While the Covid jabs help to protect you by creating an antibody response without you having to experience potentially severe illness, they are no silver bullet. Fully vaccinated people can still catch the virus due to declining immunity from the vaccine, with the ZOE Health Study currently reporting a rise in cases in the UK. As of July 30, the […]
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Reviewers’ Notes A landmark research project will place health workers in Indigenous communities across Queensland to study the long-term wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Researchers from The University of Queensland and Mater Research Institute will identify 400 Indigenous families during pregnancy, and monitor the health and wellbeing of participating mothers, fathers and babies over five years. Project […]
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Cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers of the head and neck, known as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), are rapidly increasing throughout the United States. Unfortunately, relatively little is known about the factors that contribute to these tumors and what makes some tumors more aggressive and treatment-resistant than others. To determine why some patients respond better to radiation […]
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Outsourcing certain staff functions in a practice to outside contractors working in remote locations has become commonplace in many medical practices. Healthcare outsourcing services, also known as virtual assistants (VAs), were already booming in 2017, when volume grew by 36%. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 normalized offsite work, which was a boon to outsourcing providers. The most popular services […]
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Reviewers’ Notes Routine brain scanning in people experiencing psychosis could help to identify underlying physical conditions that are causing their symptoms, according to a new study. Researchers led by Dr Graham Blackman and Prof Philip McGuire at the University of Oxford reviewed the results of over 1,600 patients with a first episode of psychosis who had undergone an MRI brain […]
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The passing of June’s summer solstice, the longest day of the year, prompts reflection on all of the ways people work to shine a light in the darkness. June is also Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, a time in which we strive to fight back the darkness of dementia. In a world with an aging population, imdur in heart failure Alzheimer’s disease […]
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Millions of people experience overt or covert racism that affects their day-to-day lives. But sometimes, the impact of such discrimination spills into healthcare, bringing life threatening consequences. So, when it comes to racial health disparities, can so-called biological differences explain these statistics, or is the misuse of science preventing us from getting to the root of the problem? Have you […]
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Tristan Thompson is being ruthlessly dragged by the internet for penning his youngest son a heartfelt birthday message while having yet to acknowledge the son he fathered mere months before. Tatum Thompson, the son the NBA player shares with Khloé Kardashian, turned 1-year-old last week. In honor of his birthday, the dad of four shared two photos of himself and […]
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It’s well-known that tobacco smoke has harmful effects on both people who smoke and those around them who are exposed to secondhand smoke. But this threat exists in another form as well: thirdhand smoke, the chemical residue from tobacco smoke that lingers even after the smoking has ceased. A new study led by Georg Matt from San Diego State University […]
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