RAE ELLEN BICHELL LiceDoctors technician Linda Holmes checks the heads of everyone in the Marker family for lice, including preschooler Hudson. It cost more than $200 to get the four-person household checked — eyebrows and Dad’s beard included. Rae Ellen Bichell/KHN The Marker family opened their door on a recent evening in Parker, Colo., to...
by Neill Fitzpatrick, The Conversation While people say they mainly avoid news because of their mental health, trust is also a reason. Credit: Shutterstock In 1983, Canada’s Anne Murray released another hit song. This one, though, was different than what her fans were accustomed to. “A Little Good News” is a somber ballad summarizing the mood...
First Ever Telehealth Awareness Week Is September 19 through 25 Merck Manuals, a comprehensive online medical reference, has updated its section on “Making the Most of a Healthcare Visit” with a timely discussion about using telemedicine in advance of the first annual Telehealth Awareness Week. A recurring point made in the expanded essay is that with all healthcare visits,...
by Emily Berger, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock There has been a reported spike in young people attending emergency departments for self-harm and suicide during the pandemic. In New South Wales, presentations to emergency departments for self-harm and suicidal thoughts are reportedly up by 47% since before the pandemic. In the year to July 29 2021, there were 8,489 presentations...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IMAGE: Key findings from a new National Poll on Healthy Aging report on advance care planning among older adults in light of the pandemic CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN As the toll of COVID-19 continues to climb, newly released poll data suggest an opportunity to use the pandemic as a prompt for...
by University of Michigan Parents of teen girls were more likely to say their child had a new onset or worsening of depressive symptoms and anxiety than parents of teen boys. Credit: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at Michigan Medicine. For teens, pandemic restrictions may have meant months of virtual school, less...
IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA Even before public announcements of the first cases of COVID-19 in Europe were made, at the end of January 2020, signals that something strange was happening were already circulating on social media. A new study of researchers at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, published in Scientific Reports, has identified tracks of increasing...
Just like a fresh piece of fish, vaccines are highly perishable products and must be kept at very cold, specific temperatures. The majority of COVID-19 vaccines under development – like the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines – are new RNA-based vaccines. If they get too warm or too cold they spoil. And, just like fish, a spoiled vaccine must be thrown away....
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI IMAGE: TRISHA WISE-DRAPER, MD, PHD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE IN THE DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY AT THE UC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND LEAD AUTHOR. University of Cincinnati researchers have found that certain treatments for cancer may increase the chance of death if they contract COVID-19. These findings from a multicenter study, presented...
Developed by a Portuguese research team, the device sends an alert if it senses trouble By The Institute’s Editorial Staff Photo: IPCBZelar@CB team [from left]: Francisco Fernandes, Rogério Dionísio, Fabio Formiga and Cassandra Jesus. Because senior citizens are at a higher risk of suffering serious complications from COVID-19, medical officials have cautioned them to stay at...
