Medical
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Mental Illness Tied to High Risk of Physical Disease, Death
Mental illness in young individuals is associated with a strikingly high risk of subsequent physical illness, disability, and premature mortality,...
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Patients Fend for Themselves to Access COVID Antibody Treatments
Herritz found himself very much on his own. His primary care doctor wasn't sure he qualified for treatment. His transplant team in Wisconsin, where...
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Genetics Alone Not Enough to Predict Early-Onset Depression
Genomic risk scores can help predict early-onset depression, but only in conjunction with other factors, new research suggests. Medscape...
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Thousands of COVID-19 Vaccines Ruined During Shipping
More than 16,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine were compromised this week while en route to states, either because the temperatures were too cold or...
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'Vicious Cycle' Sent Insulin Costs Through Roof: Senate Committee
Insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers refute the findings of the Senate report; activists say it clearly shows profits have been put...
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Women Physicians and the Pandemic: A Snapshot
'Women physicians do not have trouble balancing competing demands any more than men physicians do. It is simply a more common expectation that...
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100 Million Vaccinations in the First 100 Days. It Won't Be Easy.
Incoming President Joe Biden has promised to provide 100 million covid-19 vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. Kaiser Health News
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Black Race Noted More Prominently in PHI Than White Race
Black patients were more likely to have race noted in the first line of their patient history vs Whites, and attending physicians were more likely...
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Potential Treatment for Autism or Not?
The article purported to show that the drug ubiquinol could improve the ability of children with autism to communicate with their parents,...
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With Fewer Resources, Rural America Tackles Vaccine Distribution
Rural clinics face unique challenges in connecting perishable vaccines with residents who often live miles away. Undark
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Do antidepressants help chronic back pain and osteoarthritis?
Antidepressants are commonly used worldwide to treat pain, however new research from the University of Sydney shows they offer little to no help...
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New trial finds arthritis drug tocilizumab no better than standard care for severe COVID-19
Adding the arthritis drug tocilizumab to standard care for patients in hospital with severe or critical COVID-19 is no better than standard care...
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UK virus variant sweeps world as Biden warns worse is to come
A coronavirus variant that emerged in England has swept through more than 60 nations including China, officials confirmed on Wednesday, as Joe...
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States report vaccine shortages and cancel appointments
The push to inoculate Americans against the coronavirus is hitting a roadblock: A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine,...
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Chile approves Chinese coronavirus vaccine
Chile on Wednesday became the latest country to give emergency approval to China's CoronaVac vaccine as it battles the coronavirus epidemic which...
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Don't panic, you'll get vaccine, says WHO
Nobody should panic about getting access to a COVID-19 vaccine because everyone who wants one will get one, the World Health Organization said...
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Dubai orders hospitals to cancel surgeries amid virus surge
The government of Dubai on Wednesday ordered all hospitals to cancel nonessential surgeries for the next month as coronavirus infections surge to...
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At 106, woman among earliest vaccine recipients in Brazil
ZĂ©lia de Carvalho Morley rolled up a sleeve and looked stoically to the side as a nurse slid in a COVID-19 shot. She was one of thousands in Brazil...
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Brain pressure disorder that causes headache, vision problems on rise
A new study has found a brain pressure disorder called idiopathic intracranial hypertension is on the rise, and the increase corresponds with...
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplants may provide long-term benefit for people with multiple sclerosis
A new study shows that intense immunosuppression followed by a hematopoietic stem cell transplant may prevent disability associated with multiple...
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Deep sleep takes out the trash
A new Northwestern University study reaffirms the importance of getting a good night's sleep.
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Researchers identify new genetic disorder that affects brain, craniofacial skeleton
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a new genetic disorder characterized by developmental delays and malformations of...
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Researchers uncover potentially promising therapeutic combination for renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common form of kidney cancer. In 2018, there were an estimated 403,000 new cases of RCC and 175,000 deaths...
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EU moves to bloc-wide recognition of antigen tests
EU envoys on Thursday struck preliminary agreement on having antigen tests for COVID-19 carried out in any member country recognised by all 27...
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S.Africa virus strain poses 're-infection risk': study
The coronavirus variant detected in South Africa poses a "significant re-infection risk" and raises concerns over vaccine effectiveness, according...