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WebHealth care equity laws are needed to get at the root causes of health disparities – for example, racism and its interlocking oppressions – and to transform U.S. systems. Policies to improve housing, employment, education, etc., are health policies because they are social determinants of health. The list of health disparities is long and
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WebCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A study at two urgent care clinics found that adopting a new electronic health records system doubled the amount of cognitive effort health care workers expended to perform their work during the first six months after implementation. The increase in cognitive workload also persisted for at least 30 months, the researchers found.
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WebNew research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that the nerves that tell muscles to move also prompt them to release more of the brain-boosting factors. “The molecules released from the muscle go into the bloodstream and then to the brain, producing so-called crosstalk between the muscle and brain.
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WebA mutant or damaged gene may be a cause of a severe, mysterious form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have found. Mice and human liver cells lacking the SRSF1 gene show all the hallmarks of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, also known as NASH, the researchers found.
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WebStudy examines pandemic’s impact on volunteer health care workers. Jul 12, 2022 1:00 pm by Sharita Forrest | Research Editor | 217-244-1072 Social Sciences Health. Compassion satisfaction – the gratification associated with helping others – protected volunteer health care workers against stress-related symptoms and burnout during the
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WebSignificant reforms in U.S. health care and economic policies are needed to mitigate the stark disparities in perinatal mental health diagnoses and treatment that place racial minority women at greater risk of mortality and morbidity, according to a team of researchers that cowrote a paper published in Health Affairs.
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WebCHAMPAIGN, Ill. - People who have upbeat outlooks on life have significantly better cardiovascular health, suggests a new study that examined associations between optimism and heart health in more than 5,100 adults. "Individuals with the highest levels of optimism have twice the odds of being in ideal cardiovascular health compared to their
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WebThe paper, “Childhood poverty, immune cell aging and African Americans’ insulin resistance: A prospective study” is available online or from the News Bureau. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13795. A study led by Allen W. Barton at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign linked childhood poverty and teens’ beliefs about their life prospects with
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WebJob seekers’ perceived risk of contracting and falling seriously ill from COVID-19 may take a significant mental health toll and ultimately affect their ability to secure employment, says new research co-written by Yihao Liu, a professor of labor and employment relations and of psychology at Illinois.
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WebA research project is exploring whether interventions that have been effective at engaging high-risk populations in HIV/AIDS testing and treatment can be adapted to achieve similar effects in mitigating COVID-19. U. of I. social work professor Liliane Windsor is co-lead investigator on the project, funded by the National Institutes of Health and …
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WebThe paper “Urban neighborhood and residential factors associated with breast cancer in African-American women: A systematic review” is available online from Springer or from the News Bureau. Neighborhood characteristics are associated with late-stage diagnoses and higher mortality rates among urban African-American women, a new …
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WebHuang is the Joseph Cummings Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Editor's note: To contact John Rogers, call 217-244-4979; email [email protected]. To reach Yonggang Huang, call 847-467-3165; email y …
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WebThe paper “Patients’ perceptions of perinatal depression screening: A qualitative study” is available online or from the News Bureau. DOI: hlthaff.2021.00804. A study by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholars finds that patients view perinatal depression screenings as ineffective, and they believe their health care providers
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WebBrain signals link physical fitness to better language skills in children. University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Charles Hillman, right, and graduate student Mark Scudder looked at electrical activity in the brain to help explain why fitness is associated with better language skills in children.
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WebContact Michele Guerra, director of the Wellness Center, 217-244-2205, [email protected]. Staff members at the UI Wellness Center hope a new program will help faculty and staff members and students take advantage of the campus's many pathways and sidewalks and walk their way to better health. "We want to help …
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WebIllinois professor Qian Chen, center, and recent graduate John W. Smith, inset, developed a method of electron videography, a combination of electron microscopy and computational modeling, which allowed them to document the complex dance between lipids and a protein. Photo by Fred Zwicky. “We are going beyond taking single …
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WebThe 30 study subjects were young, female, undergraduate students. The new findings appear in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health. "Yoga is an ancient Indian science and way of life that includes not only physical movements and postures but also regulated breathing and meditation," said Neha Gothe, who led the study while a …
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WebTo reach Sondra Katzen, communications director for the Chicago Zoological Society, call 708-688-8351; email: [email protected]. The paper “Effects of nest type and sex on blood saccharide profiles in Humboldt penguins ( Spheniscus homboldtii ): Implications for habitat conservation” is available online and from the U. of I. News Bureau.
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