Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder that develops as immune cells attack the nervous system. T cells are a critical part of our immune system, with a complex array of subtypes—some drive the autoimmune response, while others try to suppress it. A team of investigators at Thomas Jefferson University have characterized a new population of T cells called ThGM […]
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Coronavirus outbreak: How to help your mental health Psychotherapist Dr. Kathryn Smerling gives tips on handling mental health during coronavirus, including rewarding yourself and staying organized. NEW YORK – The U.S. suicide rate fell slightly last year, the first annual decline in more than a decade, according to new government data. It’s a small decrease and the data is preliminary, […]
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Even if state-level governments in the United States reimpose limited social distancing measures to halt the spread of COVID-19, the death toll could more than double by the end of February 2021 to 511,000, according to projections released Friday. Near-universal mask wearing over the coming months could reduce that grim tally by nearly 130,000, researchers from the COVID-19 forecasting team […]
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Although the lungs are a common target for COVID-19’s cytokine storm, so are the kidneys, making the 1 in 4 U.S. adults with diabetes resulting in diabetic kidney disease at increased risk for virus mortality. But why are the kidneys so attractive to the coronavirus? Recently published in Kidney International, a national research team made up of kidney clinicians, bioinformaticians, […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally disrupted U.S. healthcare organizations. Hospitals have faced drug and device shortages and created new ICUs overnight. Care plans have evolved out of necessity, and hospitals’ carefully constructed patient flow systems were up-ended. In an article published today in NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, leaders and clinician researchers from Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) propose […]
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SYDNEY — Beauty is officially hot property in Australia, with the country’s oldest pure-play online beauty retailer Adore Beauty making a confident debut on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday Australia time. The year’s biggest initial public offering and the largest, female-led Australian market float, the 20-year-old, Melbourne-based e-commerce company raised 269.5 million Australian dollars, or $192 million at current […]
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Time flies! Rupert Grint and more Harry Potter stars are all grown up with kids of their own. The actor, who played Ron Weasley in the famous franchise, first opened up in December 2018 about wanting to become a father. “I’d like to settle down and have kids soon,” the Servant star told The Guardian at the time. “If I […]
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A UCLA-led review of nine years of social media posts with the hashtag #BCSM suggests that Twitter can be a useful resource not only for patients, but also for physicians and researchers. The hashtag—an initialism for “breast cancer social media”—first appeared on Twitter in 2011. Created by two cancer survivors, it was used to curate a weekly informational chat for […]
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Nearly 30% of older Korean American immigrants fell within the category of experiencing mental distress, but only 5.7% had used professional mental health services according to a study conducted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work faculty Seunghye Hong. These findings bring awareness to the major social work and public health concerns regarding […]
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We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Unlike the conventional PCR tests – which cost at least £45 each – this means that no lab is required and they can be stored at room temperature. The cost and speed of the tests were hailed […]
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