Month: November 2020

This content originally appeared on Beyond Type 1. Republished with permission. By Jorge A. Aguilar My name is Jorge Aguilar and I am in the eighth grade. I currently live in Los Angeles in a quiet suburb, but where the virus has also had a significant effect on the inhabitants. The Quarantine and My Life
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Unlock the full potential of the wellness trend that you’re probably already doing – without even realising it Pottering’, it’s a word that almost speaks for itself. For me, it conjures up images of slow-paced, menial, homey tasks completed one after the other – a gentle shift down the to-do list, moving without urgency or
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The age of social media has led to a democratization of political discussion, with everyone from political pundits to celebrities to the average Joe broadcasting opinions about Election 2020 on social media. We’ve closely followed the discourse to identify common topics, and we’ve embedded tweets in this article as examples of what kind of posts
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In order for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to shine compared with meds alone in patients with type-2 diabetes and stable coronary disease (CAD), it needs help from aggressive control of low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, suggests a patient-level meta-analysis of three major randomized trials. Performing PCI in such patients with diabetes conferred further benefit over optimal
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GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced the signing of a non-binding Heads of Terms document with the Australian Government to supply 40 million doses of the Company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, for the Australian community. “This arrangement with the
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News FDA Alerts Nostrum Laboratories, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Metformin HCl Extended Release Tablets, USP 500 mg, Due to N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Content Above the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) Limit November 3, 2020 Audience: Consumer, Health Professional, Pharmacy November 03, 2020 — Nostrum Laboratories, Inc. is notifying its distributors by letter and is arranging
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A prespecified circulating tumor cell count (CTC) threshold appeared to be reliable for selecting treatment with chemotherapy instead of hormone therapy in women with a certain metastatic breast cancer phenotype, a non-inferiority trial indicated. In the phase III STIC CTC trial, 755 women with hormone receptor-positive, ERBB2-negative metastatic breast cancer were randomly assigned to receive
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Feeling stressed? Three counsellors and a life coach share their advice for coping with stress as we enter another lockdown Feeling anxious about lockdown 2.0? You’re not alone. As restrictions are once again tightening across the country, many of us are starting to feel the pressures of pandemic-living again. In a recent survey of over
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Women live longer than men. That’s a fact.  And not just by a couple of years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, women outlive men by a solid five years. A century ago that difference was 2.2 years – and even worse before 1920, because women died in childbirth.  Today, for every
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Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Most SARS-CoV-2 virus strains feature a specific mutation that makes them more transmissible, to the point that these strains now predominate globally, new evidence shows. In contrast to a greater variety of strains early in the pandemic, now 99.9% of circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains in
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[ED.NOTE: Note the article has a hyperlink error below] “Oh, my aching back!” is a complaint heard worldwide. Backaches are a primary reason for doctor visits, since many people will feel that pain in their lifetime. In 2016, treating backache pain cost the US healthcare system $134.5 billion, more than any other condition. Chronic low back pain — not
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It was an act of kindness: while overseeing a patient through a round of chemotherapy, an oncology fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland, paid a modest amount of money (about $10) for that patient’s antiemetic medication and retrieved it from the center’s pharmacy. Co-fellow Arjun Gupta, MD, witnessed the
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Dr. Saulo Castellano labels a nasal swab sample inside a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Alliant Energy Center complex, as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues in Madison, Wisconsin, October 31, 2020. Bing Guan | Reuters The United States reported 91,530 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the nation’s second-highest daily total as millions of voters
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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 4 2020 Cesarean section delivery and vaginal delivery lead to different hormonal exposures that may affect a newborn’s development, according to an article published in the Journal of Neuroendocrinology. The article notes that levels of each of the ‘birth signaling hormones’—oxytocin, arginine vasopressin, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and the glucocorticoids—are lower following
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Last week, MedPage Today spoke with Elinore McCance-Katz, MD, PhD, assistant secretary for mental health and substance use — the top official at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) — about her views on the nation’s response to the coronavirus, “health versus health,” and the country’s continuing problems with substance abuse
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A predictive rule that can help triage drug overdose patients for the risk for cardiac arrest, shock, ventricular dysrhythmias, or myocardial injury has been validated in a large research cohort. “Cardiac events can complicate up to 16% of hospitalizations for acute drug overdose in the emergency department population,” Alex Manini, MD, Mount Sinai, New York
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