Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server described coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sequelae developed in non-hospitalized young adults more than six months after COVID-19 infection. Although extensive research has been conducted on the manifestation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) symptoms in infected patients, data about the persistence...
by Jim Fessenden, University of Massachusetts Medical School Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A clinical trial of 125 young adults shows that those who limited screen time for 48 hours immediately after suffering a concussion had a significantly shorter duration of symptoms than those who were permitted screen time. These findings, published in JAMA Pediatrics, offer the first...
WILEY Survival rates for adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer have varied considerably depending on cancer type. A new study indicates that survival for multiple cancer types in such patients has improved in recent years, but some patients diagnosed with common cancer types still show limited survival improvements. The results are published by Wiley early online...
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYOLOGY 28 June 2021: The risk of cancer in children born as a result of fertility treatment has been found to be no greater than in the general population. Results presented today at the 37th Annual Meeting of ESHRE from an 18-year median follow-up study demonstrate that the overall...
THE UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN IMAGE: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BJØRN BLOMBERG, PROFESSOR REBECCA COX, AND PROFESSOR NINA LANGELAND CREDIT: INGRID O. L. HAGERUP UIB A paper published in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine on long-COVID, describes persistent symptoms six months after acute COVID-19, even in young home isolated people. The study from the Bergen COVID-19 Research Group...
NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE An analysis of survey data from more than 280,000 young adults ages 18-35 showed that cannabis (marijuana) use was associated with increased risks of thoughts of suicide (suicidal ideation), a suicide plan, and suicide attempt. These associations remained regardless of whether someone was also experiencing depression, and the risks were...
By Claudia Wallis | Scientific American February 2021 Issue Credit: Fatinha Ramos The first sign that something was wrong was trouble breathing. “I thought my lungs were giving out on me,” Marcus recalls. “When I breathed in, my lungs hurt.” About a week later he began vomiting violently, unable to hold down food. It was the beginning of...
