Parental burnout can lead to harmful outcomes for parent and child On 2019-08-28 When the daily stress of parenting becomes chronic it can turn into parental burnout, an intense exhaustion that leads parents […]
Medically unnecessary ambulance rides soar after ACA expansion On 2019-06-29 By 2016, two years into the expansion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 17.6 million previously uninsured people around the […]
Global study links better education, wealth to improved heart health On 2019-06-08 Findings from a sweeping global study conducted by SFU Health Sciences professor Scott Lear, among others, reveal a direct correlation […]
New analysis predicts top U.S. counties at risk for measles outbreaks: Cook County, Illinois, tops the list, followed by Los Angeles County, California, and Miami-Dade County, Florida On 2019-05-10 A team of researchers has identified 25 U.S. counties that are most likely to experience measles outbreaks in 2019. Their […]
College campuses are thinking about lactation spaces — but could be doing more On 2019-03-11 A college campus may not seem like a place that requires extensive lactation support. But while most undergraduates don’t have […]
New global migration estimates show rates steady since 1990, high return migration On 2018-12-30 On today’s increasingly crowded globe, human migration can strain infrastructure and resources. Accurate data on migration flows could help governments […]
Genetic changes associated with physical activity reported: Machine learning adds value to UK Biobank activity data On 2018-12-10 Time spent sitting, sleeping and moving is determined in part by our genes, University of Oxford researchers have shown. In […]
An opioid epidemic may be looming in Mexico — and the US may be partly responsible On 2018-11-30 Opioid use in Mexico has been low, but national and international factors are converging and a threat of increased drug […]
Flood dynamics increase population vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate On 2018-11-11 Diarrheal disease, a preventable and treatable illness, remains the second-leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 […]
Huge fall in prevalence of FGM/genital cutting among girls across Africa: But still pervasive in Iraq and Yemen; and conditions ripe for reversal of downward trend On 2018-11-09 The prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting among girls up to the age of 14 has fallen sharply in most regions […]