With six million active cases and more than 180,000 deaths arising from COVID-19, as well as historic 32.9 percent economic contraction (via NPR), it’s no wonder that the government is scanning the horizon for signs of relief. But what is…
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Why you really should get a flu shot this year
Like Halloween decorations, flu shots are available a lot earlier this year. And doctors are encouraging everyone who can to get vaccinated. It takes about two weeks after vaccination to build immunity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
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A guide to managing children’s diabetes during COVID-19
(HealthDay)—Parents worry that COVID-19 can make a diabetic child’s condition worse, but an expert has some tips for keeping kids healthy during the pandemic. “If a child has good control of their diabetes, it does not seem as though there…
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David Arquette: I Have a ‘Supportive’ Coparenting Bond With Courteney Cox
Working together! David Arquette reflected on his coparenting relationship with his ex-wife, Courteney Cox, as they continue to raise their teenage daughter, Coco. Former Celebrity Couples Crushing Coparenting In an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, Arquette detailed the ups and downs…
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Is there a link between pain and depression?
Pain and depression are closely related. Depression can cause pain – and pain can cause depression. Sometimes pain and depression create a vicious cycle in which pain worsens symptoms of depression, and then the resulting depression worsens feelings of pain….
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Coronavirus on a plane: One flight’s history outlines the risk
(HealthDay)—Just how safe is it to fly during the pandemic? The story of one international flight in March—before the advent of mask and glove protocols—suggests that even with infected passengers aboard, the odds of catching COVID-19 are relatively small. Reporting…
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Potential drug target revealed to help more children survive a lethal heart defect
When children are born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), they require a series of major surgical procedures to survive. But even with a repaired heart, as many as one in four children die from complications before age 25. Now,…
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A step toward cancer prevention
Cancer incidence and cancer mortality are rising rapidly throughout the world. While the reasons are complex, efforts are underway to identify high-risk individuals who would benefit most from cancer screening. Wei Zheng, MD, Ph.D., and colleagues have applied polygenic risk…
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AI-assisted mammography must move into a critical new phase of prospective clinical evaluation
To impact and improve patient care, the study of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support screening mammography must now shift from simulated research trials to robust clinical evaluations, according to Constance Lehman, MD, Ph.D., director of Breast Imaging at Massachusetts…
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A cancer mystery more than 40 years old is solved thanks to epigenetics
Before the first oncogene mutations were discovered in human cancer in the early 1980s, the 1970s provided the first data suggesting alterations in the genetic material of tumors. In this context, the prestigious journal Nature published in 1975 the existence…
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