Today, the main focus is on lowering high cholesterol levels in adults in order to prevent atherosclerosis. Professor Kirsten Holvenat the Department of Nutrition at the University of Osloissues a clear warning: we start ...
Feb 28, 2022
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Maintaining social distancing policies as vaccines are being rolled out may prevent the evolution of vaccine-resistant strains of SARS-CoV-2, suggests a mathematical biology study published in Nature Human Behaviour.
Feb 25, 2022
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More and more people have been asking for a return to normal, and with omicron waning, governments are starting to act. The UK, for example, is removing its remaining public health measures, including mandatory self-isolation ...
Feb 24, 2022
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Unvaccinated students had eight times the incidence of COVID-19 infection compared to vaccinated students in a North Carolina independent school, according to a study by the ABC Science Collaborative appearing online Feb. ...
Feb 23, 2022
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In March 2020, the United Kingdom instituted a national lockdown, mandating that people only leave their home for a limited number of reasons. These public health measures led to significant changes in healthcare-seeking ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Take-home exposures—toxic contaminants that are unintentionally brought from the workplace into the home, exposing children and other family members—are a documented public health hazard, but the majority of research ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Findings from a study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) provide new insights that could help long-term care (LTC) facilities assess the cleanliness of high-touch surfaces, and thereby enhance ...
Feb 17, 2022
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The COVID pandemic has had a huge impact on people living with dementia and their family carers around the world. Our study, published today, found people with dementia experienced worse symptoms after the pandemic began.
Feb 15, 2022
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COVID-19 is not the first health crisis to affect Canada. Previous emergencies, like the Lac-Mégantic train tragedy in 2013, showed the importance of including the affected communities to promote better adherence to preventive ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Results from new research suggest that protective measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Massachusetts were associated with an increase in firearm injuries during the first year of the pandemic. Led by researchers ...
Feb 8, 2022
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