Half of Americans know antibiotic resistance is a health threat, but many still misuse the drugs
Almost half (45 percent) of the people surveyed said they had personally not followed their doctor’s instructions regarding the taking of antibiotics.
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Federal grants ‘a lifesaver’ in opioid fight, but states still struggle to curb meth
“Even just the moniker, like ‘the opioid epidemic,’ out of the gate, is problematic and incorrect,” said Leo Beletsky, an associate professor at Northeastern University. “This was never just about opioids.”
Years of working long hours linked to an increased risk of stroke
Although the research comes with some important caveats, it is troubling nonetheless, particularly for American workers, who are among the most overworked in the developed world.
Dietary supplements that claim to boost brain health are a waste of money — and potentially harmful — experts say
Each year, about 23,000 Americans are treated in hospital emergency rooms for side effects related to known and unknown ingredients in dietary supplements.
Minnesota teens’ pregnancy rates fall to all-time lows, but their STI rates climb to record highs
The report attributes the “alarmingly high” STI rates to a variety of factors, including a lack of adequate resources for STI prevention, testing and treatment.
Injuries from personal care products send thousands of young children to ERs every year, study finds
Most of the injuries (86 percent) were poisonings, which resulted when the child swallowed the products. The remaining injuries (14 percent) were chemical burns.
Participation in running events has fallen in recent years, study finds
Global participation in 5Ks, 10Ks, half marathons and marathons decreased by 13 percent during the past two years, according to a new report.
Out of the ashes: Self-portrait series depicts a young artist’s struggle with psychosis
This spring, a collection of Uma Oswald’s self-portraits was hung at the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health, a center that brings together researchers to study the latest research on mental illness in young people.
‘White coat hypertension’ may signal an increased risk of heart disease and early death, study suggests
White coat hypertension is a phenomenon where a person’s blood pressure reading is high at a doctor’s office but normal at home.
Certain strategies shown to help reduce consumption of sugary drinks
ALSO: “Traffic-light” labels, limiting the availability of sugary beverages in schools, and price increases at restaurants, stores and recreational centers are among interventions that work.
Climate change causes ‘roller coaster’ mercury levels in Wisconsin fish
Researchers find that climate change-caused variations in Wisconsin lake levels have begun to reverse recent gains in controlling environmental mercury.
Genetics may help explain why some people are dog owners, study finds
After conducting a study involving more than 35,000 pairs of twins, the researchers say they believe genetic variation may explain as much as half of people’s propensity to own a dog.
Having a life purpose linked to longer life, study finds
The study’s authors believe that purposefulness — which they define as “a self-organizing life aim that stimulates goals” — has health benefits and should be consider a modifiable risk factor for premature death.
Weighing yourself daily may help avert ‘weight creep’ during holiday season, study suggests
Much of the weight that American adults gain during the winter holidays — an average of 1 to 3 pounds, according to studies — tends to persist afterward, particularly among the people who are overweight.
Many people’s earliest ‘memories’ are fictional, study finds
What many people are really recalling is “an episodic-memory-like mental representation consisting of remembered fragments of early experience and some facts or knowledge about their own infancy/childhood,” write the authors of the study.
As U.S. measles cases surpass 1,000, study finds that anti-vaxxers’ minds can be changed
Researchers report that exposing people to the pain and suffering caused by vaccine-preventable diseases helps a significant proportion of vaccine-hesitant people become pro-vaccine.
Once a death sentence, Minnesota officials now have a plan to ‘effectively end’ HIV epidemic in the state
New drugs can make the disease untransmittable — but not everyone can afford them.
Minnesota remains ‘point of access’ to abortion services as other states rush to impose restrictions
As the overall number of abortions performed in Minnesota has gone down, the share of nonresidents receiving abortions in the state has risen.
Many alternative medicine practitioners make false or misleading claims about treating celiac disease, study finds
The study examined the websites of 500 alternative medicine practitioners in the 10 most populous metropolitan cities in the U.S.
80 percent of antibiotics prescribed by dentists are unnecessary, study finds
The finding is “concerning,” write the authors of the study, given the role that unnecessary antibiotics are playing in the development of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.”