Cart is empty Shedding unwanted pounds can be hard for anyone, but may be especially difficult for Deaf sign language users who experience barriers to mainstream weight loss programs and the social support they offer. While those programs may feel isolating or out of reach, results from a University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) clinical trial published in Obesity show that a specialized weight loss program designed for Deaf people by Deaf people helped participants lose weight.
COVID-19: Institutional politics was crucial to success of vaccine technology transfer in Brazil
When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic in March 2020, laboratories and pharmaceutical companies were already developing vaccines, and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), an arm of the Brazilian health ministry, began looking for partners to produce a vaccine against the disease in Brazil.
ZRA recovers K3.5m from illicit transactions
By BUUMBA CHIMBULU
The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has recovered over K3.5 million from seven companies found wanting by the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) for being involved Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs).
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New research in finds telemedicine consistently outperforms in-person visits for cancer care when both are available
New research in the May 2023 issue of the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network from Moffitt Cancer Center finds that telemedicine consistently outperformed in-person visits for both access to care and provider response, according to a long-term study on patient experience.
Young Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders found to face highest cancer death rates
The National Cancer Institute has revealed for the first time that young Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) are the race group that experiences the highest rates of cancer death among people their age in the U.S.
Colorado sounds alarm over spike in syphilis among mothers, babies: ‘One case is one case too many’
Eight times as many babies were born with syphilis in Colorado in 2022 as in 2017, and while the numbers are still small, the public health community is racing to get the disease under control.
Study shows specific links between childhood trauma and schizotypy dimensions in adolescent population
Childhood and adolescence are critical periods for the developing brain. It is a period of environmental challenge and stress. The adolescent population is particularly vulnerable to childhood trauma, which can disrupt the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and the cortisol feedback loop, increasing the potential risk of developing psychotic symptoms and other psychopathologies. However, the relationship between childhood trauma, vulnerability and affective symptoms in the adolescent population remains unclear.
Study: Women are underrepresented in cardiovascular clinical trials
A new study has shown that women are underrepresented in late-breaking cardiovascular clinical trials (LBCT) presented at national meetings. The study is published in the Journal of Women’s Health.
COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency. What that means (and what we’ve learned along the way)
World Health Organization (WHO) experts have officially declared that COVID no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (Pheic). This coincides with the WHO’s new strategy to transition from an emergency response to longer-term sustained COVID disease management.
Microbubble macrophages track tumors
Macrophages, a type of white blood cell, defend the body by engulfing and digesting foreign particles, such as bacteria, viruses, and dead cells. The immune cells also tend to accumulate in solid tumors, so tracking them could enable new ways to detect cancer and the earliest stages of metastasis.