How personality affects who follows COVID-19 rules

Individual personality traits make people up to a third more likely to adopt guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19, a new study has found. Researchers said the results suggested that governments could use different messages to target different personality groups to improve compliance with coronavirus rules. People who were more conscientious were 31 […]

UCHealth builds a successful virtual urgent care clinic with Epic and Vidyo

UCHealth is a nonprofit health system with 12 hospitals and numerous physicians across Colorado, southern Wyoming and western Nebraska. THE PROBLEM Today, patients expect to be treated when they want and where they want, said Dr. Christopher Davis, an emergency medicine specialist and medical director for UCHealth Virtual Health. While urgent care clinics are relatively […]

Combo ‘Polypill’ May Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk Up to 40%

MONDAY, Nov. 16, 2020 — A single pill loaded with cholesterol and blood pressure medications can reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke by as much as 40%, a new international study reports. The “polypill” containing three generic blood pressure medications and a statin dramatically reduced the risk of heart-related illness in people with […]

Trial shows no benefits of dairy foods for blood sugar regulation

Results from a new trial published by a team led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggests lower dairy intake may be beneficial for people with metabolic syndrome. In a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Dr. Mario Kratz, an associate professor in Fred Hutch’s Public Health Sciences Division, […]

ACR Previews New Pharmacotherapy Guidelines for RA

MONDAY, Nov. 16, 2020 — The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) previewed its 2020 Guideline for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) at ACR Convergence, the College’s annual meeting, held virtually from Nov. 5 to 9. Panelists, including rheumatologists, methodologists, and patients living with the disease, developed the recommendations using the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations […]

Who owns Moderna? Latest coronavirus update as new vaccine gives hope amid pandemic

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Moderna vaccine which protects against coronavirus is nearly 95 percent effective according to early data from Moderna. The UK Government has said it is in “advanced discussions” with Moderna to secure […]

Two anti-inflammatory compounds shown to be capable of accelerating recovery from COVID-19

Two independent clinical studies—one by researchers at the Center for Cell-Based Therapy (CTC) in Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo (Brazil), on the monoclonal antibody eculizumab, and the other by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (U.S.) on an experimental drug called AMY-101—observed a significant anti-inflammatory effect that contributed to a faster recovery […]