Medications
Kids still dying from accidental exposure to fentanyl pain patches
(HealthDay)—Accidental exposure to fentanyl pain patches is putting children's lives at risk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
Jul 26, 2021
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Genetics
Connection between genetics, treatment outcomes in patients taking blood thinners
Genetic information stored in biobanks brings new opportunities for individualized health care. According to a new study by VTT, tailoring based on genetic information can improve treatment outcomes of blood thinner treatment. ...
Jun 8, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
High-risk, disadvantaged groups face barriers to preventing spread of COVID-19
Social factors such as education, financial stability, food security and the neighborhood where someone resides were strongly correlated with whether or not individuals with heart disease adopted measures to prevent the spread ...
May 6, 2021
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Health
Gen X, millennials in worse health than prior generations at same age
(HealthDay)—Medicine may have advanced by leaps and bounds over the last century, but Generation X and millennials are in worse health than their parents and grandparents were at their age.
Mar 25, 2021
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Pediatrics
Why experts think we'll need to vaccinate children against COVID
Drugmaker Moderna says it has started COVID-19 vaccine trials for thousands of children aged under 12, a first step towards a new phase of the immunization campaign experts say might be necessary to stamp out the pandemic.
Mar 16, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Australians 'remarkably resilient' during COVID-19
Despite reporting elevated levels of stress and anxiety through the COVID-19 pandemic, remarkably, Australians have maintained a relatively stable sense of wellbeing.
Jan 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antimicrobial resistance as dangerous as pandemic: WHO
The World Health Organization warned Friday that growing antimicrobial resistance is every bit as dangerous as the coronavirus pandemic—and threatens to reverse a century of medical progress.
Nov 20, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Nurture trumps nature in determining severity of PTSD symptoms
Researchers at Yale and elsewhere previously identified a host of genetic risk factors that help explain why some veterans are especially susceptible to the debilitating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Oct 1, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 prevention might translate into record low flu rates, says CDC
(HealthDay)—The final statistics are in for America's last flu season, and the news is good: Record low rates of influenza were reported as cases plummeted during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sep 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
If we spent the cost of COVID-19 on pandemic preparations it would have lasted 500 years
COVID-19 has taken advantage of a world in disorder, causing catastrophic health, social, and economic consequences and irreparable harm to humanity. The virus has killed close to a million people and many more may die as ...
Sep 15, 2020
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