In the Media: News Roundup (August 25, 2023)
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SPHHS researchers including Ken Kleinman (Biostatistics and Epidemiology), Edward Calabrese, Carrie Nobles, and Laura Vandenberg (Environmental Health Sciences), Kimberley Geissler and Airín Martínez (Health Promotion and Policy), Sofiya Alhassan and Amanda Paluch (Kinesiology), and Chaoran Ma (Nutrition) comment in multiple news stories on antibiotic resistance in nursing homes; radiation policy; air pollution and reproductive health; environmental contaminants in sportswear; vaccination rates; Latino suicide rates; physical activity measurement; and constipation and cognitive decline.
Updated August 25, 2023:
Ysabel Garcia knows the danger of a mental health crisis. She has a lifesaving message. - Airín Martínez, Health Promotion and Policy (The Boston Globe, 8/24/23)
Opinion: Hitting the gym or going to yoga? Your workout clothes could be doing more harm than you realize - Laura Vandenberg, Environmental Health Sciences (CNN, 8/16/23)
UMass Epidemiologist Presents Research Linking Abnormal Intestinal Function, Cognitive Decline - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (Healthcare News, 8/14/23)
How Many Daily Steps to Lengthen Your Life? Fewer Than You Might Think - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (HealthDay, 8/9/23)
Just 4,000 daily steps may lower your risk of death, study finds, with additional benefits the more you walk - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (NBC News, 8/8/23)
10,000 steps? No need. Researchers say this many steps a day can lower risk of death. - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (USA Today, 8/8/23)
UMass study aims to help young, low-income children find joy in exercise - Sofiya Alhassan, Kinesiology (NEPM, 8/8/23)
New Study: Here’s How Often You Should Poop To Reduce Your Alzheimer’s Risk - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (The Healthy, 8/18/23)
Rethinking a tenet of cancer risk assessment for low radiation doses - Edward Calabrese, Environmental Health Sciences (Research Outreach, August 2023)
Cognitive Decline Correlated With Chronic Constipation - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (U.S. Pharmacist, 7/31/23)
NIAID awards $13.7 million grant to investigate multidrug resistant organisms in nursing homes - Ken Kleinman, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (News Medical Life Sciences, 7/25/23)
UMass researchers tie constipation to cognitive decline - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (MassLive, 7/25/23)
Chronic Constipation Might Increase Risk For Cognitive Decline, a New Study Suggests—Here's Why - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (EatingWell, 7/25/23)
Regular pooping can help with cognition, researchers claim - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (Scripps News, 7/21/23)
How often people poop may impact their cognition, researchers say - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (USA Today, 7/20/23)
Chronic constipation linked to cognitive decline - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (MDEdge, 7/20/23)
Research links chronic constipation to cognitive decline - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (CBS News Philadelphia, 7/20/23)
Constantly Constipated? It Could Be Bad for Your Brain - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (AARP, 7/19/23)
Not Pooping Enough Is Linked to Cognitive Decline, Research Finds - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (People, 7/19/23)
How constipation may be linked to cognitive decline, and other ways gut health is linked to brain health - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (NBC News, 7/19/23)
Pooping only every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds - Chaoran Ma, Nutrition (CNN, 7/19/23)
UMass Study Focuses On Impact Of Air Pollution On Women’s Reproductive Health - Carrie Nobles, Environmental Health Sciences (BusinessWest, 6/27/23)
Low Flu Vaccination Rates Persist Among Children With Asthma - Kimberley Geissler, Health Promotion and Policy (Pharmacy Learning Network, 6/27/23)
Grant allows UMass professor to study air pollution and reproductive health - Carrie Nobles, Environmental Health Sciences (MassLive, 6/26/23)