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Health

Multiple news tweets referencing Demi Lovato overdose

Substance abuse

Missed opportunities in overdose coverage

Published Jan 14, 2019

Only 216 of the 42,500 news reports about Demi Lovato's alleged overdose included mention of national addiction hotline, 1-800-662-HELP

Global health

Studying beyond the bench

Published Jan 11, 2019

Graduate student Jordan Hoffman traveled to Zambia as part of Global Health Establish Field Placements to study mosquito behavior and malaria vector control

Newborn baby's feet

Maternal health

Delivery method associated with pelvic floor disorders after childbirth

Published Jan 10, 2019

Study shows some childbirth methods, including vacuum-assisted delivery, are associated with higher risk of pelvic floor disorders

Damage from earthquake

International health

Child malnutrition in Nepal decreased after 2015 earthquake

Published Jan 10, 2019

Though reports of personal damages and trauma increased after the disaster, researchers say a nutrition crisis was averted

Bacteria under a microscope

Infectious disease

Schizophrenia linked with abnormal immune response to mono

Published Jan 9, 2019

Researchers say schizophrenia might alter the immune system to make patients susceptible to the virus, or the virus might cause the psychological disorder

Public health

Examining the pervasive violence against female sex workers

Published Jan 8, 2019

Study suggests that improving relationships with police could protect the vulnerable population of female sex workers

X-ray of a spine

Pathology

Stem cell signal drives new bone building, study finds

Published Jan 8, 2019

The discovery is the first step in developing a stem cell therapy to help patients recover from bone fractures, spinal fusion, and osteoporosis

Vision

Dry eye syndrome slows reading rate, study suggests

Published Dec 27, 2018

Slow reading rate can significantly disrupt daily tasks that require visual concentration for long periods of time

Immune system

Hopkins study examines patients with rare natural ability to suppress HIV

Published Dec 26, 2018

Findings suggest that patients can be in 'HIV remission' despite having a large reservoir of infected cells

Vaccines in bottles

Infectious disease

Meningitis vaccination for college students not cost effective

Published Dec 21, 2018

Vaccine is highly effective, but the disease is too rare to justify the cost of universal vaccinations