Cart is empty A new transnational comparative study led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst highlights the challenges and successes of coastal communities in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic while adopting sustainable development strategies.
Assertive pharmacists can play key role in minimizing unnecessary drug prescriptions
Assertiveness—a communication style that involves frank self-expression while respecting others—is considered a teachable skill and has been regarded as useful in improving the safety of medical care. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have found that assertiveness among pharmacy pharmacists is associated with appropriate prescribing for safe drug treatment.
The cost of tobacco is hitting disadvantaged households in Australia the hardest
Disadvantaged households have higher rates of smoking, putting pressure on their household budgets, University of Queensland research has found. The study is published in the journal Tobacco Control.
Firearm violence creates an impact on dental health
Higher firearm violence in neighborhoods is linked to lower rates of people going to the dentist and higher rates of total tooth loss, known as edentulism, according to Rutgers researchers.
Having a father with Alzheimer’s disease may be tied to a greater spread of tau protein in the brain
While some studies have suggested that having a mother with Alzheimer’s disease may put you more at risk of developing the disease, a new study finds that having a father with the disease may be tied to a greater spread of the tau protein in the brain, which is a sign of the disease, according to a study published online in Neurology.
Eight or more drinks per week linked to signs of injury in the brain
Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problems, according to a study published online in Neurology.
Advanced genome sequencing enables genetic diagnosis for complex psychiatric conditions
In a manuscript published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry titled “Long-Read Genome Sequencing in Clinical Psychiatry: RFX3 Haploinsufficiency in a Hospitalized Adolescent With Autism, Intellectual Disability, and Behavioral Decompensation,” authors describe how they leveraged long-read genomic sequencing (LRS) to make a genetic diagnosis in a 17-year-old male with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and acute behavioral decompensation that would not have been possible by standard methods.
With risk on the rise, team examines the punishing costs of tuberculosis care across the globe
These are uniquely challenging times in the fight against the enduring and accelerating scourge of tuberculosis (TB)—an airborne illness caused by bacteria that kills more people than any other infectious disease despite the fact it’s preventable and curable.
Rapid growth of blood cancer driven by a single genetic ‘hit’
A new study has unveiled when chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, arises in life and how fast it grows. Researchers reveal explosive growth rates of cancerous cells years before diagnosis and variation in these rates of growth between patients. Such rapid growth rates had previously not been observed in most other cancers.
Children born in lower-opportunity neighborhoods may face higher incidence rates of asthma with recurrent exacerbations
Children born in neighborhoods with fewer opportunities are more likely to experience repeated asthma flares requiring emergency care or medical treatment, with non-Hispanic Black children having the highest incidence rates of asthma with recurrent exacerbations, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.