Medical News
Is a Negative COVID-19 Test Result Truly Negative?
Discover - 9 Nov 2020 21:20
If your coronavirus test came back negative, you might not be out of the woods just yet. The trustworthiness of a negative result depends on the type of test you took, when you tested, and how much contact you've had wit...
A randomized clinical trial of Greek High Phenolic Early Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil in mild cognitive impairment: the MICOIL pilot study
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(IOS Press) Greek researchers and clinicians investigated for the first time the effect of High Phenolic Early Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil (HP-EH-EVOO) versus Moderate Phenolic (MP-EVOO) and Mediterranean Diet (MeDi) ...
Extra precautions during CPR due to the pandemic do not have a negative impact on survival
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(American Heart Association) A U.S. medical center compared outcomes of patients in 2019 and 2020 who had in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to determine if safety precautions due to the pandemic affect pati...
Altai Pastoralism Project funded by National Geographic Society and Wenner-Gren Foundation
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) Dr. Taylor Hermes of the Department of Archaeogenetics at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has received grants from the National Geographic...
Asthmatics working in dusty environments risk a trip to the hospital
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Aarhus University) Working in farming or the wood industry while suffering from asthma is not a good combination. This is because it increases the risk of being hospitalised again with asthma. This is shown by a new stu...
Attending an HBCU may protect Black students from later health problems
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Ohio State University) African Americans who attend Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUs) may be at lower risk for health problems later in adulthood compared to African Americans who attend predominantly ...
COVID Misinformation a Roadblock to Curbing Pandemic
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Delaware) Two new studies suggest that the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 will make it harder for communities to bring the pandemic under control. stereotypes and fears of stigma may be barriers t...
COVID-19 triggers OCD in children and young people
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Aarhus University) Many children and young people with obsessive thoughts and compulsions experience that their OCD, anxiety and depressive symptoms worsen during a crisis such as COVID-19. This is shown by a new resear...
Cell ageing can be slowed by oxidants
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Chalmers University of Technology) At high concentrations, reactive oxygen species - known as oxidants - are harmful to cells in all organisms and have been linked to ageing. But a study from Chalmers University of Tech...
Don't be fooled by pretty food, USC research warns
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Southern California) Consumers confuse pretty food with healthy food, largely due to highly stylized presentations and marketing that appeal to aesthetics and appetite. Disclaimers could help people make m...
E-cigarettes can be 'gateway' to cigarettes for teens with no prior intention to smoke
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Children's National Hospital) Cigarette smoking remains a leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. And while adolescent cigarette smoking has declined over the past several decades, e-c...
Effect of hydroxychloroquine on clinical status
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(JAMA Network) This randomized trial compares the effects of hydroxychloroquine versus placebo on patients' clinical status at 14 days (home, requiring noninvasive or invasive ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxyge...
Acute exposure to higher ozone levels linked to higher risk of cardiac arrest
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(American Heart Association) Analysis of data from 187,000 patients found that higher ozone levels were associated with a higher risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.These findings may have important public health impl...
For young athletes, inadequate sleep leads to decreased performance
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Most young athletes don't get enough sleep - and that may significantly affect their sports performance, according to a paper in the November issue of Current Sports Medicine Reports, official jou...
Genetic disposition protects immune system from aging
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Bonn) A genetic disposition that plays a role in the development of the heart in the embryo also appears to play a key role in the human immune system. This is shown by a recent study led by the University...
Georgia State researchers to combat suicide among older adults during COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Georgia State University) With a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) researchers are developing and evaluating the Belonging and Empathy, With Intentional Targeted Helping (BE...
HSS presents innovative research at 2020 ACR Annual Meeting
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Hospital for Special Surgery) At this year's American College of Rheumatology virtual meeting, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) presented exciting research related to rheumatology and orthopedic surgery. The research ...
Home-visiting program shows promise of reducing risk of obesity among Native American children
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Lessons on healthy feeding practices delivered to young mothers through a brief home-visiting intervention put Native American infants on a healthier growth tr...
Large, delayed outbreaks of endemic diseases possible following COVID-19 controls
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Princeton University) Measures such as mask wearing and social distancing that are key to reducing coronavirus infection have also greatly reduced the incidence of other diseases, such as influenza and respiratory syncy...
Liver scarring relatively common among middle-aged adults
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) A substantial minority of participants from the Framingham Heart Study, (nearly nine percent), had potentially clinically significant liver fibrosis (scarring). This the first study...
Machine learning helps predict survival rates of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(American Heart Association) Machine learning predictions about the survival rate of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were more accurate when neighborhood-level factors were added to the data analysis.Future research ca...
More economic worries mean less caution about COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 9 Nov 2020 07:00
(Washington State University) Workers experiencing job and financial insecurity are less likely to follow the CDC's guidelines for COVID-19, such as physical distancing, limiting trips from home and washing hands, accord...