Department of Social and Behavioral Health News
Housed in the UNLV School of Public Health, the Department of Social and Behavioral Health consists of faculty who engage in research and develop and evaluate community-based programs that promote health and disease prevention. Our students learn to identify high-risk behaviors or trends in specific populations, as well as propose solutions that aim to improve overall public health in communities.
Current Social and Behavioral Health News
Public Health professor Gabriela Buccini and her team are studying the needs of mothers and children to help improve health outcomes for families.
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Social and Behavioral Health In The News
Radon gas is a naturally occurring, colorless, odorless, and tasteless radioactive noble gas that serves as the leading environmental cause of cancer deaths and the second-leading cause of lung cancer worldwide after cigarette smoking.
A comprehensive global study reports that about 40% of information and communication users suffer from technostress due to constant tech usage.
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and related dual agonists (such as semaglutide, liraglutide, and tirzepatide) have transformed the management of type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity.
A recent peer-reviewed Japanese study by researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health found that preparing a home-cooked meal at least once a week is associated with a significantly lower risk of dementia in older adults.
By middle age, we often have about half the NAD+ we did in our youth. Hence, dietary supplements are being advocated by wellness influencers and some researchers.
About 240,000 cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed every year in the world.
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