High folic acid supplementation associated with higher rates of COVID-19 infections and mortality
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — People in the United Kingdom with folic acid prescriptions were 1.5 times more likely to get COVID-19. ...
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New study from National Institutes of Health RECOVER initiative finds post-acute COVID-19 in children less common than in adults but more frequent than hospitalization rates for acute COVID-19
Aurora, Colo. (Aug. 29, 2022) – A new study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER Pediatric Electronic ...
Distress leads to higher COVID vaccine rates, less adherence to distancing guidelines
People who were more distressed — showing signs of anxiety or depression — during the COVID-19 pandemic were less likely ...
Significant boost in rates of type 2 diabetes among children during COVID-19 pandemic
In a multi-site study of medical records, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and across the United States say they ...
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: rebleeding rates and rebleeding predictors found
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is defined as gastrointestinal bleeding from a source that cannot be determined even after upper or ...
Is universal healthcare progress related to changes in childhood vaccination rates?
Countries with greater progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) had smaller declines in childhood vaccination coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
COVID-19 vaccination rates among adults with vision, hearing disabilities
About The Study: The findings of this survey study suggest that COVID-19 vaccine initiation is lower among adults with vision ...
Partnership seeks to boost southwest Virginia colorectal cancer screening rates
Building on a successful pilot program that increased colorectal cancer screening rates among its patients, the Community Health Center of the New ...
Reinfection rates low after successful HCV treatment in people who inject drugs
Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4119 URLs go live when the embargo lifts A cohort study found that reinfection rates are low after successful ...
New Hampshire and Northeast U.S. region’s high childhood cancer rates re-examined
LEBANON, NH – In 2018, a paper by David A. Siegel, MD, MPH, of the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Higher rates of preterm birth in women infected with COVID-19 in late pregnancy
SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, but only for women infected in their final trimester, ...
How a callback program reduces ER return rates
Can a simple phone call reduce the likelihood that a patient will have to return to the emergency room in ...
Where and when violent crime rates fall, heart disease deaths fall, too
In addition to keeping city residents safer where they live, work, and play, , a new analysis of data from ...
Increasing maternal age, obesity and Caesarean section rates could be reasons why maternal mortality is no longer falling in the UK
New research from Scotland published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows the increased risk of severe ...
Intensive telephone-based cessation counseling results in improved smoking quit rates
WASHINGTON – Offering intensive, weekly telephone-based cessation counseling along with nicotine replacement for people who smoke and who were undergoing ...
High incarceration rates may not help US citizens feel safer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The U.S. is the world leader in incarceration rates, spending $80 billion a year to imprison ...
Both heat and cold increase risk of death in England and Wales but rates vary across geographical areas and population groups
Each year in England and Wales, there were on average nearly 800 excess deaths associated with heat and over 60,500 ...
Black and Hispanic men with throat cancer experiencing higher death rates; white men increasingly being diagnosed at a late stage
Hispanic and Black men are dying from HPV-associated throat cancer at a higher rate, and most new cases are being ...
To reduce smoking rates in prisons, cessation programs must be expanded and extended
More than half of all people incarcerated in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, a hidden health crisis that has long been ...
Stalling improvements in cardiovascular disease rates since 2010 could cost £54bn between 2020 and 2029
New research published today suggests that the slowdown in improvements in cardiovascular diseases like heart disease and stroke seen in ...
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New study shows snacking on mixed tree nuts may impact cardiovascular risk factors and increase serotonin
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Is brain learning weaker than artificial Intelligence?
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A fairy-like robot flies by the power of wind and light
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Study finds women and men are equally effective at wage-labor negotiations
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This groundbreaking biomaterial heals tissues from the inside out