New research identifies cancer types with little survival improvements in adolescents and young adul
Survival rates for adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer have varied considerably depending on cancer type. A new study ...
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Four themes identified as contributors to diseases of despair in Pennsylvania
Credit: Penn State Hershey, Pa. -- Financial instability, lack of infrastructure, a deteriorating sense of community and family fragmentation are ...
Americans with higher net worth at midlife tend to live longer
Study finds evidence that association between wealth and longevity persists even within siblings and twin pairs EVANSTON, Ill., --- One ...
Heart-related test results may indicate risk of death in patients with COVID-19
New research published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation identifies cardiovascular test results that might help to identify patients ...
More than 1.5M children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Addressing the impact of caregiver deaths critical for pediatric mental health, authors note More than 1.5 million children around the ...
The Lancet: 1.5 million children worldwide have lost parent, grandparent, caregiver due to COVID-19
Study offers first global estimates of the number of children who experienced the death of a parent, grandparent, or primary ...
Outcomes of patients treated by female vs male physicians
What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether death, other hospital outcomes and processes of care differed between patients cared for ...
Exploring gap between excess mortality, COVID-19 deaths in 67 countries
What The Study Did: National health care systems have different capacities to correctly identify people who died of COVID-19. Researchers ...
Study IDs risk factors for irregular heartbeats in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients
Credit: UVA Health New research will help doctors identify, treat and prevent potentially dangerous irregular heartbeats in patients with hypertrophic ...
New WHO study links moderate alcohol use with higher cancer risk
One in four new breast cancers and one in five colon cancers in Canada attributed to alcoholCredit: World Health Organization's ...
COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality: Sex differences
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2021--Males with COVID-19 had significantly higher rates of hospitalization ...
Language isolation affects health of Mexican Americans
New study finds health ramifications for Hispanic older adults New research from the University of Georgia finds that older Mexican ...
Preferred life expectancy and its association with hypothetical adverse life scenarios
July 12, 2021-- A new study sheds light on how the specter of dementia and chronic pain reduce people's desire ...
New study: Lack of consideration of sex and gender in COVID-19 clinical studies
Although Covid-19 affects men and women differently, the large majority of current clinical studies of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 makes no ...
Early blood-sugar levels in type 2 diabetes crucial for future prognosis
People who get type 2 diabetes need to gain control of their blood-sugar levels -- fast. The years immediately after ...
US saw surge in firearm purchases and violence during first months of COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers found an association between an increase in gun purchases and domestic violence, but not other firearm violenceCredit: UC Regents ...
Climate change will increase temperature-attributable mortality
If global warming is not curbed, the increase in heat-related deaths will outstrip the decline in cold-related mortality, especially in ...
New study shows mathematical models helped reduce the spread of COVID-19
The Colorado COVID-19 Modeling team, led by the Colorado School of Public Health, informed state policies amidst the pandemic Colorado ...
Do heart medications affect COVID-19 outcomes?
Cardiovascular drugs do not affect COVID-19 outcomes--such as disease severity, hospitalizations, or deaths--according to an analysis of all relevant studies ...
Interleukin-6 antagonists improve outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients
Findings from a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have prompted new ...
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Dual action: RNA binding protein also binds DNA and acts as a damage sensor across the genome
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‘Stealth transmission’ fuels fast spread of coronavirus outbreak
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Adding SNAP benefits for older adults in Medicare, Medicaid can reduce hospital visits, healthcare costs
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Wiggling worms suggest link between vitamin B12 and Alzheimer’s
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Metabolism changes with age, just not when you might think