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A new study involving millions of people in the U.K. found that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are less likely to develop long COVID. In fact, having both shots cut their chances of developing long COVID symptoms by about 50% compared to those who haven’t been vaccinated at all. The study, published in […]
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In a large multi-year study, investigators study the benefits of eating nuts in preventing gradual weight gain. Despite being high in calories, just a half serving of nuts per day (14 gm or ½ oz) is associated with a lower risk of weight gain and obesity, just one of the benefits of eating nuts, […]
White evangelicals’ attitudes toward the coronavirus pandemic are considerably more relaxed than those of other religious groups, a new study said. White evangelical Protestants were generally less worried about contracting COVID-19, more ready for life to return to normal and much more likely to say that President Donald Trump was handling the pandemic well, compared […]
As more job sectors in South Africa begin to open, the risk of infection also becomes greater — a new study reminds us that we shouldn’t feel safe and let our guards down when we’re in close proximity to someone that doesn’t ‘look or sound’ like they have COVID-19. South Africa currently has 80 412 identified […]
Jun 16, 2020 What’s your “magic number”? One? Five? Twenty or more? In other words, how many sex partners have you had in your life? It’s a personal question, and there is no right or wrong answer. But it’s one you should consider when thinking about your own health. Research suggests that the more lifetime […]
Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid called dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients. Results were announced Tuesday and researchers said they would publish them soon. The study is a large, strict test that […]
According to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports researchers have now figured out a way to prevent warmed-up vaccines from degrading. Vaccines can be difficult to transport, as they require constant refrigeration and can spoil when not stored at the proper temperature. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) most vaccines […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Population-wide facemask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, according to a UK study published Wednesday. The research, led by scientists at Britain’s Cambridge and Greenwich Universities, suggests lockdowns alone will not stop the […]
Hydroxychloroquine, the antimalarial drug touted by President Donald Trump as a coronavirus treatment despite no solid evidence as such, is linked to an increased risk of heart problems and death, a new study of nearly 100,000 COVID-19 patients concluded. The patients treated with hydroxychloroquine or the related drug chloroquine were at higher risk of developing arrhythmia […]
CHICAGO, May 14 (Reuters) – Over a third of patients treated for COVID-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney injury, and nearly 15% required dialysis, U.S.researchers reported on Thursday. The study was conducted by a team at Northwell Health, the largest health provider in New York state. “We found in the […]
Researchers are to study the genetic codes of severely-ill Covid-19 patients to find out why the disease affects some people more than others. The Edinburgh University-led programme will identify the specific genes that cause a predisposition to the disease. It will allow the genome sequencing of up 20,000 people who have been in intensive care […]
A newly published study of patients in New York has found that a widely touted drug for Covid-19 did not make a difference in the rate at which patients were intubated or died. It’s an observational study rather than a randomized one, but it is only the latest one to show that the drug, hydroxychloroquine, […]
Medical workers take in patients outside of a special coronavirus intake area at Maimonides Medical Center on May 04, 2020 in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China over four months ago has since mutated and the new, dominant strain spreading across […]
A test designed for early detection of cancers from a blood sample was able to more than double the number of cancers picked up through screening, including seven cancers that currently do not have any standard-of-care screening methods, according to a new study. The study, sponsored by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Thrive Earlier Detection and carried out […]