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Stress and phthalates exposure late in pregnancy boosts early birth risk

Women exposed to stress and phthalates during pregnancy have an increased risk of preterm birth. The third trimester is the "critical window."

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers | Nov. 14, 2019 | futurity

~3 mins

Tags: health-and-medicine phthalates plastics pregnancy preterm-delivery stress

Injection lets people with severe peanut allergy go nuts

Just days after an injection of an antibody treatment, people with peanut allergies could eat a whole nut's worth of peanut protein.

Erin Digitale-Stanford | Nov. 14, 2019 | futurity

~5 mins

Tags: health-and-medicine allergies antibodies food immune-systems peanuts

Easier breastfeeding at work benefits productivity

Moms who don't have to worry about breastfeeding at work being a problem feel better and get more done, researchers find.

U. Arizona | Nov. 14, 2019 | futurity

~3 mins

Tags: health-and-medicine society-and-culture babies breastfeeding jobs mothers parents

Teen melanoma cases in US drop sharply

Cases of melanoma among US teens and young adults have dropped sharply, a sign that public health efforts to encourage sun protection may be taking hold.

Brian Donohue-UW | Nov. 14, 2019 | futurity

~4 mins

Tags: health-and-medicine cancer melanoma skin skin-cancer teenagers united-states young-adults

Harvard Chan School, Apple, and NIH launch Women’s Health Study

Harvard Chan School, Apple, and NIH have officially launched a groundbreaking study that has potential to become the largest-ever study of women’s health.

Harvard Gazette | Nov. 14, 2019 | harvard

~3 mins

Tags: health-medicine apple apple-womens-health-study harvard-th-chan-school-of-public-health national-institutes-of-health shruthi-mahalingaiah smartphone-app

New drug-detecting tool could help save lives

The landscape of the illegal drug trade changes constantly, particularly amid the current opioid crisis. Law-enforcement officers regularly find or confiscate pills, powders, and other substances and need to know their composition as quickly as possible to determine legal charges and sometimes to issue lifesaving warnings. Carfentanil is a case in point. This cousin to […]

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy | Nov. 13, 2019 | harvard