Public Health in the News (4/1/18 – 4/7/18)

By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Blog Editor

Global

• Study finds that higher doses of tuberculosis medications than that recommended by the World Health Organization may be necessary for patients with HIV.

National

• The United States Surgeon General issued a national advisory encouraging more Americans to carry naloxone, a drug that saves people from overdosing on opioids.
• New study finds that high blood pressure before pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of miscarriage.
• The CDC provided an update on their efforts to control “nightmare bacteria” which are resistant to antibiotics.

Northwestern

• Northwestern Medicine professor co-authored a study suggesting that tree nut consumption is associated with increased colon cancer survival.
• Northwestern Medicine study shows that a large financial loss in middle or older age is associated with a 50% higher risk of death within the next 20 years.