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Individuals taking a class of steroid hormones called glucocorticoids for conditions such as asthma, allergies and arthritis on a routine basis may be unable to mount a normal stress response and are at high risk if they are infected with the virus causing COVID-19, according to a new editorial published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal […]
A multistate study of Medicaid enrollees led by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that suicide risk was highest among youth with epilepsy, depression, schizophrenia, substance use and bipolar disorder. In addition, the odds of suicide decreased among those who had more mental health visits within the 30 days before the […]
Persistent sleep difficulties during the first 12 months of life are linked to a heightened risk of developing childhood anxieties and emotional disorders, indicates research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Based on their findings, poor infant sleepers should be monitored for mental health issues in later childhood, advise the researchers. Around […]
Drinking just two cups of milk a day ‘can increase the risk of breast cancer in women by up to 80%’ NHS recommends adults consume lots of cow’s milk because it’s rich in calcium But Californian researchers say treat these guidelines ‘with caution’ after study They looked at 53,000 women over eight years and found […]
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2020 — A journal’s retraction of a study linking electronic cigarettes with an increased risk for heart attack is being challenged by the author. The U.S. government-funded study in the Journal of the American Heart Association concluded that vaping doubles the risk for heart attack, but it was retracted by the journal […]
Egypt, Algeria and Republic of South Africa are the African countries most at risk for coronavirus COVID-19 importation in the continent, due to high air traffic with the contaminated Chinese provinces. But these countries are also among the best equipped on the continent to quickly detect and deal with new cases. In other African countries, […]
How drinking one cup of black tea or a glass of red wine each night could HALVE your risk of dementia (and scientists say eating kale and broccoli can also ward off the disease) The products are rich in chemicals called flavonols, among other nutrients More than 900 people were tracked for up to 12 […]
Children of mothers who drank through the first trimester of pregnancy in addition to alcohol and Smoking, had, according to a new study, a 12-fold increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome. Were compared with children whose mothers do not, or only until the end of the first trimester of Pregnancy smoked and drank alcohol. […]
Warning for 2 million weed-smoking heart patients: Marijuana may boost statin and blood thinner levels to dangerous levels and cause the SAME cardiovascular damage as cigarettes Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers estimate that some two million Americans with heart disease use marijuana A review of prior studies found the livers attempt to process both marijuana […]
Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy have a 12-fold increased risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) compared to those unexposed or only exposed in the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health. SIDS is the sudden, […]