Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The flu is back: Here's how to get through it
Four years ago, a sudden fever, sore throat, and body aches typically pointed toward one common—and unwelcome—seasonal illness: the flu.
Dec 20, 2022
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News tagged with review of studies
Psychology & Psychiatry
Why it's wrong to blame online learning for causing mental health issues during COVID-19
Post-secondary student mental health is in crisis: Research shows students' mental health was adversely affected in the pandemic, and this falls on the heels of pre-existing concerns that campuses were struggling to keep ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Medications
Aspirin could increase survival in cancer
Does aspirin increase survival in cancer patients? UK researchers say that despite the smaller side-effects of aspirin, taking the drug has an overall positive effect on survival for people with cancer. The team reviewed ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Addiction
Trials of alcohol use disorder treatments routinely exclude sex, gender, race, and ethnicity from consideration
The manifestation of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and its social, health, and psychological implications depend in part on patient demographics. Yet researchers routinely exclude those demographics from analyses of non-medicinal ...
Jul 29, 2022
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Health
Many studies of digestive diseases fail to examine food insecurity
A review of studies about the effect of food insecurity on digestive diseases found a dearth of information, even as diet can often be both a direct cause of and a solution for many gastrointestinal conditions.
Jun 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Outcomes examined for advanced kidney disease patients who forgo dialysis
(HealthDay)—Many patients with advanced kidney disease who forgo maintenance dialysis can survive for several years and experience improved mental well-being and stable physical well-being until late in the illness course, ...
Mar 15, 2022
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Health
Four plant-based foods to eat every week, and why science suggests they're good for you
As a laureate professor in nutrition and dietetics people often ask—what do you eat?
Jan 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Phenomenon explains why patients who survive sepsis die sooner after hospital discharge
An article published in Frontiers in Immunology suggests that sepsis can cause alterations in the functioning of defense cells that persist even after the patient is discharged from hospital. This cellular reprogramming ...
May 11, 2021
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Health
Sorting folklore from fact on the health benefits of garlic
Garlic is a food of legends, supposedly capable of providing protection against everything from common colds to heart disease—not to mention vampires and werewolves.
Apr 19, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows that 40% of healthcare workers asymptomatic when COVID-19 positive, raising risk of silent transmission
A review of studies (meta-analysis) presented at this year's ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Diseases (ECCVID, online 23-25 September) shows that 40% of healthcare workers who test positive for COVID-19 were asymptomatic, ...
Sep 23, 2020
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