Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 linked to complications during pregnancy, study finds
Women who have COVID-19 towards the end of their pregnancy are vulnerable to birth-related complications.
Jan 13, 2022
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Health
Binge drinking linked to first episodes of heart rhythm disorder
New Year's Day, Super Bowl Sunday and other days when more people consume more alcohol are also associated with more emergency room visits for atrial fibrillation, an often-deadly heart rhythm disorder, reported a new study ...
Jan 12, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Are rocket scientists and brain surgeons really smarter than everyone else?
Rocket scientists and brain surgeons are no smarter than the general population, suggests a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.
Dec 13, 2021
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Diabetes
One in twenty achieve remission from type 2 diabetes
Around one in twenty people in Scotland diagnosed with type 2 diabetes achieve remission from the disease, according to research publishing November 2nd in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine. This suggests people are achieving ...
Nov 2, 2021
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Health
Drinking alcohol to stay healthy? That might not work, says new study
Increased mortality risk among current alcohol abstainers might largely be explained by other factors, including previous alcohol or drug problems, daily smoking, and overall poor health, according to a new study publishing ...
Nov 2, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Children, adults equally vulnerable to coronavirus infection, but children less likely to become sick: study
New research addresses the misconception that children are less susceptible to infection with the new coronavirus. According to a recent report in JAMA Pediatrics, children and adults have similar risks of becoming infected ...
Nov 1, 2021
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Discovery of a potential new therapy for inflammatory arthritis
In a paper published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers at the Schroeder Arthritis Institute, part of University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, have made a discovery that could lead to new ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Excess deaths in people with mental health conditions increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
The greater number of deaths amongst those with mental health conditions and intellectual disabilities has been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study based on more than 160,000 patients has revealed.
Oct 8, 2021
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Diabetes
Differences in cellular signaling offer clues to insulin resistance
In what could be a starting point for new therapeutics to tackle insulin resistance, a major driver of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome present in 20–30 percent of the general U.S. population, researchers recently ...
Sep 15, 2021
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Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccine efficacy does not support boosters for general population, review concludes
An expert review by an international group of scientists, including some at the WHO and FDA, concludes that, even for the delta variant, vaccine efficacy against severe COVID is so high that booster doses for the general ...
Sep 13, 2021
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