Pediatrics
Why do so many kids never get swimming lessons?
Cost and lack of time are among the reasons parents don't enroll their kids in swimming lessons, a new survey finds.
Jun 22, 2021
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Surgery
Extra COVID vaccine may help protect transplant patients
A small study offers the first hint that an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccines just might give some organ transplant recipients a needed boost in protection.
Jun 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccination helps protect the unvaccinated from COVID-19
Higher levels of vaccination against COVID-19 were associated with lower rates of infection with SARS-CoV-2 among a group of unvaccinated people of 16 years of age and under, reports a study in Nature Medicine. The findings, ...
Jun 11, 2021
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Pediatrics
Giving a voice to child victims of family abuse and neglect
Children with documented child protection concerns are four times as likely to die before they reach their 16th birthday, according to confronting new research from the University of South Australia.
Jun 10, 2021
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Immunology
Obesity protects against death in severe bacterial infection
For many diseases, overweight and obesity are risk factors. But now a study shows that a higher BMI may be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections.
May 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus variant B16172: Could it block the UK's path out of lockdown?
A few weeks of relief from isolation, huddling in your big coats outside chatting to a few friends in the evening after work, beginning to feel optimistic about the roadmap out of lockdown, and then another curveball comes ...
May 13, 2021
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Health
Study shows how low-protein intake during pregnancy can cause renal problems in offspring
Besides being underweight, babies born to women whose diet lacked sufficient protein during pregnancy tend to have kidney problems resulting from alterations that occurred while their organs were forming during the embryonic ...
May 5, 2021
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Diabetes
An hour of daily exercise could help Arctic Inuit people with faulty gene to control their high blood sugar
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) suggests an hour of hiking with hunting gear may be enough to help control blood glucose levels in Arctic Inuit ...
Apr 30, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Blood type not associated with COVID-19 outcomes
(HealthDay)—Blood type is not associated with COVID-19 susceptibility or outcomes, according to a research letter published online April 5 in JAMA Network Open.
Apr 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sunlight linked with lower COVID-19 deaths, study shows
Sunnier areas are associated with fewer deaths from Covid-19, an observational study suggests.
Apr 9, 2021
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