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How to live longer: One behavioural tendency may add years to your life – do you have it?

06/11/2020 Health News

Living longer can be the result of good choices. Eat right and exercise well, and you’re on your way to prolonging your life. However, one behaviour trait may also help. A quantitative review was conducted by researchers from the University of California. Specialising in the department of psychology, they wanted to explore the link between conscientiousness and greater health protection. […]

Hawaii extends 14-day quarantine for all incoming travelers

06/11/2020 Health News

Hawaii Gov. David Ige extended the state’s mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arriving travelers on Wednesday in a bid to keep coronavirus cases in the islands low. Ige said the rule is being extended to the end of July as the state works to solidify a screening process that could soon allow travelers to return in some capacity. Officials said […]

Here’s Why COVID-19 Can Spread So Easily at Gyms and Fitness Classes

06/11/2020 Health News

People are antsy to get back to their normal exercise routines, but many are left wondering how risky going to a gym is right now. Researchers from South Korea recently warned people against rigorously exercising in confined spaces like fitness studios. Moist, warm air combined with turbulent air flow from exercising may create an environment in which virus droplets can […]

Surrogates often prefer less aggressive care than provided: study

06/10/2020 Health News

Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University report that nearly half of the time medical treatments and orders received for incapacitated patients were not compatible with goals of care requested by their surrogate decision makers. The most common disagreement involved a “full-code” medical order prepared for patients whose surrogates had indicated preference for less aggressive care options. “The significant lack […]

UK scientist: Week earlier lockdown could have halved deaths

06/10/2020 Health News

A scientist whose modeling helped set Britain’s coronavirus strategy said Tuesday that the country’s death toll could have been cut in half if lockdown had been introduced a week earlier. Britain has the second-highest confirmed death toll in the world from COVID-19, at more than 41,000. Including cases where coronavirus was suspected but not confirmed by a test, the total […]

Study investigates potential for gut microbiome to alter drug safety and efficacy

06/10/2020 Health News

Researchers at Princeton University have developed a systematic approach for evaluating how the microbial community in our intestines can chemically transform, or metabolize, oral medications in ways that impact their safety and efficacy. The new methodology provides a more complete picture of how gut bacteria metabolize drugs, and could aid the development of medications that are more effective, have fewer […]

The stay-at-home slowdown—how the pandemic upended our perception of time

06/10/2020 Health News

Think back to life before stay-at-home orders. Does it feel like just yesterday? Or does it seem like ages ago—like some distant era? Of course, time is precise. It takes 23.9 hours for the Earth to make one rotation on its axis. But that’s not how we experience time. Instead, internally, it’s often something we feel or sense, rather than […]

Arthritis symptoms: The tell-tale signs you could have the condition in your knees

06/10/2020 Health News

Arthritis comes in many forms, the most common being osteoarthritis. How can you know if that knee pain is just from old age, or if it’s more sinister? Osteoarthritis describes the condition whereby cartilage in the knee joint gradually wears away. Arthritis in the knee can come on several years after a knee injury. It’s not unheard of for a […]

23andME reports people with type O blood less likely to get COVID-19

06/10/2020 Health News

Representatives with 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service, have reported that people who have type O blood are slightly less likely to get COVID-19. The work has not yet been peer-reviewed, and their study has not been published in a journal. On June 9, Anne Wojcicki, CEO of 23andMe, discussed the results of a study her company conducted on the […]

Synthesized cell culture process sets stage for more efficient cancer research

06/10/2020 Health News

Researchers in Japan have replicated cancer cells from diseased bladder tissue in dogs, minimizing the use of costly stem cell products. The synthesized tumor cells allow scientists to diagnose cancer and optimize treatment without putting the patient through tiresome rigors of chemotherapy trial and error. The research team led by Senior Assistant Professor Tatsuya Usui from the Laboratory of Veterinary […]

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