Italy to restart AstraZeneca vaccinations Friday: PM Italy will resume administering AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccines on Friday after the EU's drugs regulator declared them safe, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said. Mar 18, 2021 0 1
UK faces vaccine shortfall, could delay shots for under 50s Britain is facing a shortfall in COVID-19 vaccine supplies that may delay the start of shots for people under 50 after deliveries from two suppliers were curtailed due to production and testing issues. Mar 18, 2021 0 2
Over half of at-risk youth not receiving needed mental health services Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that more than 50% of children in high-risk populations in the United States are not receiving behavioral health services that could improve their developmental outcomes ... Mar 18, 2021 0 5
Researchers call for access to Ivermectin for young children Millions of children weighing less than 15kg are currently denied access to Ivermectin treatment due to insufficient safety data being available to support a change to the current label indication. The WorldWide Antimalarial ... Mar 18, 2021 0 5
Stroke deaths rise in rural areas, hold steady in cities Stroke death rates have increased among middle-aged adults in rural counties in the U.S., according to new research that also found declining deaths in urban areas have recently stalled. Mar 18, 2021 0 7
Study of 630,000 patients unveils COVID-19 outcome disparities across racial/ethnic lines Researchers at Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology and their collaborators looked at the electronic health records of nearly 630,000 patients who were tested for SARS-CoV-2, and found stark disparities in COVID-19 outcomes—odds ... Mar 18, 2021 0 4
Variations in a gene and a protein aggravate the prognosis of one gastric tumor More than a million people worldwide were diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2018, the fifth most prevalent cancer. The most common gastric tumor is gastric adenocarcinoma, originating in the gastric mucosa. A research team ... Mar 18, 2021 0 3
One in three older thyroid patients take medications that interfere with thyroid function tests Nearly one-third of adults age 65 and older who take thyroid hormone also take medications that are known to interfere with thyroid function tests, according to a study presented virtually at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine Society's ... Mar 18, 2021 0 3
Undocumented women receive inadequate pregnancy care Undocumented women in Finland access pregnancy care later than others. Yet, screening of infectious diseases at the early stages of pregnancy would be particularly important to these women, a new study carried out in Helsinki, ... Mar 18, 2021 0 1
Consumer health: Butter, margarine and your heart March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to take a look at butter, margarine and heart health. Mar 18, 2021 0 17