Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A new coronavirus variant is circulating, the most transmissible one yet. Hospitalizations of infected patients are rising. And older adults represent nearly 90% of U.S. deaths from covid-19 in recent months, the largest portion since the start of the pandemic. What does that […]
COVID widened the growing gap between care needs and nursing staff across the nation. Now, many states are stepping in with beefed-up budgets and new programs to build faculty and clinical placements. Interest in nursing isn’t the problem. Nursing schools have had to turn away applicants because of the lack of clinical placement sites, faculty, […]
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel said he would like to have factories making vaccines based on its messenger RNA technology on every continent as the U.S. company prepares to build four facilities. “We’re talking to a couple more countries because I would really like on every continent to have MRNA capacity,” […]
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more predictive of poor mental health in adults than autism spectrum disorder (ASD), new research suggests. In a trait-based analysis of more than 500 adults, researchers found that ADHD traits trumped ASD traits in predicting internalizing problems. Punit Shah, PhD “Further research is now needed to delve deeper into understanding […]
Better coordination beyond purely medical aspects: the National Research Programme "Smarter Health Care" (NRP 74) of the Swiss National Science Foundation shows how resources in the health sector can be used more efficiently. A focus on people – patients, professionals, relatives Switzerland's health care system faces major challenges ranging from a growing incidence of chronic […]
Fungi such as Aspergillus are so common in our surroundings that we breathe in hundreds to thousands of spores every day. In healthy people, fungi typically pose no threat, but they can cause deadly infections in those with compromised immune systems. However, it is increasingly recognized that viral infections such as influenza or SARS-CoV-2 can […]
Dr Zoe Williams discusses visceral fat on This Morning We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info There are three different types of […]
CLAIM: British telephone booths are being retrofitted with defibrillators because the COVID-19 vaccines are causing more cardiac arrests. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A movement to install defibrillators in telephone kiosks across the U.K. is more than a decade old and didn’t result from the coronavirus or vaccines, according to Community Heartbeat Trust, the charity that originated […]
Transgender and nonbinary youth experienced significant improvement in appearance congruence (or the degree to which physical characteristics align with gender) and sustained improvements in depression and anxiety over two years after starting treatment with gender-affirming hormones, according to a multicenter U.S. study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. “Our results provide robust scientific […]
Ecopipam, in development for Tourette syndrome in children and adolescents, has shown in a randomized, controlled trial that, compared with placebo, it reduced tics and reduced the risk for some of the common side effects of other treatments, including weight gain. Findings of the multicenter, double-blind, trial funded by the drug maker, Emalex Biosciences, were […]
