Community-based study links skin rashes to COVID-19
Previous studies conducted in hospitals reported that COVID-19 patients presented with unusual skin rashes. This study, which is published in the British Journal of Dermatology, analyzed information provided by 336,847 individuals in the community who used the COVID Symptom Study…
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'Don't panic': WHO says safety systems working as AstraZeneca shots paused
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July…
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Mandy Moore Says She's 'Lucky' Breastfeeding Has Been 'Easy' Aside from 'Newbie Nipple Soreness'
Mandy Moore says so far, so good on the breastfeeding front. The new mom shares details about her natural birth and caring for her newborn son August "Gus" Harrison on a new episode of Informed Pregnancy Podcast with Dr. Elliot Berlin. Moore…
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Epigenetic mechanism contributing to lifelong stress susceptibility discovered
An epigenetic modification that occurs in a major cell type in the brain’s reward circuitry controls how stress early in life increases susceptibility to additional stress in adulthood, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have learned….
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Portugal begins gradual easing of lockdown
Portugal on Monday began easing some of the lockdown restrictions in place since mid-January, reopening nurseries and primary schools, hair salons and bookshops, but insisted on the need to move cautiously in order to avoid a new spike in coronavirus…
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This Mobility Coach Is Using Social Media to Change the Way You Move
Mike Wasilisin, D.C., couldn’t redefine mobility from his California chiropractic center, so he shut it down and started the fitness-content platform MoveU Inc. to help you (and 1 million-plus Instagram followers) Fix. Yo. Shit. Four years ago, after working with…
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Driving radical transformation: the future of healthcare in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system is undergoing an unprecedented overhaul. To assist with this radical transformation, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is working with advisory firms such as KPMG to help implement a system of accountable care organisations, for which IT…
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Germany to halt AstraZeneca vaccinations – Health Ministry
FILE PHOTO: Health workers prepare syringes with the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 at a new vaccination centre inside the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany March 8, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERSBERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will stop administering AstraZeneca’s COVID-19…
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Calls to poison centers about high-powered magnets increased by 444% after ban lifted
High-powered magnets are small, shiny magnets made from powerful rare earth metals. Since they started showing up in children’s toys in the early 2000s and then later in desk sets in 2009, high-powered magnets have caused thousands of injuries and…
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Bushfire volunteers need more support after answering the call
It’s a largely overlooked aspect of mental health care that needs swift resolution—which is why volunteers are being asked by Flinders University’s Professor Sharon Lawn and David Lawrence from The University of Western Australia to participate in a study that…
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