Legalization of cannabis threatens clean indoor air and public health

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After years of progress on protections against secondhand tobacco smoke, multiple states and local governments now allow indoor smoking of cannabis at licensed cannabis businesses. A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, found that over 50 localities in the United States allow indoor smoking at these businesses, exposing customers and employees to secondhand cannabis […]

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Healthier supermarket layout improves customers’ food choices, study shows

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New research from the University of Southampton shows that removing confectionery and other unhealthy products from checkouts and the end of nearby aisles and placing fruit and vegetables near store entrances prompts customers to make healthier food purchases. The study, led by Dr. Christina Vogel, Principal Research Fellow in Public Health Nutrition and Janis Baird, Professor of Public Health and […]

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Sweden to lift most COVID measures

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Sweden will remove virtually all coronavirus restrictions on September 29 with the pandemic under control and the vaccination rollout well-advanced, the government said Tuesday. Hygiene rules and social distancing to combat the virus will still be encouraged in public places, according to the authorities. “Our aim has always been to lift the restrictions as soon as possible,” Health Minister Lena […]

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Transgender Individuals Twice as Likely to Die as General Population

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Mortality is consistently twice as high in transgender people receiving hormone treatment compared with cisgender individuals in the general population and has not decreased over time, shows a five decades-long study from the Netherlands. Particularly concerning is that trans women (male to female) had a mortality risk nearly double that of cis men (born and remain male) in the general […]

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A new Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance profile for knee cartilage MRI

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New recommendations will help provide more reliable, reproducible results for MRI-based measurements of cartilage degeneration in the knee, helping to slow down disease and prevent progression to irreversible osteoarthritis, according to a special report published in the journal Radiology. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis, with a prevalence of more than 33% in adults older than 65 years. […]

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How Google Maps can help with efforts to tackle delays in accessing critical maternal health services

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Every year, 295,000 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth globally. Nigeria accounts for an enormous 23% of these deaths. Each one is a needless tragedy, and preventing them should be a global priority. How can we do so? Research has shown that prompt access to nine critical maternity services, together known as emergency obstetric care, can […]

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Offices Harbour Unseen Asthma Triggers, Shows UK Study

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Offices, air conditioning systems and the surrounding environment harbour a host of potential triggers for occupational asthma that, if left unaltered, can drive workers to leave their jobs, say UK researchers. Dr Christopher Huntley, from University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and colleagues looked at more than 2700 occupational lung disease patients, identifying 47 with occupational asthma. They found that […]

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