Study finds pediatric acute upper airway infection cases have increased during the Omicron variant surge
In a study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers from the United States (US) conducted a retrospective cohort study to determine if pediatric acute upper airway infection (UAI) was more common during the surge of the…
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Anti-cholesterol statins have ‘less than imagined’ side effects risk
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Supplements warning: The common supplement that could lead to ‘permanent kidney damage’
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Fears grow over kids’ energy drink habit that could cause health and behaviour problems
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CDC Announces Voluntary COVID Rules for Cruises
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The CDC released new guidelines on Wednesday for a voluntary COVID-19 Program for Cruise Ships, which includes different levels based on the vaccination status of passengers…
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Vitamin D deficiency symptoms: Signs to spot at home that could signal ‘severe deficiency’
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Robots Can Sense Touch and Check Blood Pressure
Small robots are now able to take a patient’s blood pressure through humanoid-sensing touch, creating an important new healthcare tool by Simon Fraser University researcher Woo Soo Kim. What to know: Scientists have replaced the traditional blood pressure procedure…
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Winners of the first CERF Medical Engineering Prize for ALS Research announced
The Cullen Education and Research Fund (CERF) announced the recipients of the first CERF Medical Engineering Prize for ALS Research: Dr. Leigh Hochberg, Dr. Conor Walsh, and Dr. Sabrina Paganoni. Their "BrainGate+SoftRobotics" team from Brown University, Harvard University and Massachusetts…
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Kim Kardashian Posted a Throwback Photo of Herself, and Helloooooo North!
Like her famous mom, Kim Kardashian, 8-year-old North West loves fashion. In fact, she even styled her siblings — Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2 — for a March 2022 cover of Vogue. So, is it any surprise that…
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It’s Day 6 of Covid, and a Rapid Antigen Test Comes Back Positive. Stay Home, Say Virologists.
What does it mean if a person’s rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to covid-19? According to the experts, that person is most likely still carrying a viral load high enough to infect…
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