Archive: 17/09/2021

Opioid-related deaths increased among less-educated whites following LA County's stay-at-home order

Many communities were already struggling to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic when the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country in the spring of 2020. A new study led by researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health ...

Sep 17, 2021

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Forget nose spray, good sex clears a stuffy nose just as effectively and is a lot more fun

Medical news is full of stories about promising new treatments for challenging conditions, or for additional health benefits of routine behaviors and habits. Who doesn't want to feel good about drinking coffee or eating chocolate?

Sep 17, 2021

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Cutting-edge 3D facial scans could give genetic clues to autism

New Western Australian research is using high-tech 3D facial scans to give us a better understanding of the genetic causes of autism.

Sep 17, 2021

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Pandemic response shows path for improved health care in the future

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic forced positive changes in how medicine is practiced in communities and at academic medical centers, with Family Medicine departments working at the front lines to provide care and forge ...

Sep 17, 2021

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Exploring the role of social relationships in Hispanic health

Hispanic people have better disease outcomes than non-Hispanic whites, despite having greater risk factors for poor outcomes. Researchers theorize that the importance of family and strong social networks in Hispanic culture ...

Sep 17, 2021

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People under stress more sensitive to message tone

A study involving more than 88,000 people from 47 countries conducted in the early months of the global coronavirus pandemic found people are less willing to take risks than before the pandemic.

Sep 17, 2021

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Highly contagious coronavirus variant's mutation weakens antibody effectiveness

FIU researchers looking to unravel the secrets of how the coronavirus' most contagious variant became so widespread have found an intriguing clue.

Sep 17, 2021

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Advanced imaging reveals breast cancer's Achilles' heel

For breast cancer patients, standard-of care therapies become drastically less effective if their tumor has spread to other parts of the body, such as the lung.

Sep 17, 2021

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US medical experts to vote on Pfizer COVID boosters

US medical experts will meet Friday to debate and vote on the controversial question of giving out booster doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to the general population.

Sep 17, 2021

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Austria hears first lawsuit over virus outbreak in ski resort

The first civil lawsuit begins in a court in Vienna on Friday over a notorious outbreak of coronavirus at the popular ski resort of Ischgl in March 2020, where thousands of people from 45 countries claim to have become infected.

Sep 17, 2021

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