The study by UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹'s Catherine Pirkle and Yan Yan Wu examined whether social and behavioral risk factors make certain groups more vulnerable to metabolic syndrome.
The study co-authored by UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Professor Kathryn Braun was published in the Journal for Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
The worldwide spread of a serious infectious disease could result in pandemic-related deaths of 700,000 and annual economic losses of $500 billion, according to a study in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ researchers are looking to reduce potentially preventable hospitalizations for diabetes and heart disease in Â鶹´«Ã½.
Economic conditions may finally be improving, and families continue to offer a strong foundation for Â鶹´«Ã½’s children, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book.
She will lead teacher training at FACISA, and participate in short-term lectures and seminars on topics including early pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and violence against women.
Tetine Sentell will collaborate with public health faculty at the University of Medicine in Tirana, Albania.
The FDA and the state will use their collective resources—scientists, laboratories and community outreach—to deal with food, drug, cosmetic and medical device safety in the state.
Â鶹´«Ã½Mānoa researchers find more needs to be done to assist displaced families living in camps as a result of natural disasters.
Â鶹´«Ã½²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Assistant Professor Victoria Y. Fan examines the level of education and medical qualifications of physicians and other healthcare providers in India.