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Improved smoking cessation support needed for surgery patients across Europe

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Smokers and people who recently quit are more likely to face complications after having an operation than non-smokers, a new study The Lancet Regional Health - Europe reveals.

Journal: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

Study finds women much more likely to be aware of and have good understanding of obesity drugs

European Association for the Study of Obesity
Reports and Proceedings

New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that women are much more aware of knowledgeable about the obesity drugs GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists (that include semaglutide and tirzepatide). The study is by Nadja Auerbach, Voy*, London, UK and Dr Austen El-Osta, Director of the Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU) at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK, and colleagues.

Meeting: European Congress on Obesity (ECO2025)

U of A researchers discover screen time surprise under grandparents' care

University of Arizona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New reserach from the University of Arizona found that nearly half of the time American children spend with their grandparents involves interacting with or watching media on a screen. How that screen time is managed can influence media habits and impact family relationships.

Journal: Journal of Children and Media
Funder: Social & Behavioral Sciences Research Institute at the University of Arizona

Americans don’t think bird flu is a threat, study suggests

CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health, a team led by researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) say public ignorance and apathy towards bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI) could pose a serious obstacle to containing the virus and preventing a larger-scale public health crisis.

Journal: American Journal of Public Health

Researchers use machine learning to predict exercise adherence

University of Mississippi
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sticking to an exercise routine is a challenge many people face. But a University of Mississippi research team is using machine learning to uncover what keeps individuals committed to their workouts.

Journal: Scientific Reports

Wesley Sundquist named to TIME’s annual TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world

University of Utah Health
Grant and Award Announcement

Research in the Sundquist lab laid the foundations for the development of lenacapavir, a drug that prevents HIV infection with 99.9% to 100% efficacy and could dramatically lower infection rates worldwide.

Insomnia and sleep medication use connected to disability in older adults

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For adults over the age of 65, higher levels of both insomnia symptoms and sleep medication use were associated with higher risk of disability a year later, according to a new study by researchers in the Penn State Department of Biobehavioral Health and the Taipei Medical University Program in Global Health and Health Security.

Journal: SLEEP