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Impoverished children exposed to nurturing care have higher IQ scores in adolescenceDecember 18, 2020 at 11:47 PM Preschoolers living in impoverished communities who have access to a nurturing home environment have significantly higher intelligence quotient (IQ) scores in adolescence compared to those raised without nurturing care.Tags: Health 30 people like this. Like Study: Prenatal screening in Europe has reduced the number of babies born with Down syndromeDecember 18, 2020 at 11:39 PM The growth of prenatal screening in Europe has reduced the number of babies being born per year with Down syndrome (DS) by an average of 54%, according to a new study published in the European Journal of Human Genetics by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and international Down syndrome organizations.Tags: Health, Europe, Massachusetts General Hospital, European Journal of Human Genetics 23 people like this. Like Study identifies biomarker gene signature that indicates potential liver toxicityDecember 18, 2020 at 11:36 PM When agrochemical and pharmaceutical companies develop new products, they must test extensively for potential toxicity before obtaining regulatory approval. This testing usually involves lengthy and expensive animal studies.Tags: Health 21 people like this. Like IU researchers receive $2.9 million grant to expand work on subconcussive impactsDecember 18, 2020 at 11:21 PM Every year, nearly 2.5 million U.S. high school athletes participate in contact sports. Each of these athletes sustains an average of 650 subconcussive head impacts in a single season, hits that can negatively affect brain health.Tags: Health 32 people like this. Like Researchers propose strategy to detect and intercept diseases emerging from wildlifeDecember 18, 2020 at 10:08 PM A University of Arkansas biologist is part of a global team of researchers developing a strategy to detect and intercept diseases emerging from wildlife in Africa that could eventually infect humans.Tags: Health, Africa, University of Arkansas 18 people like this. Like FDA approves first adjuvant treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancerDecember 18, 2020 at 9:43 PM Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tagrisso (osimertinib) as the first adjuvant treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have a specific type of genetic mutation.Tags: Health, Fda, U S Food and Drug Administration 36 people like this. Like Study may help explain how COVID-19 increases stroke riskDecember 18, 2020 at 9:41 PM A UCLA-led study may help explain how COVID-19 increases the risk for stroke. Scientists made the finding by running fluid spiked with a COVID-19-like protein through a 3D-printed model of the arteries of a patient who had suffered a stroke.Tags: Health, Ucla 25 people like this. Like Telemedicine can help surgical practices to thrive during the pandemicDecember 18, 2020 at 9:37 PM A new study that records patient volume at Stony Brook Medicine's Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center reveals that follow-up telehealth visits are highly effective during the COVID-19 pandemic.Tags: Health, Metabolic Weight Loss Center 8 people like this. Like UMSOM researchers find greatest risk factors for death in hospitalized COVID-19 patientsDecember 18, 2020 at 9:22 PM Hospitalized COVID-19 patients have a greater risk of dying if they are men or if they are obese or have complications from diabetes or hypertension, according to a new study conducted by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers.Tags: Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine 32 people like this. Like US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, second shot in arsenalDecember 18, 2020 at 9:03 PM By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day.
Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health.
The move marks the world’s first authorization for Moderna’s shot...Tags: Health, Business, New York, Science, News, California, Washington, Germany, New York City, US, Los Angeles, Sport, European Union, Ap, Lego, Britain 12 people like this. Like Zika infection affects fetal retinal development during pregnancy but not after birthDecember 18, 2020 at 8:50 PM While the SARS-CoV-2 virus has dominated the news this past year, researchers continue to study the health effects of the Zika virus, which has been reported in 86 countries globally.Tags: Health, Zika 32 people like this. Like Coronavirus NSW: what we know about the source of Sydney's northern beaches Covid clusterDecember 18, 2020 at 8:36 PM NSW suddenly shifted from a lengthy period of no local transmission to 38 cases. How did it happen?Follow today’s live updatesList of Sydney hotspotsMap: where NSW cases are rising and fallingSydney is in the grip of a new coronavirus outbreak centred on the northern beaches.In the space of 36 hours, New South Wales shifted from a 12-day period free from local transmission to the sudden emergence of dozens of cases. Continue reading...Tags: Health, Australia news, Air transport, New South Wales, Sydney, Coronavirus 30 people like this. Like Study: Pesticide bans can be a cost-effective intervention for reducing suicide deathsDecember 18, 2020 at 8:34 PM National bans on highly hazardous pesticides can be a cost-effective and affordable intervention for reducing suicide deaths in countries with a high burden of suicides attributable to pesticides, according to a new study published in The Lancet Global Health today.Tags: Health, Lancet Global Health 10 people like this. Like FDA approves first implant system for adults who have above-the-knee amputationsDecember 18, 2020 at 8:31 PM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) Implant System, the first implant system marketed in the U.S. for adults who have transfemoral—or above-the-knee—amputations and who have or are anticipated to have rehabilitation problems with, or cannot use, a conventional socket prosthesis.Tags: Health, Fda, U S Food and Drug Administration 25 people like this. Like Understanding systemic risks from different perspectivesDecember 18, 2020 at 8:24 PM Systemic risks like climate change, cybersecurity and pandemics are characterised by high complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity, and effects beyond the system in which they originate.Tags: Health 14 people like this. Like FDA approves first oral drug for treating adult patients with advanced prostate cancerDecember 18, 2020 at 8:18 PM Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Orgovyx (relugolix) for the treatment of adult patients with advanced prostate cancer.Tags: Health, Fda, U S Food and Drug Administration 29 people like this. Like Pioneering new eye test may predict wet AMD three years before symptoms developDecember 18, 2020 at 8:15 PM A pioneering new eye test, developed by scientists at UCL in collaboration with the Western Eye Hospital, London, may predict wet AMD, a leading cause of severe sight loss, three years before symptoms develop.Tags: Health, Amd, Ucl, Western Eye Hospital London 22 people like this. Like Wildfire smoke's microbial content can cause infectious diseasesDecember 18, 2020 at 8:00 PM Wildfire smoke contains microbes, a fact that's often ignored, but one that may have important health repercussions.Tags: Health 50 people like this. Like The US just authorized Moderna's coronavirus vaccine, making millions more doses available to help curb the pandemicDecember 18, 2020 at 7:38 PM Tags: Health, Science, News, China, Massachusetts, Russia, US, Trends, United States, Healthcare, Astrazeneca, Fda, Pfizer, University of Oxford, Anthony Fauci, Low 68 people like this. Like Daily Crunch: Amy Klobuchar discusses Amazon Halo concernsDecember 18, 2020 at 6:10 PM  Tags: Health, Amazon, Hardware, Minnesota, India, Halo, Tech, Walmart, Policy, Sony, Amy Klobuchar, Zomato, Bumble, Squarespace, Ftc, Klobuchar 108 people like this. Like How to be a transformational, supportive leader during COVID-19 [PODCAST]December 18, 2020 at 7:00 PM  Tags: Health, Podcast, Practice Management, PA NP, CRNA 115 people like this. Like FDA authorizes Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency useDecember 18, 2020 at 7:49 PM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, as expected after an independent panel commissioned by the administration recommended its approval earlier this week. This is the second vaccine now authorized for use in the U.S. under EUA, after the Pfizer -BioNTech vaccine was approved last week.
Moderna’s vaccine could begin being administered to Americans by “Monday or Tuesday” next week, according to Dr. Anthony Fau...Tags: Health, TC, Science, Nbc, Medicine, Tech, Medical Research, United States, Oxford, Astrazeneca, Fda, Pfizer, Vaccine, Biotech, Anthony Fauci, U S Food and Drug Administration FDA 23 people like this. Like Covid hotspots NSW: list of Sydney and regional coronavirus case locationsDecember 18, 2020 at 7:42 PM Here are the current coronavirus hotspots in New South Wales and what to do if you’ve visited themFollow Guardian Australia’s coronavirus live blogAustralia’s Covid restrictions and lockdown rules – state by stateDownload the free Guardian appNew South Wales health authorities have updated a list of hotspots where Covid-positive people have visited while infectious.Those who attended some locations must isolate immediately for 14 days after you were last there, others must monitor for symptoms. ...Tags: Health, Australia, Australia news, Infectious Diseases, New South Wales, Sydney, South Wales, Coronavirus 3 people like this. Like Long Covid: 'I used to run, now I can walk 200 metres'December 18, 2020 at 7:00 PM Dr Nathalie MacDermott, 38, explains how Covid-19 has affected her life.Tags: Health, Nathalie MacDermott 37 people like this. Like Bidens to get first COVID vaccine dose on MondayDecember 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM  Tags: Health, Post, Joe Biden, Public Health, Associated Press, Biden, Kamala Harris, Jill, Jill Biden, Jen Psaki, Doug Emhoff, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Covid19 117 people like this. Like Amazon’s Halo fitness tracker raises privacy concerns for Amy KlobucharDecember 18, 2020 at 5:21 PM After reading a review of Amazon’s new fitness tracker, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar penned an open letter.
“Recent reports have raised concerns about the Halo’s access to this extensive personal and private health information,” the lawmaker wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. “Among publicly available consumer health devices, the Halo appears to collect an unprecedented level of personal information.”
The senator is far from the first critic to expre...Tags: Health, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Hardware, Minnesota, Privacy, Halo, US, Tech, Eu, Connecticut, Commission, Amnesty International, Amy Klobuchar, Fitbit 29 people like this. Like Infodemic to infowar: The circus of disinformation will spin onDecember 18, 2020 at 2:00 PM  Tags: Health, Sweden, Stats, South Africa, Cognitive Bias, Statistics, Pfizer, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, 5g, Far Right, George Soros, Cyril Ramaphosa, Bhekisisa, Moderna, Top Six 125 people like this. Like The loneliness epidemic of 2020 – Australian politics live podcastDecember 18, 2020 at 2:00 PM Looking back at the year, Katharine Murphy sits down with Labor MP Andrew Giles and Liberal MP Fiona Martin to discuss Australia’s other epidemic: loneliness. With coronavirus exacerbating the country’s feelings of isolation, which age groups have been hit hardest? How has social media use increased loneliness among young people? And what measures will the government take to solve the problem? Continue reading...Tags: Health, Labor, Australia, Australia news, Mental Health, Australian politics, Labor party, Liberal party, Liberal, Fiona Martin, Katharine Murphy, Andrew Giles 16 people like this. Like No more ICU beds at LAC+USC Medical Center, staff seeks ways to expand to meet coronavirus crisisDecember 18, 2020 at 2:26 PM  Tags: Health, Business, New York, News, Education, California, France, Government, Disney, Los Angeles, Sport, Karen, Soccer, Italy, Mexico City, Healthcare 68 people like this. Like Communication with insurers: a pandemic problem the vaccine won’t fixDecember 18, 2020 at 3:00 PM Tags: Health, Policy, Practice Management, PA NP, CRNA 99 people like this. Like |
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