Federal officials considering new regulations on tobacco products should give more weight to the fact that a majority of smokers are unhappy about feeling addicted to cigarettes, and should put less emphasis on the theory that smokers who quit are losing “pleasure” in their lives, according to a recent study.
From 1971 to 2014, the childhood obesity rate in the U.S. rose from 5 percent to 17 percent. Obese children often become obese adults, which increases the odds of a variety of conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.
ATLANTA—Two Georgia State University researchers have been awarded funding grants from It’s the Journey and The Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (Georgia CORE) to continue their research on breast cancers that have a greater impact on African Americans.
ATLANTA—Homeless youth face increased social isolation and fewer support resources, according to a study recently published in Social Sciences by Georgia State University sociologists. The survey of homeless youth in Atlanta revealed that having more supportive network ties reduces the risk of experiencing significant symptoms of a severe mental illness, while longer length of homelessness is tied to having fewer personal support network resources.
ATLANTA—African-American men report an average of eight depressive symptoms in a month, with family support, mastery, self-esteem, chronic stressors and daily discrimination among the risk and protective factors that are significant to their psychological health, according to a new study led by Georgia State University.
When natural disasters strike, concerns associated with injury and fatality, restriction of movement and loss of modern conveniences such as electricity are top of mind. But beyond these immediate concerns, there are also both short- and long-term public health implications.
ATLANTA—Researchers have discovered that a virus-like particle vaccine can prime the body’s immune response and prevent the severe respiratory disease that results when patients given an early form of a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are exposed to RSV, according to a study led by Georgia State University.
ATLANTA—Insurers need to use a multipronged approach to create well-designed health insurance plans and counter the steep costs of opioid misuse, according to a recent article by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
The School of Public Health at Georgia State University has received a grant of more than $700,000 to develop and test a mindfulness-based yoga program intended to provide young people in juvenile justice facilities with coping skills and reduce the recidivism rate.
ATLANTA—Dr. Ning Fang of the Chemistry Department at Georgia State has developed a new optical imaging technique, Single Particle Orientation and Rotational Tracking (SPORT) to image rotational motions in live cells and ultimately target cancer cells.
