Addiction
With new campaign, Philly recruits former smokers to encourage current ones to quit
A new city antismoking campaign is highlighting Philadelphians' stories about quitting to encourage others to do the same.
Jul 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID vaccines averted infection in 10% of patient-facing healthcare staff during second wave
The rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout from December 2020 averted infection in a large proportion of NHS hospital workers in England during the second wave of the pandemic, suggests research published by The BMJ today.
Jul 20, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID hospitalizations and deaths are rising faster than cases, but that doesn't mean more severe disease
Australia is currently in its third omicron wave (second if you live in Western Australia). This one is caused by the subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.
Jul 20, 2022
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Health
Finding social support through social media during COVID lockdowns
As people around the world are learning to live with a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from UConn's College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, in collaboration with Spanish institutions, have learned ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Increasing public health measures could have helped prevent thousands of COVID-19 deaths in India
Strengthening public health measures at the sign of resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 in India in early 2021 would have helped control transmission in the country and reduced mortality by at least 40% during the second wave even without ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID-19 shown to affect the mental health of pregnant women
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected Canadian women's mental health both during pregnancy and in the postpartum period, confirms the CONCEPTION study led by Anick Bérard, researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine and professor at the ...
May 6, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Report: Emergence of the alpha variant did not lead to more severe disease in children admitted to hospital
A new study, published in the journal Paediatric Research, provides evidence that the number of school-age children admitted to hospital with coronavirus did not rise significantly in the second wave of the disease when compared ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Non-English speaking patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at-risk of worse health outcomes
The language status of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 may significantly impact health outcomes during their admission, as non-English speaking individuals were found to have 35 percent greater odds of dying or requiring ...
Apr 6, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Daily photo sharing might mean double depression risk
The rate of reported depressive symptoms that are likely to require treatment has more than doubled by the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic among those who most often share pictures or videos of themselves on social media, ...
Mar 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Indonesia reports record number of COVID cases
Indonesia reported a record number of new coronavirus cases on Tuesday as the Omicron variant spreads across the Southeast Asian archipelago.
Feb 15, 2022
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