"A solid vaccination program is lifesaving, essential, and insufficient," begins the commentary "Shoring Up Vaccine Efficacy," which appears today in the American Journal of Medicine. The authors say that in addition to vaccinations, ...
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NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, created using blockchain technology, first made a splash in the art world as a platform to buy and sell digital art backed by a digital contract. But could NFT digital contracts be useful in other ...
Feb 3, 2022
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While parents commonly use the Internet to learn about pediatric health problems, little is known about how often they seek out this information, and how they use it prior to seeking medical care.
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Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, but by early June, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,022 cases in 28 states, the most since 1992.
Jun 12, 2019
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Canada has confirmed its first cases of coronavirus in wildlife—in three white-tailed deer.
Dec 2, 2021
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As health workers and first responders in the United States try to stem a pandemic without adequate protective gear, health officials are forced to consider a stopgap—decontaminating and reusing N95 masks to shield those ...
Apr 2, 2020
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Social media is now a key source of information for many young adults with chronic health conditions, a new study conducted by University of Glasgow researchers has found.
Dec 10, 2015
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More than 90 per cent of educational materials written for kidney disease patients is higher than an average patient's literacy, according to a new study published in the June issue of the National Kidney Foundation's American ...
Jun 1, 2015
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Emoji, that universal lexicon of colorful and clever symbols meant to replace the written and spoken word, could be a valuable tool in the field of medicine, allowing patients to better communicate symptoms, concerns, and ...
Sep 7, 2021
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Identifying people at high risk of chronic disease means that they can be targeted with prevention measures before they become sick. Polygenic risk scores, where genomic information alone is used to assess the risk of developing ...
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