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In the Media: News Roundup (January 27, 2023)

January 27, 2023 Research

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SPHHS researchers including Dean Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Andrew Lover (Biostatistics and Epidemiology), Edward Calabrese and Laura Vandenberg (Environmental Health Sciences), Gloria DiFulvio, Kimberley Geissler, and Jennifer Whitehill (Health Promotion and Policy), Amanda Paluch (Kinesiology), undergraduate major Marissa Gallan (Communication Disorders), and alumnae Liya Liang '22 (Public Health Sciences) and Meenakshi Verma-Agrawal '02MPH (Community Health Education) comment in multiple news stories on nutrition; COVID-19, the flu, and RSV; hormesis; environmental contaminants; the epidemic of loneliness course; health insurance coverage; cannabis policy; steps per day for optimal health; audiology research; and social justice issues.

Updated January 27, 2023:

Medical Moment: Pace impacts health benefits during daily walks, study says - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (WNDU-TV South Bend, Ind., 1/26/23)

More people with schizophrenia have health insurance after the implementation of Obamacare - Kimberley Geissler, Health Promotion and Policy (News-Medical.net, 1/23/23)

Post-Obamacare, More Adults With Schizophrenia Have Health Insurance - Kimberley Geissler, Health Promotion and Policy (Eurasia Review, 1/23/23)

Post-ACA: More Adults with Schizophrenia Insured - Kimberley Geissler, Health Promotion and Policy (Mirage News, 1/21/23)

Affordable Care Act provisions reduced percentage of uninsured people with schizophrenia - Kimberley Geissler, Health Promotion and Policy (Healio, 1/19/23)

Impaired Driving Program Reveals Rift Among Cannabis Commissioners in Mass. - Jennifer Whitehill, Health Promotion and Policy (NBC 10 Boston, 1/13/23)

Older adults who are the least active have the ‘most to gain’ by walking more, researchers say - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (Safety and Health Magazine, 1/12/23)

This College Class is Bringing Generations Together To Reduce Loneliness - Liya Liang '22, Public Health Sciences alumna, and Gloria DiFulvio, Health Promotion and Policy (CoGenerate, 1/11/23)

Study: Walking over 6,000 steps daily linked to lower heart disease risk for seniors - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 1/11/23)

For older Indians, walking 9,000 steps every day is the best way to cut risk of heart attack by 50 per cent - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (Newsexplorer.net, 1/11/23)

Cross training of Socialization study coming to YMCA - Marissa Gallan, Communication Disorders undergraduate student (The Wilbraham-Hampden Times, 1/5/23)

Your unpaid internship is a racial justice issue - Meenakshi Verma-Agrawal '02MPH, Community Health Education alumna (Medium, 12/24/22)

‘Tripledemic’ rages on: Fever-filled weeks lie ahead - Andrew Lover, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (The New York Times, 12/22/22)

Walking 6,000 Steps Daily May Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease, New Study Says - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (MarthaStewart.com, 12/22/22)

Research shows significant cardiovascular benefits at 6,000 daily walking steps at any pace - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (TheUSNews.com, 12/22/22)

Heart health tip for older adults in 2023: Step it up a bit - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (IsraelTimesofNews, 12/22/22)

6,000 steps a day can lower risk of heart disease, death for older adults - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (StudyFinds.org, 12/22/22)

Heart health tip for older adults in 2023: Step it up a bit - Amanda Paluch, Kinesiology (PublicNewsTimes, 12/22/22)

With a little luck, these foods will get your new year started right - Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (American Heart Association News, 12/21/22)

When Stress Is Good For You: The Hormesis Effect - Edward Calabrese, Environmental Health Sciences (Psychology Today, 12/1/22)

Twelve UMass Researchers Among Most Highly Cited In The World For 2022 - Laura Vandenberg, Environmental Health Sciences (BusinessWest, 11/28/22)

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