Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals. Inside were tissues, bar soap, deodorant, toothpaste, […]
In America, Cancer Patients Endure Debt on Top of Disease
2022-07-12 In America, Cancer Patients Endure Debt on Top of Disease Noam N. Levey RAPID CITY, S.D. ― Jeni Rae Peters would make promises to herself as she lay awake nights after being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. “My kids had lost so much,” said Peters, a single mom and mental health […]
White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD, according to a new study
2022-07-12 White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD, according to a new study Children with ADHD typically exhibit a combination of hyperactivity, inattentiveness and/or impulsive behavior. Klaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision via Getty Images Paul L. Morgan, Penn State The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea […]