Archive: 11/03/2021

Exposure to particulate matter before and after birth linked to heightened allergic rhinitis risk

Exposure to the air pollutant fine particulate matter (PM2.5) before and after birth is linked to a heightened risk of childhood allergic rhinitis, finds research published online in the journal Thorax.

Mar 11, 2021

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High blood pressure controlled in only 2 out of 5 UK cases despite treatment

High blood pressure is controlled in only 2 out of 5 UK patients with the condition, despite treatment, suggests a large population based study, published in the online journal Open Heart.

Mar 11, 2021

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Mindfulness program in campus dorms, groups improved students' mental health

As experts nationwide point to a mental health crisis among teens and young adults, a pilot program teaching mindfulness and coping techniques to students at the University of Washington has helped lower stress and improve ...

Mar 11, 2021

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Stress reduction as a path to eating less fast food

Overweight low-income mothers of young kids ate fewer fast-food meals and high-fat snacks after participating in a study—not because researchers told them what not to eat, but because the lifestyle intervention being evaluated ...

Mar 11, 2021

'Hunker down' stress genes boosted in women who live in violent neighborhoods

The chronic stress of living in neighborhoods with high rates of violence and poverty alters gene activity in immune cells, according to a new study of low-income single Black mothers on the South Side of Chicago.

Mar 11, 2021

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Early tracheotomy helps patients avoid ventilator-associated pneumonia, team finds

Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers their risk of ventilator-associated ...

Mar 11, 2021

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Black and Hispanic workers overrepresented in occupations with higher risk for COVID-19 exposure

Black and Hispanic people experience a higher risk for COVID-19 and severe illness, influenced by factors such as discrimination, housing, and healthcare access and utilization. Now, a new study in the American Journal of ...

Mar 11, 2021

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France sees 'no need' to suspend AstraZeneca vaccine

France will continue to use AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine, the health minister said Thursday after several European nations halted its use due to concerns over blood clots.

Mar 11, 2021

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Serbia to start producing Chinese Sinopharm vaccine

Serbia will become the first European country to produce the Chinese Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine, the Balkan country's President Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday.

Mar 11, 2021

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Black community fights vaccine lies on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Name a COVID vaccine conspiracy theory circulating on social media, and hair stylist Katrina Randolph has heard it. So every time a client slides into her chair, she snips away at fears and misconceptions.

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