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WHO scientists arrive in Wuhan, China to investigate origins of COVID-19 Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel reports on the global team of researchers tasked with pinpointing the origins of the virus. Nearly a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) first declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency, propecia prostate cancer risk the agency has issued new […]
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People who reverse their prediabetes may lower the risk of heart attack, stroke and death, a new study suggests. With prediabetes, a person has blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but lower than the threshold for a diabetes diagnosis. Even so, people with prediabetes are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke, studies have found. Prediabetes […]
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WHO warns pregnant women should NOT get Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine because it hasn’t been proven safe after issuing the same warning over Pfizer’s shot – but US doctors say it is up to patients The World Health Organization has recommended that pregnant women not receive Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine due to a lack of safety data The group added that mothers-to-be should […]
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Pfizer now says it is developing booster shots amid fears its COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the highly-infectious variants from Brazil and South Africa Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Tuesday his firm will develop booster shots ‘every time’ a variant makes its shot less effective Last week, lab tests suggested Pfizer’s current shot worked against the spike protein mutation […]
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Poor social conditions caused by systemic racism contribute to health disparities in people with diabetes, according to a paper published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Minorities are disproportionately affected by diabetes because of poor social conditions that contribute to negative health outcomes such as poverty, unsafe housing, lack of access to healthy food and safe […]
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Despite reporting elevated levels of stress and anxiety through the COVID-19 pandemic, remarkably, Australians have maintained a relatively stable sense of wellbeing. The 2020 survey of 2,000 Australians, conducted during the first national lock-down between 27 April and 19 May 2020, revealed an average personal wellbeing score of 76.45 (out of 100), which is within the normal range. Report author, […]
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Americans are dying of covid-19 by the thousands, but efforts to ramp up production of potentially lifesaving vaccines are hitting a brick wall. Vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are running their factories full tilt and are under enormous pressure to expand production or collaborate with other drug companies to set up additional assembly lines. That pressure is only growing as […]
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Should medics be allowed to help desperately sick patients end their lives? Two leading experts give their opinions on the controversial issue Could Scotland soon allow assisted dying? Physician-assisted dying (PAD) is legal in a small group of countries including Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and parts of the U.S. Jersey and Portugal are now considering a change to […]
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What care do veterans need when recovering after suicide attempts? The answer may be different for women compared to men veterans, reports a qualitative study in Medical Care, part of a special issue devoted to new research on suicide risk and prevention in women. “The paths to recovery after a suicide attempt may vary by gender, especially among veterans,” according […]
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