Archive for January, 2021
View a map showing the number of confirmed cases in each state of the new COVID-19 variant (B.1.1.7) in the United States. Source: US COVID-19 Cases Caused by Variants
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Protect Your Community: get answers to common questions and accurate information about the COVID-19 vaccines. Source: COVID-19 Vaccination
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Frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccination in correctional and detention centers. For general information about COVID-19 vaccine, please see the CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Information page. Source: COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs in Correctional and Detention Centers
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Medications to treat high blood pressure did not affect outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The study is the first randomized controlled trial to show there is no risk for patients continuing these medications while hospitalized for COVID-19. Source: Commonly used blood pressure medications safe for COVID-19 patients, study finds
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In a large-scale study of electronic health records investigators determined the prevalence of functional seizures and characterized comorbidities associated with them. Functional seizures are sudden attacks or spasms that look like epileptic seizures but do not have the aberrant brain electrical patterns of epilepsy. The research team confirmed associations between functional seizures and psychiatric disorders […]
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Emotional appeals in advertisements may not always help improve consumers’ immediate recall of a product, says a new article. Source: Emotionally appealing ads may not always help consumer memory
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Surgical smoke poses a health risk to everyone in the operating room. Perioperative teams exposed to surgical smoke report twice as many respiratory health issues as the general public. The smoke can even contain viruses. Researchers suggest that policies and laws mandating the evacuation of surgical smoke from operating rooms are the best way to […]
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Improving imaging processes will lead to more successful treatments and help reduce morbidity in men with the disease. Source: MRI frequently underestimates tumor size in prostate cancer
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People taking immunosuppressive drugs to prevent organ transplant rejection or to treat inflammatory or autoimmune diseases do not fare worse than others on average when they are hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new study. Source: COVID-19 outcomes for patients on immunosuppressive drugs on par with non-immunosuppressed patients, study finds
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Impaired intelligence, movement disorders and developmental delays are typical for a group of rare diseases that belong to GPI anchor deficiencies. Researchers now used genetic engineering methods to create a mouse that mimics these patients very well. Studies in this animal model suggest that in GPI anchor deficiencies, a gene mutation impairs the transmission of […]
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