Anemia Linked With Rehospitalization of COVID Survivors
(Reuters) – Anemia should probably be added to the list of risk factors for poorer COVID-19 outcomes, researchers say. They studied 374 COVID-19 survivors who were hospitalized and then released, with tests showing they had cleared the virus. They found…
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Costco's Latest Product Is a Boba Lover's Dream Come True
On days when you can’t make it to a boba shop, wouldn’t it be nice to reach into your freezer instead to make a boba drink in an instant? Well, with Boba Bam’s Instant Boba — which recently arrived in…
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What to Do After You Find Out Your Partner Cheated
Finding out a partner has had an affair can rock your world and be an emotionally devastating experience for you and your family. After all, it’s a betrayal of trust that can bring up a wealth of other concerns about…
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Why The Olympics Needs To Reconsider Its Stance On Podium Protests
If asked to think about the Olympics, one image proves most enduring. Three men stand on the podium, two of them shoe-less, wearing a black glove on one hand raised in salute. The iconic image of African-American athletes Tommie Smith…
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A closer look at the cells combating a deadly lung disease
Single-cell RNA sequencing has revealed a subset of cells that could provide protection from a rare, but severely debilitating and fatal, lung disease. The findings were published by Nagoya University researchers and colleagues in the European Respiratory Journal. Further research…
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India's daily COVID-19 infections rise by 38,949
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holding a rose is vaccinated against COVID-19 at a medical centre in Mumbai, India, January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo(Reuters) – India reported on Friday 38,949 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, health…
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CDC: COVID-19 Is a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 cases are continuing to spike in communities where vaccination rates are low, leading to what CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, called “a pandemic of…
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Wildfire smoke may greatly increase susceptibility to COVID-19
Wildfire smoke may greatly increase susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new research from the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Washoe County Health District (WCHD), and Renown Health (Renown) in Reno,…
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Increased physical activity after ICD implantation linked to less hospitalization, death
People who made even small increases in their daily physical activity levels after receiving an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) experienced fewer incidences of hospitalization and had a decreased risk of death, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular…
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Exercise, mindfulness help children with ADHD
Just 10 minutes of exercise and 10 minutes of mindfulness meditation can help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with their mood, self-efficacy and attention. This is according to a new study from education professor Barbara Fenesi and co-authors…
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