Archive: 29/12/2020

Study examines the most effective COVID-19 control policies

With the arrival of effective vaccines for the COVID-19 virus, the end of the pandemic is on the horizon but in the short term the virus continues to spread.

Dec 29, 2020

Sustained cellular immune dysregulation in individuals recovering from COVID-19

COVID-19, which has killed 1.7 million people worldwide, does not follow a uniform path.

Dec 29, 2020

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Anticoagulants not tied to higher risk for GI bleed in COVID-19

(HealthDay)—Use of anticoagulation or antiplatelet agents is not a risk factor for gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in the Journal of Internal ...

Dec 29, 2020

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SARS-CoV-2 reinfection risk drops with presence of antibodies

(HealthDay)—Health care workers with anti-spike or anti-nucleocapsid immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies have a reduced risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reinfection in the following six ...

Dec 29, 2020

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Primary aldosteronism testing rare in treatment-resistant hypertension

(HealthDay)—Patients with apparent treatment-resistant hypertension are rarely tested for primary aldosteronism, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dec 29, 2020

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Damaged nerves, scarred lungs, exhausted bodies: Some COVID-19 patients face a long haul that can last for months

For Anna Lawrence, a history professor at Fairfield University, it started the third week of March.

Dec 29, 2020

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For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too

Maddie Cole in eighth grade stopped running cross country. She'd competed the year before, but the air quality in her native Sacramento, California, was so bad that she got sick during a race; she soon learned she had asthma.

Dec 29, 2020

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Tips for making music good medicine

Music has been a part of humanity for as long as humanity has existed. Archeologists have unearthed relatively complex bone instruments greater than 40,000 years old. Certainly, human ancestors likely were making music in ...

Dec 29, 2020

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The coronavirus pandemic is killing people with diabetes or Alzheimer's who didn't even contract the virus

The coronavirus has so far killed about 325,000 people in this country, but that staggering toll does not include the multitudes who have died because of disruptions, isolation and destitution related to the pandemic.

Dec 29, 2020

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Calls keep soaring at crisis hotlines: 'It spiked and hasn't stopped'

Since 2016, Mark Trainer has worked as a counselor for Crisis Text Line, a national nonprofit organization that provides a free mental health texting service for people in crisis. On any given day, he talks with texters about ...

Dec 29, 2020

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