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WEEKLY DIGEST DECEMBER 14, 2015

medical research news

This week’s digest takes a look at ‘smart’ wound care, exercise and a discussion about quarantine in public health

Exercise-Walking

A Research Link Between Step and Health

The George Institute for Global Health, author Professor Terry Dwyer’s results show“a sedentary person who increased his or her steps from 1,000 to 10,000 per day had a 46% lower mortality risk.

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Quarantine Processes Have Always Been Part Of the Conversation in Public Health

Yale graduate students collected the data on 40 people across 18 states in the US, who were quarantined during the Ebola outbreak (not including military service members). The legality of imposing quarantines was called into question

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