Archive: 08/09/2021

Clues to brain health may lie in the gut

Food cravings. Everybody gets them.

Sep 8, 2021

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Breathing humid and salt-enriched air reduces respiratory droplet generation

Breathing water and salt suppresses the generation of respiratory droplets, and potentially reduces COVID-19 incidence and symptoms, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), ...

Sep 8, 2021

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Childhood weight management program effective for Hispanic children from low-income families

Childhood obesity is a growing problem, with especially high rates in Hispanic and Black children and in families with low income. In a recent randomized clinical trial in a largely Hispanic, low-income population, children ...

Sep 8, 2021

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Sepsis mortality rate is affected by a fast decrease in platelet count

Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition arising from tissue and organ damage due to a body's overactive response to an infection. Sepsis is commonly characterized by abnormally low levels of platelet (a type of ...

Sep 8, 2021

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Sanofi buys US biotech firm in acquisition spree

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced on Wednesday its second acquisition of a US firm in as many months, buying transplant drug company Kadmon for $1.9 billion (1.6 billion euros).

Sep 8, 2021

Meningitis epidemic in DR Congo kills 129

An epidemic of meningitis has been declared in northeastern DR Congo, where 129 people have died, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

Sep 8, 2021

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Sharp fall in amputations due to type 1 diabetes

Amputation in type 1 diabetes is becoming relatively less common in Sweden. The rate has fallen by just over 40 percent over an approximately 20-year period, a University of Gothenburg study shows.

Sep 8, 2021

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Black and Mexican American adults develop diabetes at a younger age

Certain racial and ethnic minorities develop type 2 diabetes at a younger age than white Americans, meaning current diabetes screening and prevention practices for them may be inadequate and inequitable, reports a new Northwestern ...

Sep 8, 2021

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Temporary transfer tattoos, often used by children, can disrupt the skin's protective barrier function

Temporary transfer tattoos, particularly popular among children, can damage the skin's protective barrier. This is the finding of a study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine by UGR researchers José Pablo Serrano, ...

Sep 8, 2021

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Study finds raw wastewater 'leading indicator' of future COVID-19 outbreaks

A global team of researchers has found that future COVID-19 outbreaks, variants, hospitalizations and ICU admissions can be reliably predicted by detecting and quantifying the amount of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in raw wastewater.

Sep 8, 2021

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