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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder amid COVID-19: Fewer services, potential boost in rates

09/21/2020 Health News

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is the leading developmental disability in Canada. Despite its preventable nature, there is concern among FASD researchers about a potential increase in FASD prevalence rates as a result of COVID-19, in addition to the impact the pandemic is having on the community. FASD is a lifelong disability affecting people who were exposed to alcohol prenatally. […]

Wastewater predicts COVID-19 outbreaks days before diagnostic testing

09/21/2020 Health News

By taking daily samples from the New Haven-area wastewater treatment plant, researchers have been able to track the progression of COVID-19 up to seven days before the same pattern is reported by compiled testing data from the New Haven metropolitan area. Since March 19, the research team has been collecting samples from the wastewater treatment plant serving New Haven, East […]

Minorities suffer most from COVID-19 in nursing homes, assisted living communities

09/21/2020 Health News

Older racial and ethnic minority residents and their caregivers bear the severest brunt from COVID-19 across the entire spectrum of US nursing homes and assisted living communities, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report in two groundbreaking studies in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. For example, nursing homes with disproportionately higher numbers of racial and ethnic minority residents […]

Immune system may have another job—combatting depression

09/21/2020 Health News

An inflammatory autoimmune response within the central nervous system similar to one linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) has also been found in the spinal fluid of healthy people, according to a new Yale-led study comparing immune system cells in the spinal fluid of MS patients and healthy subjects. The research, published Sept. 18 in the journal […]

Couples can show linked behaviour in terms of risk factors to prevent type 2 diabetes

09/21/2020 Health News

New research being presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), held online this year, shows that when one half of a couple shows high levels of certain behaviours that prevent type 2 diabetes, such as good diet or exercise, that behaviour also tends to be high in the other half of […]

Clinical Data From Full Phase 1 Cohort Of Investigational Sotorasib Published In New England Journal Of Medicine

09/21/2020 Health News

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that updated data from the full Phase 1 cohort of the CodeBreaK 100 clinical study, evaluating sotorasib (proposed INN for AMG 510) in 129 patients across multiple advanced solid tumors, were published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Data from 59 patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer reported in the […]

Preity Zinta shares how she ‘kept sane during quarantine’ in latest fitness video from Dubai

09/20/2020 Health News

Keeping fans updated with her test results from the hotel, Bollywood actor Preity Zinta finally ended the mandatory quarantine in Dubai where she will be attending the Indian Premier League 2020 as co-owner of the IPL team Kings XI Punjab. Coming out hale and hearty, the diva spilled the beans on how she “kept sane during quarantine’” and fitness enthusiasts […]

WHO endorses protocol for virus herbal medicine trials

09/20/2020 Health News

The World Health Organization endorsed Saturday a protocol for testing African herbal medicines as potential treatments for the coronavirus and other epidemics. COVID-19 has raised the issue of using traditional medicines to battle contemporary diseases, and the endorsement clearly encouraged testing with criteria similar to those used for molecules developed by labs in Asia, Europe or the Americas. It came […]

Researchers warn of COVID-19 and flu ‘twindemic’

09/20/2020 Health News

Even as the first wave of the pandemic still roils, fears are rising of a second crush of COVID-19 infections. But because the novel coronavirus is, well, novel, no one can yet say if that will happen. One thing is certain, though, another viral wave is coming: flu season. Influenza season occurs during the cold half of the year in […]

Killer lung infection that lurks in your compost

09/20/2020 Health News

Killer lung infection that lurks in your compost… and why you should change your pillow every six months Invasive aspergillosis develops when tiny particles of a common fungus inhaled This can cause an infection which sometimes reaches other organs via blood Average person breathes in hundreds of these invisible spores every single day Thousands of cases of a life-threatening […]

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