U.S. healthcare facilities have capacity to meet colorectal cancer screening goals
US government agencies and their colorectal cancer prevention partners have set a goal that at least 80% of adults ages 50-75 will be screened for colorectal cancer. A recently published study conducted by researchers at the Centers for Disease...
Rates of nonmedical prescription opioid use and opioid use disorder double in 10 years
Nonmedical use of prescription opioids more than doubled among adults in the United States from 2001-2002 to 2012-2013, based on a study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health....
Americans spent $30.2 billion out-of-pocket on complementary health approaches
Americans spent $30.2 billion — $28.3 billion for adults and $1.9 billion for children — out-of-pocket on complementary health approaches, according to a nationwide survey. These approaches include a group of diverse medical and health care systems,...
Hair Removal for a Beach-Ready Body? Do It Safely
Exercise May Help Thwart Ovarian Cancer
Another Potential Use for Statins?
NIH launches large study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika virus
The National Institutes of Health and Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz (Fiocruz), a national scientific research organization linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, have begun a multi-country study to evaluate the magnitude of health risks that Zika...
On International Yoga Day, Ban spotlights importance of healthy living in realizing Global Goals
International Day of Yoga celebration at UN Headquarters.
Universal Health, Digital Livelihoods and Jobs: World Bank Announces Winners of Innovative Ideas Competition to Improve the Development Response to Forced Displacement
From providing universal health care to finding jobs, the World Bank’s Global Program on Forced Displacement (GPFD) announced on 20 June three innovative ideas to improve the development response to forced displacement, selected from an open call for...
Lack of action on Non-Communicable Diseases damaging Pacific economies: World Bank
A new World Bank report has put the spotlight on the economic threat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose to the Pacific Islands, with heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease emerging as the top killers in the region.
