Public Health in the News (12/2/18 – 12/15/18)
By Grace Bellinger, NPHR Editor-in-Chief
Global
- Research on European children shows that physical activity declines begin as early as 6 years of age.
National
- Study conducted in Seattle shows that delaying school start times by 55 minutes helped teenagers get more sleep.
Northwestern
- Northwestern Medicine study finds that men with inflammatory bowel disease are at an increased risk of prostate cancer.
- The world’s smallest wearable device, developed at Northwestern, can measure exposure to light of various wavelengths, such as UV.
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