Health
Eating your way to a healthy old age
Tweaks to our diets could be one of the most effective ways of preventing disease in Europe's aging population.
May 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mink farming poses low COVID risk: Danish health agency
A resumption of Denmark's banned mink farming poses little risk of COVID virus variants emerging, the country's public health institute said Tuesday in a report that could lead to the industry's revival.
May 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study shows fewer people die from COVID-19 in better vaccinated communities
A large US study published by The BMJ today finds that fewer people die from COVID-19 in better vaccinated communities.
Apr 27, 2022
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Medications
Study: Older adults with rheumatoid arthritis still undermedicated, despite aggressive guidelines
Despite guidelines that call for early and aggressive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, a new study suggests many older adults are not prescribed disease-modifying medications for their inflammatory autoimmune disease.
Apr 7, 2022
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Medical research
Plant compound shows promise for alleviating food allergies
Researchers combined advanced computational methods with experimental studies to gain new insight, at the cell level, into how the plant compound formononetin might be used to treat food allergies. With nearly 10% of the ...
Apr 1, 2022
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Health
UN report: Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended
The U.N. Population Fund says new research shows that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide—121 million annually—are unintended, which it calls "a neglected crisis."
Mar 31, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
US lung cancer screening linked to earlier diagnosis and better survival
The introduction of lung cancer screening in the US in December 2013 is associated with more patients being diagnosed at an earlier stage and improved survival, finds a study published by The BMJ today.
Mar 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Two years into COVID-19, where do we go from here?
Precisely two years ago last week, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency in New York as it quickly became clear that the state had become the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Days later, the World Health ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Medications
WHO recommends antiviral drug for patients with non-severe COVID-19 at highest risk of hospital admission
The antiviral drug molnupiravir is conditionally recommended for patients with non-severe COVID-19 who are at highest risk of hospitalization, says a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts in The BMJ today.
Mar 2, 2022
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COVID cases 'drop significantly' in Africa: WHO
Cases of COVID have plummeted in Africa and deaths are declining for the first time since the Omicron-dominated fourth wave of the virus reached its peak, the UN said Thursday.
Jan 20, 2022
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