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High-dose anticoagulation can reduce deaths by 30 percent and intubations by 25 percent in hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are not critically ill when compared to the standard treatment, which is low-dose anticoagulation. These are the significant findings from the large-scale…

The adoption of laws around naloxone use is not associated with changes in adolescent lifetime heroin or injection drug use (IDU), finds a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. According to latest results, naloxone access and…

More than 25% of parents surveyed report that they were less than truthful about their children’s COVID-19 status or that they didn’t follow the disease’s preventive guidelines during the pandemic for their offspring, according to a nationwide study led in…

A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found that it was safe and stimulated both antibodies and responses from the cellular arm of the immune system. The Phase 1 trial was supported by…

We know vitamin D is imperative to our health – but what exactly does it do?  Vitamin D is an important tool to maintaining good health. Known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’, perhaps the best way to get it is by…

When the covid-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors’ offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than risk meeting face-to-face. During…

When Stacey was 18, she made her first bet… and won. This spiralled into a full-blown addiction that saw her lose more than £100,000. In a powerful piece for Processing, a Frame Of Mind series, Stacey shares how she realised…

Two types of electronically delivered letter strategies — a letter highlighting potential cardiovascular benefits of influenza vaccination and a repeat reminder letter — increased flu shot uptake compared to usual care alone, in a national study of seniors in Denmark….

Research on caregiving after neurotrauma and neurological disability extends the focus beyond individuals with neurological conditions to caregivers – family, friends, and significant others who also are also greatly impacted. In this thematic issue published in NeuroRehabilitation, noted experts present…

Stresses of modern life are more likely to affect sex lives of middle-aged women than menopause, study says Few women linked menopause to the frequency or quality of their sexual activity Women’s lives were so busy that they had little…