Erin Blakemore

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Vitamin D supplements didn’t prevent kids’ broken bones, study finds

The supplements may have failed because they weren’t paired with calcium, which strengthens bones as well, researchers say.

Your hair care routine might carry health risks, this study says

Researchers conducted experiments in a “tiny house laboratory” outfitted with a ventilator, bathroom exhaust fan and portable air conditioner.

‘Zoom fatigue’ may take toll on the brain and the heart, researchers say

Participants were monitored with electroencephalogram and electrocardiogram instruments that recorded electrical activity in the brain and their heart rhythms.

Study undercuts premise for excluding women from medical research

Women’s body temperatures are no more variable than men’s, researchers found.

Program to get doctors to high-need areas falling short, study says

Overall, 73 percent of counties with shortages still had physician shortages a decade after their designation in the federal program.

Records from notorious Tuskegee syphilis study now available online

The digitized collection includes over 3,000 documents, from the study’s inception in the 1930s to the work of the panel that investigated it in the 1970s.

Green spaces promote health but don’t cancel discrimination’s effects

Living near trees, plants and other greenery ‘could reduce a person’s biological age by 2.2 to 2.6 years,’ researchers write.

Stroke deaths may rise by 50 percent by 2050, researchers predict

Stroke deaths are unequally distributed, with 86 percent occurring in low- and middle-income nations, and a growing number affecting people under age 55.

Blood transfusion crisis puts U.S. at risk, doctors’ JAMA op-ed says

The nation’s blood supply is “tenuous” because of its reliance on volunteers and problems with blood storage, the JAMA op-ed writers say.

Most childhood cancer survivors face serious health problems as adults

The researchers recommend that survivors “receive lifelong care focused on health promotion and early detection of potential complications” from their treatment.