Is policy prepared for an aging population?
Professors Marcia Ory and Matthew Lee Smith lead new specialty on Aging and Public Health [...]
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How can better data help prevent disease?
Professor Hilde Langseth, Head of Janus Serum Bank, leads Life-course Epidemiology - a new section in Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Is our health more important than our planet’s?
Dr Kris Murray leads new specialty on Planetary Health in Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Can you ‘catch’ cancer?
Parasitic worms cause cancer – and could help cure it; Frontiers in Medicine [...]
Challenges for sex workers in holding the line in condom use
Criminalization of sex work is a primary factor behind a decline in consistent condom use among sex workers in one Australian state: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
No one should have to pay to access knowledge on health inequalities say Chief Editors Michelle Kelly-Irving and Cyrille Delpierre
Chief Editors Michelle Kelly-Irving and Cyrille Delpierre of INSERM (France) lead new specialty on Inequalities in Health in Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Commercial pesticides: Not as safe as they seem
Lack of testing on adjuvants in commercial pesticide formulations ignores the potential risk of these on people and the environment: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Measles vaccine increases child survival beyond protecting against measles
New study shows all-cause mortality is significantly lower when a child's most recent immunization is a measles vaccine: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Frontiers in Public Health welcomes new Field Chief Editor
Frontiers in Public Health is proud to announce the appointment of our new Field Chief Editor, Professor Paolo Vineis. [...]
Multiple health implications of women’s early marriage go beyond early childbearing
Frontiers in Public Health study finds complex associations between early marriage and women's education, health and nutrition in South Asia [...]
Health risks associated with energy drinks can outweigh short-term benefits
As energy drink consumption continues to grow worldwide, there is a need to examine their advertised benefits, nutritional content and negative effects: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
New study finds Americans fatter than ever
Research published in Frontiers in Public Health estimates that 91% adult Americans are ‘overfat’ - a term defined as having excess body fat sufficient to impair health. [...]
Study reveals risk factors for substance use problems, as well as resilience
A study of African-American and Latino adults in a high-risk urban community challenges stereotypes by revealing not only risk factors for substance use problems, but also resilience. [...]
Study finds 90 percent of American men overfat
The overfat pandemic is alarmingly prevalent in developed countries with up to 90% of adult males and 50% children may suffer from this condition. [...]
Horse-riding can improve children’s cognitive ability
Study shows how the effects of horseback riding improve learning in children. [...]
Deeper than obesity: a majority of people is now ‘overfat’
Scientists distinguish ‘overweight’ and ‘overfat', the latter including normal-weight people with enough fat to impair health: Frontiers in Public Health [...]
Open for submissions: New Specialty Section Obesity
by Victor Kouassi, Frontiers Under the leadership of Prof. Katherine Samaras of St Vincent’s Hospital and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, the journals; [...]
