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Lockdowns Prevent Only .2% of COVID Deaths: Study
"We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures, and limiting gatherings have had a noticeable effect on COVID-19...
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European Allergy Task Force Provides Clinical Guidance on Chemotherapy
All chemotherapy agents can induce hypersensitivity reactions, but the authors of a European position paper say there is little agreement on how to...
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No COVID Vax, No Transplant: Unfair or Good Medicine?
COVID vaccinations — and some people's resistance to them — have turned what used to be routine preparation controversial. WebMD Health News
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CDC Using Viral Particles From Feces to Track COVID-19
One of the earliest signs of infection is shedding of the COVID-19 virus in feces, allowing federal officials to keep track of early trends at the...
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Infant Bronchiolitis Subtype May Predict Asthma Risk
Researchers identified four bronchiolitis subtypes that may determine infants at risk of asthma later in childhood. Medscape Medical News
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Air Pollution Is Confusing Pollinators, Endangering Crops and Flowers
Air pollution is having a detrimental impact on pollinating insects by affecting their ability to be able to sniff out crops and flowers that need...
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Latest ACR COVID Vax Guide Addresses Supplemental, Booster Doses
A fifth update to the American College of Rheumatology's guidelines makes new recommendations on supplemental and booster doses in patients with...
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Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases Are on the Rise. But Why?
The complex interplay of ticks, their habitats and hosts — along with changes in land use and climate — may be enabling the spread of the pathogens...
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Blood Shortage Spurs Call for Donor Rule Change for Gay Men
The Red Cross said it can provide only 75% of the blood requested by some hospitals. WebMD Health News
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Drinking a Risk Factor for Epilepsy?
Drinking alcohol is linked to an increased risk of new-onset epilepsy, with greater consumption tied to greater risk, but more research is needed...
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California Inks Sweetheart Deal With Kaiser Permanente, Jeopardizing Medicaid Reforms
The backroom deal with politically connected Kaiser Permanente, which infuriated other Medi-Cal health plans, allows the health care giant to...
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Kidney From Deceased COVID Donor Safely Grafted in Recipient
Sophisticated molecular testing on kidneys from deceased COVID donors may provide a step forward towards safely using these organs instead of...
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Is There a Cure for Aging?
Why some researchers are hopeful about human immortality. WebMD Health News
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Chewing Xylitol Gum May Modestly Reduce Preterm Birth
In the country with one of the highest rates of preterm birth in the world, these early deliveries dropped by 24% with a simple intervention:...
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Dietary Fat Tied to Better Cognition in Older Adults
Dietary intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids, particularly omega 6, is associated with improved cognitive function in older adults, new research...
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MS Fatigue Consistently Linked With Depressive Symptoms
Results from a network analysis could illuminate the mechanism of fatigue in multiple sclerosis and enable research into more effective treatments....
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Tokyo's Daily COVID-19 Infections Exceed 20,000 for First Time
New COVID-19 cases in Tokyo exceeded 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday, dimming hopes that a wave of infections fuelled by the Omicron variant...
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Why Biden Has Eased Up on Facebook Over COVID Misinformation
When US President Joe Biden accused Facebook of 'killing people' by spreading vaccine lies in July, many experts and researchers hoped it marked...
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'We've Given Our Heart and Soul': Doc Honored for COVID Efforts
Although recently named 'Physician of the Year,' Thomas Yadegar, MD, feels that the bond between patient and doctor, especially during a pandemic,...
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AHA Annual Stats Update Highlights Heart-Brain Connection
The American Heart Association has added a separate chapter on brain health and how it relates to CVD in its annual statistical update on heart...
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Anxiety in Men Tied to Risk Factors for CVD, Diabetes
Worry and neuroticism, both aspects of anxiety, when seen in midlife are associated with differences in risk for heart disease and diabetes that...
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Biden's 'Cancer Moonshot' About to Be Relaunched
In a White House speech, President Joe Biden announced that the cancer moonshot program, which he spearheaded during the Obama administration, is...
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Missed Diagnosis Common Source of Malpractice Claims Against PCPs
More than 4 in 10 primary care providers have been sued for malpractice, most often for an improper diagnosis, a new survey from Medscape found....
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Mosquito Nets Do Prevent Malaria, Longitudinal Study Confirms
Would preventing malaria in young children delay functional immunity? Medscape Medical News
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Shunt Therapy Falters in HF Without Reduced EF: REDUCE LAP-HF 2
The trial was 'neutral' but said to have produced important mechanistic insights that could guide the investigational heart failure device therapy...