Medical research
Decolonizing global health research: A checklist for equity
Global health equity means more than working toward good health around the world. It also means fairness for researchers.
Jan 23, 2023
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News tagged with global data
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Assessing the risk of spread of Zika virus under current and future climate scenarios
It is of great significance to estimate the urban cycle area and the sylvatic cycle area of ZIKV worldwide and predict its future trends based on observed records, historical "bioclimatic" variables, population data, and ...
Aug 5, 2022
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Medical research
What allegations of Alzheimer's research fraud mean for patients
Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent form of dementia and, with a rapidly aging global population, it is fueling unprecedented demand for costly patient care. There have been an estimated 400 clinical studies since the ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Massive dataset could reveal which governments have best responded to COVID-19 pandemic
How well did our political institutions manage the COVID-19 pandemic, and are they prepared to handle future threats to the public? A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York hopes ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO believes COVID getting worse, not better in North Korea
A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency assumes the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea is "getting worse, not better," despite the secretive country's recent claims that COVID-19 is slowing ...
Jun 1, 2022
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Health
New study finds public health messaging could benefit from an 'autonomy-supportive' approach
Novel research led by psychologists from Durham University, UK and Illinois Institute of Technology, U.S., along with the collaborative network of researchers around the world (under the consortium name "Psychological Science ...
May 27, 2022
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Genetics
Genomic differences selected through evolution may offer clues as to why COVID-19 outcomes vary widely
Though underlying medical conditions play an important role, many aspects of why COVID-19 severity can differ vastly from one patient to another have remained unclear.
May 19, 2022
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Study reveals a persistently high burden of osteoarthritis across the globe
Osteoarthritis—a chronic joint disease that causes pain, disability, and loss of function— has remained a major public health concern worldwide in recent years. That's according to a recent analysis published in Arthritis ...
Mar 2, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Researchers standardize collection, reporting of wearable activity trackers' data
Wearable activity trackers are not only popular with consumers but also commonly employed by clinicians for both real-time and remote monitoring of patients' physical fitness. When these devices are used as healthcare monitoring ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why 'data for good' initiatives mostly failed to impact the COVID-19 public health crisis—and how to improve
Inspired by their own experiences, representatives of a data-driven initiative to aid the COVID-19 response have outlined what they view as major obstacles to the successful use of novel data released by technology companies ...
Jan 18, 2022
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