Malnutrition interventions need to begin earlier

Interventions to combat malnutrition should begin much earlier to include children under 6 months old and pregnant mothers, researchers say.

UC Berkeley • futurity
Sept. 19, 2023 • ~8 min

Food insecurity can speed older adults’ cognitive decline

Older adults who don't have enough food to eat may experience cognitive decline equivalent to being as much as 4.5 year older.

Zachary Sweger-Penn State • futurity
Feb. 20, 2023 • ~4 min

Jewish doctors in the Warsaw Ghetto secretly documented the effects of Nazi-imposed starvation, and the knowledge is helping researchers today – Podcast

A researcher at Tufts University near Boston discovered an old book full of research on starvation written by Jewish doctors imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Daniel Merino, Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
Jan. 23, 2023 • ~5 min

Keeping 8 billion people healthy in a hotter, more crowded world -- 4 ways population and climate change put public health at risk

The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.

Maureen Lichtveld, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Nov. 10, 2022 • ~9 min

8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences

The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.

Maureen Lichtveld, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Nov. 10, 2022 • ~9 min

Kids with HIV have higher risk of neurological problems

Kids with HIV do worse in neurological tests even when their disease is controlled. Better nutrition and antiretroviral therapies may help.

Mark Michaud-Rochester • futurity
Oct. 13, 2022 • ~5 min

Warsaw Ghetto's defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies in a book recently rediscovered on a library shelf

The story behind the research can be as compelling as the results. Recording the effects of starvation, a group of Jewish doctors demonstrated their dedication to science – and their own humanity.

Irwin Rosenberg, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and Medicine, Tufts University • conversation
July 19, 2022 • ~11 min

How forgotten beans could help fight malnutrition in Africa

Reviving long-lost legume species could help improve global food security and decrease world hunger.

Nadia Radzman, Research Associate in Plant Biology, University of Cambridge • conversation
Feb. 10, 2022 • ~7 min

Seven ways to save lives on the frontline of the climate crisis

Researchers asked aid workers how to best prepare for the climate emergency in places where its effects are most severe.

Ram Vadi, Program Director in Health Systems, University of Manchester • conversation
Oct. 15, 2021 • ~8 min

Gut disorder weakens oral vaccine that could prevent it

"It is tragic that the exact vaccines that might help prevent EED don't work in children who have the disease," says Timothy Hand.

Arvind Suresh-U. Pittsburgh • futurity
Aug. 10, 2021 • ~7 min

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