Clinicians and public health practitioners should start considering the concept of flourishing when examining patients and assessing population-level health trends, according to a new … Continue reading “Opinion: Clinicians and public health experts should focus on flourishing”
Advances in wireless technology are helping expand the use of telemedicine and allowing doctors to remotely monitor patients’ vital signs, take x-rays, and provide … Continue reading “Better tech opens up new possibilities for telemedicine”
Teenagers who live in areas with poor air quality could be at greater risk of experiencing psychosis, researchers have found. The study, published in … Continue reading “Is there a link between air pollution and psychotic experiences in teens?”
Boeing is running out of time to regain the public’s trust following the fatal crashes of two of its 737 Max 8 aircrafts in the past six months, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health crisis leadership experts.
New recommendations released March 25, 2019 by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association call for policy changes to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among children and teens.
In light of numerous sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church and across Southern Baptist churches, many Americans are questioning whether to remain in … Continue reading “Op-ed: Consider long-term health benefits before cutting ties with church”
Although the number of people living with dementia is expected to rise as the world’s population ages, dementia incidence rates appear to be falling, … Continue reading “Dementia rates may be falling by 15% per decade”
Gina McCarthy wants to get the word out that climate change is more than just “a distant issue”—that it’s a very real threat to … Continue reading “Shedding light on climate change’s threats to health”
Proposed changes in how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assesses the health risks of fine particulate matter, a form of air pollution that has … Continue reading “EPA may limit review of evidence on air pollution and health risks”
In China, one out of every five children is overweight or obese, up from just one in 20 in 1995, and the nation’s booming … Continue reading “Spike in childhood obesity in China may be due to economic growth”