Archive: 29/07/2020

Europe had 50% 'excess mortality' at outbreak peak: French data office

Europe experienced a 50-percent rise in excess mortality over a week in March and April due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to data released by France's Insee statistics agency Wednesday.

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Social housing, aged care and Black Americans: How coronavirus affects already disadvantaged groups

While it's true anyone is at risk of catching and becoming ill with COVID-19, it's becoming increasingly clear this virus discriminates.

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Frequent internet use improves mental health in older adults

More frequent internet use has been linked to increases in wellbeing in older adults, particularly those who are wealthy and more educated, finds a new UCL study.

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Major climate initiative in the Northeastern US benefits children's health

A new study by researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reports that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been successful ...

Jul 29, 2020

Family and primary care doctors may have been most at risk of dying from COVID-19

Among healthcare workers, those in who work in primary care rather than the in-patient hospital setting, may have faced the highest risk of dying from COVID-1. A new study, led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine ...

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Kids need to wear masks when they go to school in person, and parents can help them get the hang of that

I'm a pediatric nursing professor with four young children. The youngest is 9 months old and the oldest is 9. My oldest will soon enter third grade, and his brother will be in second. My family plans to send them both back ...

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New miniature system to study kidney and intestine function

Researchers at Utrecht University have developed a new organ-on-a-chip: a device to mimic and study kidneys and intestines in miniature format. The device is the result of a special collaboration between pharmacology and ...

Jul 29, 2020

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New blood test shows great promise in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer's disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the ...

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Study finds wild blueberry extracts influence blood vessel formation

When the human body sustains injury, cells spring into action. New blood vessels emerge through a process called angiogenesis, and cells migrate in a coordinated campaign of healing.

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Dine in or walk away? How to tell if a venue is COVID-safe

New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian has called for more businesses to register as COVID Safe, as the state recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8pm Tuesday night. Berejiklian said: "If I walk into ...

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