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Adults conceived through sperm donation reported higher frequencies of allergies, type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune conditions in a world-first study that examined the long term health outcomes of donor-conceived people. The study was conducted by Flinders University’s Caring Futures Institute and led by researcher Damian Adams, and published in the Journal of Developmental Origins […]
The Brazilian city of Manaus, which was devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, may have suffered so many infections that its population now benefits from “herd immunity,” according to a preliminary study. Published on the website medRxiv, the study analyzed infection data with mathematical modeling to estimate that 66 percent of the population had antibodies to […]
A review of studies (meta-analysis) presented at this year’s ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Diseases (ECCVID, online 23-25 September) shows that 40% of healthcare workers who test positive for COVID-19 were asymptomatic, raising the risk of silent transmission in healthcare settings. The study is by Dr. Sergio Gómez-Ochoa, Cardiovascular Foundation of Colombia, Floridablanca, Colombia, Professor Oscar […]
TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 — Folks shrugging off the risk of COVID-19 because they don’t think the virus will do them much harm might want to think again. As many as four out of five people infected with the new coronavirus likely will suffer some symptoms of COVID-19, a new analysis shows. Only about 20% […]
Although people of any age can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, elderly patients face a higher risk of severity and death than younger patients. New research, comparing the immune response among age groups, may help explain why. Older patients with the disease have lower frequencies of the immune cells needed to […]
Feelings of panic when a person is away from their smartphone could be connected to general feelings of inadequacy and inferiority, a new study of young people in Portugal suggests. The study, published in the most recent issue of the journal Computers in Human Behavior Reports, found that gender has no bearing on whether people […]
A mother’s own breast milk has infection-fighting factors and nutrients to help fuel growth and development in babies and may be easier to digest than formula. Providing this nourishment is particularly important for infants born prematurely, both while they are receiving care in a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and after they are able […]
Dogs training to sniff out coronavirus in Britain The U.K. could be getting a new weapon in the fight against COVID-19: man’s best friend; Greg Palkot reports. A study in Germany found dogs were able to sniff novel coronavirus in the saliva of patients with COVID-19. Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany, found […]
The number of recreational/non-elite athletes participating in marathons is gradually increasing every year. The great physical effort experienced by their body in this type of competition triggers an acute release of biomarkers of heart damage (cardiac troponins), making them riseabove clinically significant values; that is, reaching levels above the 99th percentile of a healthy reference […]
A team of Clarkson University researchers recently published an article in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nutrients that shows natural caffeine has a more consistent and lasting effect than synthetic caffeine when it comes to cognition and moods. Associate Physical Therapy Professor Ali Boolani teamed up with Associate Mathematics Professor Sumona Mondal, Ph.D. Student Daniel Fuller, […]