A change in sense of smell or taste was the first or only symptom for nearly 40% of respondents to a recent survey about COVID-19, according to preliminary results published by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers ...
May 29, 2020
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The number of children infected with the coronavirus is far more extensive than what is currently reported—a hidden detail that could vastly underestimate the demand on health care systems and pediatric intensive care units ...
Apr 17, 2020
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Anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine should only be used to treat COVID-19 in clinical trials or in case of "national emergency", the European Medicine Agency warned Wednesday.
Apr 1, 2020
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Despite consuming fewer sugar-sweetened beverages and more whole grains, most American children and adolescents still eat poorly—and sociodemographic disparities persist, according to an 18-year national study between 1999 ...
Mar 24, 2020
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A few short weeks ago, the word "coronavirus" probably meant little, if anything, to most people. (Human coronaviruses were first identified in the 1960s and, while they vary in severity, all have the ability to cause respiratory ...
Feb 7, 2020
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A key factor of solid patient/doctor relationships is a notion of empathy that drives a feeling of shared humanity.
Feb 5, 2020
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A plant-based diet may be key to lowering risk for heart disease. Penn State researchers determined that diets with reduced sulfur amino acids—which occur in protein-rich foods, such as meats, dairy, nuts and soy—were ...
Feb 3, 2020
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The number of teens taking and overdosing from benzodiazepines, commonly prescribed anxiety medications, has risen dramatically over the past decade, according to a national study coauthored by Rutgers researchers.
Dec 17, 2019
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For several years now, it has been almost de rigueur for skiers and snowboarders to strap on a helmet amid rising concerns about safety on the slopes.
Nov 28, 2019
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Mitochondrial donation is an assisted reproductive technology sometimes described as "three-parent IVF". It's designed for women at high risk of passing on faulty mitochondrial DNA and having a child with severe mitochondrial ...
Nov 11, 2019
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