Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Greece imposes lockdown on second largest city
Greece announced a two-week lockdown Monday on its second largest city of Thessaloniki to try to contain a spike in coronavirus cases.
Nov 2, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Mastectomies have been performed for over 500 years, yet we still can't talk about them
In the middle of the 17th century, Mrs Townsend found a lump in her breast. Diagnosed with breast cancer by a local physician, she underwent a mastectomy without anesthetic—an agonizing procedure.
Sep 17, 2020
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Health informatics
Researchers say artificial intelligence and machine learning could enhance scientific peer review
As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world, researchers have published hundreds of papers each week reporting their findings—many of which have not undergone a thorough peer review process to gauge their reliability.
Sep 15, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Phone calls create stronger bonds than text-based communications
After months of social distancing mandates, people are leaning heavily on technology for a sense of social connection. But new research from The University of Texas at Austin suggests people too often opt to send email or ...
Sep 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Colleges combating coronavirus turn to stinky savior: sewage
Days after he crossed the country to start college, Ryan Schmutz received a text message from Utah State University: COVID-19 had been detected at his dorm.
Sep 6, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Coronavirus grief: Coping with the loss of routine during the pandemic
It isn't easy adjusting to changes brought on by the pandemic. Consider how to deal with grief caused by the loss of your normal routine.
Sep 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Key priorities for transplant and living donor advocacy during COVID-19
In a newly published paper, the authors first paint the vision of what optimal patient advocacy can do to overcome the challenges described by kidney transplant patients and donors, and then describe how to make that vision ...
Sep 4, 2020
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Diabetes
Helping teens with type 1 diabetes improve diabetes control with MyDiaText
Adolescence is a difficult period of development, made more complex for those with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The challenges of managing multiple doses of daily insulin administration, blood glucose monitoring, dietary ...
Sep 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scam alert: Things a COVID-19 contact tracer wouldn't say
State officials and federal agencies warn there's a new phone scam circulating: Some callers posing as COVID-19 contact tracers try to pry credit card or bank account information from unsuspecting victims.
Aug 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
NYC begins registering travelers at COVID-19 checkpoints
New York City opened new traveler checkpoints Thursday to register visitors and residents returning from checkpoints don't involve the police, but the city's Sheriff's Office, which enforces civil law, said it would pull ...
Aug 6, 2020
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