Carrying a tune could lead to better health Not everyone can sing like a nightingale. When some of us try to carry a tune, we sound like Bob Dylan imitating Elmer Fudd. Oct 15, 2021 0 32
Incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 similar for children, adults (HealthDay)—The incidence rates of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are similar for children and adults, but more infections among children are asymptomatic, according to a study published ... Oct 15, 2021 0 22
State lotteries didn't help boost vaccination rates (HealthDay)—A shot at winning $1 million did nothing to budge the number of people who got the COVID-19 jab. Oct 15, 2021 1 2
Telehealth continues to substitute for in-person care among older adults, but rural use lags About one in six doctor's office visits by older Americans no longer takes place in an actual doctor's office, but rather online or over the phone, a new analysis of telehealth visits billed to Medicare in the past two years ... Oct 15, 2021 0 24
Skin stem cells get moving for enhanced skin regeneration Although sometimes hard to accept, with aging, many things in our bodies change. One of these is the ability of the skin to regenerate. Old skin is just not as good as young skin at healing wounds. However, the molecular ... Oct 15, 2021 0 59
Two-thirds of parents of kids ages 5-11 plan to get them vaccinated against COVID: Poll (HealthDay)—In some heartening news on the vaccine front, two-thirds of American parents of children ages 5 to 11 plan to get their youngsters vaccinated when COVID-19 shots are approved for that age group, a new survey ... Oct 15, 2021 0 14
Biden administration to invest $100 million to ease health worker shortage (HealthDay)—The National Health Service Corps will receive $100 million to help tackle the U.S. health care worker shortage, the White House announced Thursday. Oct 15, 2021 0 10
Buprenorphine misuse decreased among US adults with opioid use disorder from 2015-2019 Data from a nationally representative survey indicate that in 2019, nearly three-fourths of U.S. adults reporting buprenorphine use did not misuse the medication in the past 12 months. In addition, buprenorphine misuse among ... Oct 15, 2021 0 70
Energy-efficient AI detects heart defects CWI researchers Bojian Yin and Sander Bohté, together with their colleague Federico Corradi of Stichting Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica Centrum (IMEC) in Eindhoven, have achieved a mathematical breakthrough in the computation ... Oct 15, 2021 0 54
A new way to prevent COVID-related clots and a biomarker that spots who's at highest risk No aspect of SARS-CoV-2 infection has been more startling—or problematic—than the elevated risk for blood clotting, a concern that throughout the pandemic has been associated with severe COVID-19, frequently characterized ... Oct 15, 2021 feature 0 283
