No one likes mosquitoes. Their bites can cause uncomfortable and sometimes painful reactions and put a damper on even the best summer soiree. They can also carry diseases and viruses such as Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), ...
Aug 11, 2023
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Data from the 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey examined support for drug checking services, analyzing between demographic, social, and substance use variables and the endorsement of drug checking.
Jul 5, 2023
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Female recipients of a left ventricular assist device tend (LVAD) to have worse clinical outcomes compared to their male counterparts, according to a study in Circulation: Heart Failure from researchers at the University ...
May 29, 2023
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Sports and exercise medicine must up its game to break the cycle of gender bias in the specialty, urge an international group of doctors in an editorial in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.
May 9, 2023
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Poor working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic were factors in nearly half of junior doctors reporting symptoms of extremely severe depression, according to a new study led by the University of Surrey.
Oct 11, 2022
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Cow mucus provides the basis for a synthetic prophylactic gel developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology to protect against HIV and herpes transmission. The lubricating gel proved 70% effective in lab tests against HIV, ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Science has long shown that men are at greater risk for developing atrial fibrillation (AFib) than women; but it has never been fully understood why women would be protected from developing the condition. New research from ...
Aug 31, 2022
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A UBC Okanagan researcher is calling attention to the looming gap in health equality when it comes to Indigenous populations living off-reserve in Canada.
Aug 5, 2022
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A secondary data analysis of the CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults) Lung study found that emphysema is often detectable on CT scan before spirometry findings become abnormal. The findings suggest that ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Three out of every four teens aren't getting enough exercise, and this lack is even more pronounced among female students.
Jun 21, 2022
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