Offering teens and young adults a chance at a college scholarship, cash, discounts or just some free food might help move the needle on COVID-19 vaccination rates, a new study suggests. But a sizable minority of young people have their doubts about whether such vaccine incentives will work or are ethical. In all, 82% of people between the ages of […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Take that, Omicron. Results of a trial looking at a combination COVID-19 vaccine booster reveals a “robust antibody response” against the Omicron variant, vaccine manufacturer Moderna announced Wednesday. The neutralizing antibody response was eight times greater at 1 month following a 50-mcg dose with the booster […]

Zoom fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with depression, loneliness, and food insecurity. Higher levels of Zoom fatigue correlated with higher levels of loneliness, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Zoom fatigue is a term used to describe overuse of videoconferencing for work. It describes feeling anxious, socially isolated, or […]

A new study out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows how newly marketed brand-name drugs in the U.S. are driving up health care spending, resulting in “detrimental effects for patient access and affordability.” From 2008 to 2021, launch prices for new drugs jumped by more than 20% per year, according to the research from Benjamin Rome and colleagues who studied […]

Several years ago, a promising therapeutic using stem cell factor (SCF) emerged that could potentially treat a variety of ailments, such as ischemia, heart attack, stroke and radiation exposure. However, during clinical trials, numerous patients suffered severe allergic reactions and development of SCF-based therapeutics stopped. A research team led by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has developed […]

Access to cannabis-based products for medical reasons is technically legal in New Zealand. But changes to the legislation in 2020 have failed to make this potentially life altering option a reality for many. Researchers from the University of Otago and Victoria University are exploring the therapeutic use of cannabis in New Zealand through interviews with people who use it to […]

Arterial stiffness and blood pressure in young, otherwise healthy adults may take as long as six months to improve following a COVID-19 infection, according to research conducted at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. The discovery was made in a follow-up study using longitudinal tracking of people recently infected with COVID-19. The findings are published ahead of print in the […]

When a longtime patient visited Dr. William Sawyer's office after recovering from covid, the conversation quickly turned from the coronavirus to anxiety and ADHD. Sawyer — who has run a family medicine practice in the Cincinnati area for more than three decades — said he spent 30 minutes asking questions about the patient's exercise and sleep habits, counseling him on […]

In a recent study published in Chemosphere, researchers investigated the association of tea intake with semen quality. Study: Association between tea consumption and semen quality among 1385 healthy Chinese men. Image Credit: Cast Of Thousands/Shutterstock Background Tea is the most consumed beverage worldwide, with a global plantation coverage of 4.89 million hectares. China is the largest tea producer, accounting for […]

In a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that included a racially diverse group of 159,255 women, higher levels of optimism were associated with longer lifespans and a greater likelihood of living past 90 years of age. Investigators found that the link between optimism and longevity was evident across racial and ethnic groups, and that lifestyle […]