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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
The prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting among girls up to the age of 14 has fallen sharply in most regions […]