Cart is empty There are too many heartbreaking stories of babies and young children suffering serious injury or even death due to an accident in the home. You hope it doesn’t happen to your family, and taking preventive measures is the first step in ensuring it doesn’t.
Poor social determinants of health tied to vision loss
Social determinants of health (SDOH), across multiple domains, are associated with vision loss, according to a study published online April 6 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
1 in 5 American adults say they have relative killed by a gun
Nearly 20% of the American population has had a family member killed by a gun, including by suicide, and 1 in 6 has witnessed a shooting, a new survey found.
‘Hard to get sober young’: Inside one of the country’s few recovery high schools
Every weekday at 5280 High School in Denver starts the same way.
New approach targets norovirus, world’s leading cause of foodborne infection
Every year, norovirus causes hundreds of millions of cases of food poisoning—and the deaths of at least 50,000 children—yet there exists no real way to control it. The virus has proven exceptionally difficult to study in the lab, and scientists have struggled to develop effective vaccines and drugs.
Modified Botox found to give long-term pain relief after nerve injury without side effects
A team of scientists from the Universities of Sheffield, Reading and University College London (UCL) and US-based biopharmaceutical company Neuresta have created a new, elongated botulinum neurotoxin which can alleviate chronic pain without risk of paralysis or addiction.
Ability to afford dementia social care impacted by cost of living crisis
The first academic evidence of how the cost of living crisis is impacting people with dementia has been published today in the journal Aging & Mental Health, showing people were forced to reduce how much they use social care and support services because of cost.
Unique statewide survey provides insight into cancer-related knowledge, beliefs and behaviors of Hispanic residents
Cancer is the leading cause of death for Hispanics in the U.S. and in the state of Indiana. A survey of adult Hispanic Indiana residents, conducted by researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University, presents a snapshot of Hispanics’ cancer-related knowledge, beliefs and behaviors, providing guidance for the future development of tailored cancer screening messaging and prevention strategies.
New study shows more deaths with cancer as contributing cause during first year of pandemic
In a new study, American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers have discovered that deaths with cancer as the underlying or primary cause decreased in the United States during the first year of the pandemic in 2020 compared to 2019, continuing the decreasing trend from prior years. In contrast, mortality rates with cancer as a contributing cause were higher in 2020 compared to 2019, reversing the decreasing trend from prior years. The study was published today in the Journal Oncology Practice (JOP).
What causes motion sickness? Here’s how to reconcile the mismatch in what your senses are telling your brain
My first experience with motion sickness was as a college student, standing on the back of a marine research vessel looking at interesting things dredged from the seafloor off the California coast. It was a day trip, the weather was good and the sea was calm. I was unaware of the boat’s gentle pitching and rolling, instead concentrating on the mud and organisms on a table in front of me.