Month: October 2020

Data from Counselling Directory reveals a 175% increase in people aged between 18-24 looking for mental health support throughout September Following concerns over students’ mental health and wellbeing due to Covid-19 restrictions, Happiful’s sister site Counselling Directory shares that there was a sharp and worrying increase in the number of 18-24 year olds looking for
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If you’ve pleaded with a loved one — with no success — to get to a hospital after a fall,  you both should know about the “golden hour.” The “golden hour” is that first hour right after a trauma – invariably prehospital — when the patient needs treatment before death or disability seems imminent. Doctors have
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Most people with type 1 diabetes do not appear to be at increased risk for hospitalization or death from COVID-19 compared to the general population, new research suggests. Two retrospective studies of type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 were published in the
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When you were in school, you probably remember seeing some classmates wearing casts, usually the result of a sports injury. But your children likely don’t. Fewer children are breaking bones these days, and the ones that do are getting injured in ways that were less common before the pandemic. Yet another change in the wake of COVID-19. What changed? Researchers
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned mask decontamination company Battelle Memorial Institute for failing to comply with adverse event reporting rules specified in the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the company’s critical care decontamination system. The warning letter
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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 8 2020 Since the end of July, the number of new infections with the coronavirus has been on the rise again in Germany. Because of falling temperatures and group activities being relocated indoors, the pandemic’s development is at risk of becoming difficult to control again. In its ad-hoc statement “Coronavirus
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday advised investors to not buy shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, simply because President Donald Trump touted the company’s potential coronavirus treatment.  Regeneron’s stock was higher by 2% on Thursday. In a video posted Wednesday, Trump claimed that Regeneron’s experimental antibody treatment for Covid-19, which the president received for his illness, was “a cure.” 
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I’m at the neighborhood Acme, standing in the produce aisle, reaching for some shiny red MacIntosh apples, when I hear a female voice behind me: Remind all the women in your life to get a mammogram… Startled, I drop the fruit into my shopping cart, look around the store, and try to figure out where
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. President Trump called his coronavirus infection a “blessing from God” and attributed his recovery to the Regeneron antibody cocktail. (CNN) Regeneron announced it is putting that treatment up for emergency use authorization by the FDA. (Bloomberg) While last night’s vice presidential debate featured considerable discussion of
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If you are approaching age 65, your healthcare provider may ask if you have fallen. The reason? More than 25% of people age 65 and older fall every year. Exercises that strengthen leg muscles and improve balance can help prevent falls. While tai chi has long been known to improve balance and reduce fall risk, new
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Tracheal intubation and extubation may not produce enough aerosols to warrant being designated as procedures associated with high risk for transmission of SARS-CoV-2, researchers say. The researchers’ sampling of particle sizes in operating rooms calls into question the extreme infection protocols
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If you have type 2 diabetes and take the extended-release (ER) form of metformin to help control your blood sugar level, you should know that some metformin ER products continue to be recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to impurities that may be at higher than acceptable levels. The impurity in question
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Neurofilament light chain (NfL), a biomarker previously measured in blood or cerebrospinal fluid and used to indicate neurodegeneration, is detectable in the vitreous humor of the eye, opening the door to a potential new method of predicting neurodegenerative disease, new research suggests. In a study of 77 patients undergoing eye surgery for various conditions, more
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By Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 7 2020 Thought LeadersDr. Gina PoeProfessorUniversity of California, Los Angeles In this interview, Dr. Gina Poe from UCLA speaks to News-Medical about why we sleep, and the importance of REM sleep for brain development. Sleep is critical to our everyday health. What provoked your research into sleep? We carried out this
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SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 6, 2020– Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONCT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel oncology therapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted rare pediatric disease designation for TK216, an investigational potentially first-in-class targeted small-molecule inhibitor of the E26 transformation-specific (ETS) family of oncoproteins, for treatment of Ewing
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terlipressin Treatment for Hepatorenal Syndrome Type 1 Mallinckrodt Receives a Complete Response Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Terlipressin for the Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome Type 1 (HRS-1) DUBLIN, Sept. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Mallinckrodt plc (NYSE: MNK), a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response
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Tommaso79 | Getty Images From migraines to fatigue, coronavirus patients say they are continuing to suffer debilitating symptoms months after first becoming infected, in what has become known as “long Covid.”  Claire Twomey, 33, a social worker in County Meath, Ireland, told CNBC via telephone that it was in her first week back at work,
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. William Foege, MD, the former CDC director under Presidents Carter and Reagan, suggested in a private letter to the agency’s current leader, Robert Redfield, MD, that he orchestrate his own firing by revealing the CDC’s failings and the meddling from the White House. “It’s a slaughter
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Save the planet, save money, and save time with these DIY, environmentally-friendly tips Glow-up Whether you manage to get abroad this year, or are venturing to the coast for a staycation, the last thing you need is to miss out on fun because you’re left guarding the valuables. SOLUTION: Clean out an empty sunscreen bottle
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