RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 2020. Denis Balibouse | Reuters The next Covid-19 variant that will rise to world attention will be more contagious
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I’m in New Jersey, driving towards Manhattan as fast as I can without breaking too many laws. Next to me in the passenger seat is a 34-year-old woman with no significant past medical history, 39 weeks’ pregnant, status post two prior uncomplicated deliveries. She looks to be in mild-to-moderate discomfort. Vital signs unknown, gravid abdomen
About a fifth of young sexual minority males and transgender females are estimated to be engaging in transactional, or survival sex, according to results of a new survey study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. The findings, which define the practice as trading sex for money, housing and other necessities (e.g., food, clothing), were published in
Workplace exposure to pesticides was linked to a higher risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a large U.K. study found. Risk of COPD increased among adults ages 40-74 ever exposed to pesticides on the job (prevalence ratio [PR] 1.13, 95% CI 1.01-1.28), reported Sara De Matteis, MD, PhD, MPH, of Imperial College London, and
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, a team of researchers evaluated the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant on the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections among unvaccinated and vaccinated populations of South Africa and 50 other countries. Study: Using Survey Data to Estimate the Impact of the
We chat to Hannah Samano, founder of the UK’s first cycle-care platform Unfabled to find out what employers can do to destigmatise period-talk Those of us who suffer with painful periods will likely know how it feels to try and hide this at work. Smiling through gritted teeth during meetings when all you want to
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. New York state education officials told school administrators to continue enforcing the state’s mask mandate for students and teachers Tuesday despite a judge’s ruling overturning it, causing confusion as some districts rushed to make masks optional. The Education Department said the
Medical laboratory professionals form the backbone of health care and the public health system. They conduct some 13 billion laboratory medicine tests annually in the U.S. As of January 2022, these individuals had also performed more than 860 million COVID-19 tests and counting during the pandemic. Why should anyone care? Laboratory testing is the single
Is age just a number? How will medical and technology advances redefine biological aging? In this seminar, learn more about research led by scientists at Harvard Medical School about what healthy aging means, and explore discoveries that could help to improve the experience of aging. Like Harvard Medical School on Facebook: https://goo.gl/4dwXyZ Follow on Twitter:
Early research at Mayo Clinic using stem cell therapy to treat spinal cord injuries has produced results for one patient that doctors describe as “beyond expectations.” The clinical trial enrolled 10 adults to treat paralysis using stem cells derived from belly fat. Early trial findings show that patient response varies, and some participants may have
Counselling Directory has seen a surge in searches for ways to improve sexual intimacy in long-term relationships over the past two years. Here, psychosexual counsellor Charlene Douglas shares her advice for reconnecting with your significant other Writing for Happiful has many upsides, and the most significant for me is the ability to talk to mental
A digital algorithm using 24 patient characteristics identifies far more women who are likely to develop a postpartum hemorrhage than currently used tools to predict the risk for bleeding after delivery, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. About 1 in 10 of the roughly 700 pregnancy-related deaths
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over if the World Health Organization head’s latest statement is to be believed. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organization’s director-general, said that instead of assuming that the global health crisis is coming to a end, nations should stay vigilant and focused on the challenges that could surface next. Approaching The End?
From 1 April, we’re investing £100 million over five years into seven Cancer Research UK Centres across the UK. The Centres in the new network will be Cambridge, City of London, Convergence Science, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford and Scotland. We award Centre status to locations that perform the highest quality cancer research. Our funding supports essential
It’s National Peanut Butter Day! Here are 5 Must-Try Low-Carb Peanut Butter Products – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2022 Everyday Health, Inc. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and may not be used
luza studios | E+ | Getty Images Private health insurers are rolling their procedures for people to get their at-home Covid tests at little to no charge. The Biden administration announced the policy toward the end of last year ordering insurers to reimburse those they cover for the tests, and additional guidance was put out
A 35-year-old man presented to the emergency department with extreme pain in his penis and scrotum. He explained that his symptoms started after he injected cocaine into the dorsal vein of his penis 3 days previously, and the pain has been intensifying. He told clinicians that immediately after injecting the cocaine, he experienced severe pain
Thousands of schools transitioned to online learning in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which time many children with cancer and other chronic health needs, as well as those with special education needs, faced significant challenges to learning online. An opinion paper by Johns Hopkins experts, published Jan. 4 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics,
Neighborhoods with more opioid overdoses have higher rates of child welfare investigations and confirmed cases of child maltreatment, a new study in Ohio finds. While other research has found this link at the county level, this study is one of the few to look at the crisis at the neighborhood level, said Bridget Freisthler, lead
Abby, Charlotte and Kat (left to right) in English Harbour after breaking the world record. Three British women, including one with an incurable cancer, have broken the world record for rowing across the Atlantic. Kat Cordiner, who has metastatic ovarian cancer, and her teammates Abby Johnstone and Charlotte Irving have completed the 3,000 mile crossing
Gender equality remains elusive for women in academic oncology, a survey of nearly 700 US female oncologists suggests. More than half of respondents in academic medicine said they believe their gender adversely affects their likelihood for promotion, and 1 in 5 said they were considering leaving academia in the next 5 years. Given the percentage
Photographer: John Nicholson In what feels like the blink of an eye, we’re almost at the end of January. And with each passing day, were getting closer to a significant milestone for the charity. February 4th marks 20 years since Cancer Research UK was formed, but our history goes back much further, to 1902, with
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A small study may help explain the cause of “brain fog,” the lingering mental confusion reported in some people who’ve had COVID. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, found abnormalities in the cerebrospinal fluid — the clear, colorless liquid
There’s now scientific data on the potential impairment of fertility in men infected with SARS-CoV-2. A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that a man’s fertility could be negatively affected by a COVID-19 infection. Researchers who worked on the study published Thursday in the American Journal of Epidemiology reported that
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Streets in Tianjin, China, empty out on Jan. 10, 2022, as the city enters partial lockdown following a spike in omicron cases. Geno Hou | Future Publishing | Getty Images Covid lockdowns, quarantines and restrictions are causing a backlog in some of China’s major ports, resulting in “chaos” and pushing up air freights by as
“What’s mild about hospitals at or near the breaking point?” — Clyde Yancy, MD, of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, on the framing of Omicron as just “mild.” “All masks are not created equal.” — Anthony Santella, DrPH, of the University of New Haven in Connecticut, on the plethora of mask options
Of hospitalized children who tested or were presumed positive for SARS-CoV-2, 44% developed neurological symptoms, and these kids were more likely to require intensive care than their peers who didn’t experience such symptoms, according to a new study led by a pediatrician-scientist at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The most common
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