Category: Public Health

Public Health

Cash Rewards Doubled Smoking Cessation Rates

Offering financial incentives of up to $600 nearly doubled smoking cessation rates among medically underserved adults undergoing lung cancer screening.

Public Health

Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Rising Among Black Infants

Sudden unexpected infant death accounts for more than one-third of the infant mortality disparity between Black and white infants in the US.

Public Health

High-performance ICUs Had Lower Pandemic Mortality Rates

ICU mortality rates during the pandemic were significantly lower in ICUs that exhibited high efficiency, pre-COVID-19.

Pediatrics

New Breath and Genetic Testing Project Aims to Diagnose Asthma in Young Children

Researchers are developing a noninvasive diagnostic protocol using breath analysis and cheek swabs to identify asthma before age 5.

Smoking

VA/DoD Release Updated Tobacco Cessation Clinical Practice Guidelines

The new VA/DoD recommendations name varenicline and combination nicotine replacement therapy as preferred treatments for tobacco use cessation.

Healthcare & Policy

Wildfire Smoke More Dangerous Than Other Air Pollution

Two studies link fine particulate matter from wildfires to increased hospital admissions and lower lung cancer survival.