Plant-based alternative food consumption may have doubled in UK over ten years suggests first analysis of its kind
The proportion of UK people reporting eating and drinking plant-based alternative foods such as plant-based milk, vegan sausages and vegetable burgers nearly doubled between 2008-2011 and 2017-2019, according to a new study in Science of the Total Environment. The study was led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), with partners the […]
How Can the U.S. Avoid Another COVID-19 Stockpile Disaster?
WASHINGTON — What can be done to prevent poor federal responses to disasters, such as the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) that was woefully under-stocked when COVID-19 hit? That’s the question addressed in a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Responding to public health emergencies has largely been under the […]
Onset of Allergies including asthma and hay fever not directly causally linked to mental health traits
Allergic diseases such as asthma, atopic dermatitis and hay fever do not cause the onset of mental health conditions or vice versa, according to the findings of a new University of Bristol-led study published today (6 October) in the journal Clinical and Experimental Allergy. While previous studies have reported an observational relationship between mental health and […]
What’s Behind the Racial Differences in Women’s Cancer Screening?
When it comes to racial disparities in cancer screening for women, factors such as disability, medical comorbidities, and insurance status may be playing an outsized role, a cross-sectional survey based in Chicago found. While women who identified as Black, Hispanic, or another race or ethnicity were significantly less likely than white women to be up […]
Which Pediatric Research Is Overfunded by NIH?
Some pediatric research areas, such as congenital birth defects and HIV/AIDS, were disproportionately overfunded by the NIH in recent years relative to their disease burden in the U.S., according to a cross-sectional study. NIH funding for disease-specific research largely appeared to correlate with pediatric disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost to that disease in the U.S. […]
Stanley Tucci’s Tongue Cancer
Actor Stanley Tucci is known for his roles in films such as “The Devil Wears Prada,” “The Hunger Games,” “The Lovely Bones,” “Spotlight,” and “Julie and Julia.” But now he is becoming known for another role — cancer survivor. In an interview in the September 2021 issue of Virgin Atlantic’s inflight magazine Vera, 60-year-old Tucci […]
New AI algorithm to improve brain stimulation devices to treat disease
For millions of people with epilepsy and movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, electrical stimulation of the brain already is widening treatment possibilities. In the future, electrical stimulation may help people with psychiatric illness and direct brain injuries, such as stroke. However, studying how brain networks interact with each other is complicated. Brain networks can […]
Online & Outraged? Facebook ‘Likes’ Stoke the Fire
Latest Mental Health News MONDAY, Aug. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) Rewards such as “likes” and “shares” fuel expressions of moral outrage on social media because they reward people who post such messages, a new study suggests. “Social media’s incentives are changing the tone of our political conversations online,” said first author William Brady, […]
Tetanus Booster Shots for Adults: Risk Factors & Symptoms
Tetanus is a serious disease that can cause severe complications, such as death. Hence, it’s best to prevent it with booster shots even as adults. The tetanus vaccine is often believed to be only required after a puncture wound caused by rusted nails or an open injury that is contaminated. However, the bacteria that cause […]
New study examines commuter characteristics and traffic pollution exposure among commuters
New research examines commuter characteristics to better understand how factors such as departure time, frequency, and commute length are associated with exposure to air pollution. Using personal air pollution monitors, the research clustered commuters to determine whether these clusters were associated with traffic pollution exposures. The study reveals that commuters that travel during rush hour […]