Participation in elite adult rugby may be associated with changes in brain structure. This is the finding of a study of 44 elite rugby players, almost half of whom had recently sustained a mild head injury while playing. The study, part of the Drake Rugby Biomarker Study, was led by Imperial College London and published in the journal Brain Communications. […]
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Security staff stand guard at the entrance of the Athletes Village, where a person has tested positive for COVID-19, ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan July 17, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonTOKYO (Reuters) -Tokyo Olympics organisers on Sunday reported three cases of COVID-19 infection among athletes as the population of the athlete’s village swells ahead of the start of […]
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Did you know that International Self-Care Day is an actual thing — and it’s coming up soon, on July 24? If that’s a snort of derision we heard over the Interwebs from all the moms out there, well, Busy Philipps feels you. But hear her (and us!) out: The Girls5Eva and Freaks and Geeks actress knows how hard self-care is […]
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It's difficult enough when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, but employed spouses of those who receive the diagnosis also are confronted with an array of practical problems. It's now up to them to untangle issues around medical leave, health insurance, caregiving benefits, and more. It's a topic health economist Cathy Bradley, PhD, deputy director of the CU Cancer […]
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Cyberhacking of healthcare organizations are on the increase, and a recent cyberattack affected oncology care across the United States when hackers disrupted the software for machines that deliver radiotherapy to patients with cancer. Cases of cyberhacking of healthcare organizations increased by 42% in 2020 from 2019, according to a report from the tech consulting firm Protenus, which issues an annual […]
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A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve the quality of life for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis, even those struggling with locked-in syndrome – when a person is fully conscious but unable to move or communicate. A multi-institutional, international team of researchers led by the lab of Woon-Hong Yeo at the Georgia Institute of Technology combined wireless […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 case counts are rising in nearly all states, according to the latest estimates. Forty-six states reported that new COVID-19 cases rose 10% this week over the previous week, CNN reported, citing the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. In 31 of those states, new cases went […]
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A new national study published in Public Health Nutrition on July 15 found that Americans experiencing food insufficiency were three times as likely to lack mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic than those not experiencing food insufficiency. The most extreme form of food insecurity, food insufficiency occurs when families do not have enough eat. Among a nationally representative sample […]
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The European Medicines Agency said Tuesday it had started a “rolling review” of France’s Sanofi coronavirus jab, which could lead to authorisation for use in the European Union. “EMA will assess the compliance of Vidprevtyn with the usual EU standards for effectiveness, safety and quality,” the agency said. The Sanofi drug, developed with British firm GSK, joins four others on […]
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