A bold NIH program promises groundbreaking insights into some of the nation’s deadliest diseases. Researchers want hundreds of thousands of volunteers to get involved.
Three quarters of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were still experiencing at least one symptom of the infection 6 months after being discharged, according to a follow-up study of 1733 patients. Medscape Medical News
TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- Routine use of prophylactic postoperative antibiotics does not improve outcomes following endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) for chronic rhinosinusitis, according to a study published online Dec. 19 in the International Forum...
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TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- Incentivizing primary care physicians to provide services after hours is associated with a reduction in less urgent visits to the emergency department, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in CMAJ, the journal of...
TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- For children aged 6 to 8 years, home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a significant myopic shift, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Jiaxing Wang, M.D., Ph.D.,...
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TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- For inpatients with ischemic heart disease, redesign of decision pathways from default opt-in to opt-out of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) results in a significant increase in CR referrals, according to a research letter...
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TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- During 1999 to 2018, there was a decrease in the rate of cancer-related suicide, according to a study published online Jan. 19 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Xuesong Han, Ph.D., from the American Cancer...
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TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- A spritz instead of a shot to ward off COVID-19? Researchers report that a nasal spray vaccine against the new coronavirus shows promise in animal testing.
Rodents that were given two doses of the vaccine had antibody and...
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TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- Noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain, fine-tuned to specific "circuitry" gone awry, might help ease obsessive-compulsive behaviors, an early study hints.
Researchers found that the brain stimulation, delivered...
TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- Cats have a long history of boosting people's moods and brightening their days. And that's probably true for kids on the autism spectrum as well, new research shows.
The small study suggests that adopting a shelter cat...
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TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- Delicious but deadly: Eating fried food is tied to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study suggests.
The risk rises with each additional 4-ounce serving per week, a research team in China found.
For the...
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TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- Tough limits on carbohydrates in your meals can help get type 2 diabetes under control -- but the benefits typically wane over time, a new research review shows.
The analysis of 23 small trials found that low-carb diets...
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Among its many adverse effects on the broader economy, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the shift away from traditional paid TV. A recent eMarketer study suggests roughly 6.4 million households cut the cord in 2020.As the two leading...
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(MedPage Today) -- While research suggesting e-cigarettes may be useful for helping adult smokers quit continues to build, but the evidence remains inadequate to support a formal recommendation, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF...
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(MedPage Today) -- The rate of COVID-19 infection among Latino patients with rheumatic diseases was high, particularly among those who were obese -- and COVID-19 itself was a risk factor for flare of the rheumatic disease, a study from the NIH...
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Researchers from Germany use a designer protein to treat spinal cord damage in mice.The procedure employs gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibers that carry signals to and from the brain.The scientists aim to eventually apply the technique...
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Fried-food intake is linked to a heightened risk of major heart disease and stroke, finds a pooled analysis of the available research data.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 -- A study that examined how people walked through doorways provides new insight into anorexia's effect on a person's body image.
It's long been known that people with anorexia overestimate their body size, but this study...
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TUESDAY, Jan. 19, 2021 -- Kids who see their parents bicker during a separation or divorce are more likely to develop a fear of abandonment, new research warns.
And even if a youngster feels close to one or both parents, that fear can still...