SARS-CoV-2 prevalence during the initial period of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant emergence in Finland
A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server presented the rapid spike in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) seroprevalence during the emergence of the Omicron variant in Finland. Study: Rapid increase in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence during the emergence of Omicron variant, Finland….
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Read MoreRecommendations to prevent, manage interference in patients with implanted cardiac devices
Recommendations on the prevention and management of interference caused by medical procedures in patients with implanted electronic cardiac devices is published today in EP Europace, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and presented at EHRA 2022, a…
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Is it weird for parents and kids to kiss on the lips? That’s the heated discussion going down on Reddit right now and it’s opening up a larger, important conversation about consent. The thread kicked off when a father posted…
Read MoreFast Malnutrition Reversal in Babies Links to Adult Adiposity
Researchers published the study covered in this summary on medRxiv.org as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Adults whose rehabilitation weight gain as children following an episode of severe malnutrition exceeded certain thresholds had a…
Read MoreEight-gene model can help predict progression to severe dengue
An eight-gene model can help predict progression to severe dengue (SD), according to a study published online March 29 in Genome Medicine. Yiran E. Liu, from Stanford University in California, and colleagues integrated 11 public datasets profiling the blood transcriptome…
Read MoreYale researchers identify accelerated genetic aging in breast tissue adjacent to tumors
An analysis by Yale Cancer Center researchers identified accelerated genetic aging in breast tissue adjacent to breast cancer tumors. Their findings demonstate that adjacent breast tissue is "biologically older" than the chronologic age of the patient, a discovery that may…
Read MoreClinical health outcomes of omicron ‘less severe’ than delta for pediatric patients
New research from the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine suggests that the children younger than age 5 who are infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant have less risk of severe health outcomes than those infected with the…
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We get it: you love your treadmill workouts, your indoor cycling or your barbells. Who doesn’t? We all love our workout toys and, for many of us, they can make it a lot easier to stay motivated and committed to…
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