One in four older Americans had a virtual medical visit in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of them by video, a new telehealth poll finds. That’s much higher than the 4% of people over 50 who said they had ever had a virtual visit with a doctor in a similar poll...
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Antibiotics associated with increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease
Antibiotics use, particularly antibiotics with a greater spectrum of microbial coverage, may be associated with an increased risk of new-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its subtypes ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. That is according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Harvard Medical School in the U.S., published in the...
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Opioid use can trigger deafness
Opioid receptors in the inner ear can cause partial or full hearing loss, says Rutgers study Opioid use, particularly in high doses, can cause deafness, according to Rutgers researchers. The study, published in The Journal of Medical Toxicology, reviewed records from the New Jersey Poison Control Center, based at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, from...
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Newly identified gut cells nurture lymph capillaries
by Institute for Basic Science Fingerlike projections that cover the intestinal wall and absorb nutrients in the small intestine.During digestion, hydrophilic nutrients, such as glucose and amino acids, are absorbed by blood capillaries. On the other hand, hydrophobic nutrients, such as lipids, are taken in by specialized lymphatic capillaries called lacteals. The graphics also shows...
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Study finds parents can help kids eat healthier by knowing their own sense of self-control
University of Oregon study finds that parental views of lay theories influence what meals they serve to children and how children develop their food preferences EUGENE, Ore. – Aug. 7, 2020 – Young children naturally like sugar and salt in food and develop food preferences based on what their parents serve them, but new research...
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Chinese Study Finds COVID-19 Patients Still Suffer From Lung Damage Three Months After Being Discharged
A new study found the majority of Chinese patients recovering from COVID-19 still suffer from lung damage three months after being discharged from the hospital. Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University Intensive Care Director Dr. Peng Zhiyong published his findings on his research on the impact of COVID-19 on patients’ health after recovery. This was the...
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Cancer diagnoses rates fell by half during US lockdown
particularly stark for breast cancer, which fell 51.8 percent during the lockdown compared to previous levels The number of cancers diagnosed weekly in the United States fell by almost fifty percent during March and April compared to the recent average, a study said Tuesday, the latest to examine the impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns. Emergency room...
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TLK protein inhibition activates the innate immune system
by Institute for Research in Biomedicine – IRB Tousled-like kinases (TLKs) are a potential therapeutic target for cancer treatment due to their central role in DNA repair and replication. The latest work by IRB Barcelona’s Genomic Instability and Cancer Laboratory, led by Travis H. Stracker, concludes that TLK inhibition activates the innate immune system, a...
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New molecule reverses Alzheimer’s-like memory decline
by Salk Institute A drug candidate developed by Salk researchers, and previously shown to slow aging in brain cells, successfully reversed memory loss in a mouse model of inherited Alzheimer’s disease. The new research, published online in July 2020 in the journal Redox Biology, also revealed that the drug, CMS121, works by changing how brain...
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Transgender and gender-diverse individuals more likely to be autistic: study
by University of Cambridge Transgender and gender-diverse adults are three to six times more likely as cisgender adults (individuals whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth) to be diagnosed as autistic, according to a new study by scientists at the University of Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre. This research, conducted using data from...