Keeping the aging brain connected with words and music In an era of seemingly endless panaceas for age-based mental decline, navigating through the clutter can be a considerable challenge. Dec 29, 2021 0 390
When should you go to hospital for a headache? A doctor explains how to tell if it's an emergency I waited for hours in emergency last night with this dreadful headache, but eventually gave up and left. Should I have kept waiting at the hospital? Dec 29, 2021 0 40
COVID-19 vaccination is critical for anyone who is pregnant or trying to conceive Physicians at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo are urging anyone who is pregnant or trying to conceive to prioritize getting all three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine (two doses ... Dec 29, 2021 0 12
Universal COVID test based on isothermal amplification can detect all COVID-19 variants Russian researchers have developed a strategy to create a cheap and rapid COVID-19 test based on isothermal amplification. According to their publication in Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology, use of this strategy will ... Dec 29, 2021 0 184
Omicron variant largely resistant to current antibodies The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is spreading at an alarming rate. It could soon replace the delta variant, which at present dominates globally. However, little is known about whether currently available vaccines and drugs ... Dec 29, 2021 2 931
Smart sutures to monitor deep surgical wounds Monitoring surgical wounds after an operation is an important step to prevent infection, wound separation and other complications. Dec 29, 2021 0 210
Three days of remdesivir cuts risk for severe COVID-19 in outpatients A three-day course of remdesivir results in a lower risk for hospitalization or death compered with placebo among nonhospitalized patients at high risk for COVID-19 progression, according to a study published online Dec. ... Dec 29, 2021 0 25
Characteristics of hospitalized pregnant women with flu ID'd (HealthDay)—Close to 30 percent of reproductive-aged women hospitalized with influenza were pregnant during the 2010-2011 through 2018-2019 influenza seasons, according to a study published online Dec. 28 in the Annals ... Dec 29, 2021 0 16
As omicron spreads, child hospitalizations climb 30% in past week (HealthDay)—Child hospitalizations for COVID-19 jumped 30% this past week as the Omicron variant spread like wildfire throughout the United States. Dec 29, 2021 0 18
U.S. adults support net-risk pediatric research (HealthDay)—The majority of U.S. adults support net-risk pediatric research posing minimal risk and support pediatric research posing greater risk if it has high social value, according to a study published online Dec. ... Dec 29, 2021 0 6
