Cardiology
Home blood pressure test eases GP demand
Patients who need a blood pressure test might not need to visit their GP thanks to a digital system that makes it easier to send results to their doctor.
Jun 19, 2020
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Medical research
Almost all COVID-19 patients have diminished sense of smell
Quantitative smell testing shows that decreased smell function is a major marker for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, according to a study published online April 17 in the International ...
Apr 30, 2020
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Health
America's poorest children won't get nutritious meals with school cafeterias closed due to the coronavirus
Schools aren't only places where kids learn. They are also places where kids eat.
Mar 13, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Are we teaching kids to write all wrong?
"As you can see, individual differences in writing can be seen as early as kindergarten," says Cynthia Puranik, associate professor in the College of Education & Human Development. On her computer, she pulls up writing samples ...
Mar 9, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study suggests taller young men may have lower dementia risk
Men who are taller in young adulthood, as an indicator of early-life circumstances, may have a lower risk of dementia in old age, suggests a study published today in eLife.
Feb 11, 2020
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Medications
Computer game may help to predict reuse of opioids
A computer betting game can help predict the likelihood that someone recovering from opioid addiction will reuse the pain-relieving drugs, a new study shows.
Dec 8, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
People who cannot read may be three times as likely to develop dementia
New research has found that people who are illiterate, meaning they never learned to read or write, may have nearly three times greater risk of developing dementia than people who can read and write. The study is published ...
Nov 13, 2019
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Medical economics
Physicians of color are far too rare: Study highlights one potential reason
Overemphasizing test scores may make radiation oncology residency programs too white, according to a new study by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.
Sep 25, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New app offers faster and easier assessment for multiple sclerosis
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report they have developed and validated a tablet-based app that offers a faster, easier and more accurate way for health care providers who don't have specialized training to assess the ...
Sep 9, 2019
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Genetics
Genetic risk tests aren't always useful—and could even be harmful
Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited conditions, like Huntington's Disease or rare cancers.
Jul 2, 2019
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