Archive: 09/02/2021

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence study in daycare centres in France suggests low rates of infection in very young children

Children aged between 5 months and 4 years attending daycare during lockdown in March to May 2020 in France had low rates of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in their blood—known as seroprevalence—suggesting that virus infection ...

Feb 9, 2021

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Addressing breastfeeding disparities for African American mothers

An abundance of data underscore the importance of breastfeeding and human milk for the optimal health of infants, children, mothers, and society. But while breastfeeding initiation rates have increased to more than 80% in ...

Feb 9, 2021

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Distinctness of mental disorders traced to differences in gene readouts

A new study suggests that differences in the expression of gene transcripts—readouts copied from DNA that help maintain and build our cells—may hold the key to understanding how mental disorders with shared genetic risk ...

Feb 9, 2021

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Happiness really does come for free: study

Economic growth is often prescribed as a sure way of increasing the well-being of people in low-income countries, but a study led by McGill and the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies at the Universitat Autònoma ...

Feb 9, 2021

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Evidence for routine brain tumor imaging is murky, but research can shed light

What is the best way to monitor a brain tumor? This question is at the heart of a new Position Statement published in open-access journal Frontiers in Oncology. The article is the work of a large collaboration of UK experts ...

Feb 9, 2021

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Lockdown linked to drop in asthma attacks, GP data suggests

Asthma attack rates seen at GP surgeries fell significantly during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of 2020, a study suggests.

Feb 9, 2021

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Study finds wearable devices can detect COVID-19 symptoms and predict diagnosis

Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods and can help track and improve management of the disease, Mount Sinai researchers report in one of the first studies on the topic. The ...

Feb 9, 2021

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Analysis confirms racial disparities in COVID-19 infection

An analysis of Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California early in the COVID-19 pandemic found racial and ethnic disparities in the likelihood of testing positive for the coronavirus, but no significant disparities ...

Feb 9, 2021

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Researchers develop data tool that may improve care

With the aid of sophisticated machine learning, researchers at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine demonstrated that a tool they developed can rapidly predict mortality for patients facing transfer between ...

Feb 9, 2021

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Screening strategy based on baseline breast density at age 40 may be effective for reducing breast cancer mortality

A mammography screening strategy based on a baseline breast density measure at age 40 may be the most effective and cost effective way to reduce breast cancer mortality. Current breast cancer screening guidelines recommend ...

Feb 9, 2021

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