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Many US health experts underestimated the coronavirus … until it was too late

A year ago, while many Americans were finishing their holiday shopping and finalizing travel plans, doctors in Wuhan, China, were battling a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia with no known cause.

21 Dec 2020

No more ICU beds at the main public hospital in the nation’s largest county as COVID surges

She lay behind a glass barrier, heavily sedated, kept alive by a machine that blew oxygen into her lungs through a tube taped to her mouth and lodged at the back of her throat. She had deteriorated rapidly since arriving a short time earlier.

18 Dec 2020

Can online health forums track the effect of COVID-19 on mental health?

A team of researchers at King's College London, UK, and other institutions used publicly accessible sources of real-world data, such as online health forums. They found that authors of COVID-19 related posts most frequently mentioned mental health symptom keywords during the first wave, followed by physical symptoms and intensive care keywords.

18 Dec 2020

New toolkit aims to maximize high-quality collection of thrombosis data in COVID-19 clinical studies

The ASH Research Collaborative and the International Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis, two organizations with multidisciplinary expertise in blood clotting and bleeding disorders, have developed a toolkit to help clinical researchers from across medical disciplines design clinical trials that further the understanding of blood clotting events associated with COVID-19.

17 Dec 2020

Nurse practitioners can reduce costs, improve patient safety in long-term care facilities

Countries worldwide face challenges meeting the growing needs for long-term care services because of high costs.

17 Dec 2020

4E-BP proteins are key to unlock the antidepressant effect of ketamine in the brain

A group of proteins called 4E-BPs, involved in memory formation, is the key to unlocking the antidepressant effect of ketamine in the brain, according to researchers from three Canadian universities. The discovery could lead to better and safer treatments for certain patients suffering from major depression.

17 Dec 2020

Neuroscientists investigate the relationship between language and cognitive functions

In some ways, learning to program a computer is similar to learning a new language. It requires learning new symbols and terms, which must be organized correctly to instruct the computer what to do. The computer code must also be clear enough that other programmers can read and understand it.

16 Dec 2020

JHU scientists decode neural mechanisms of computer programming

By mapping the brain activity of expert computer programmers while they puzzled over code, Johns Hopkins University scientists have found the neural mechanics behind this increasingly vital skill.

15 Dec 2020

Economic activity can actively change the brain, shows study

Researchers at the HSE Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience have shown experimentally that economic activity can actively change the brain.

15 Dec 2020

AI-enabled real-time social-media monitoring of public sentiments on COVID-19 vaccination

The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hunt for a drug, and the successful development of a vaccine has impacted people beyond measure worldwide.

14 Dec 2020

Experts debate how to transform services to improve UK mental health support

New research into the concerns of people with healthcare needs amid COVID-19 were explored, as a panel of industry leaders debated how to transform services to improve UK mental health support, in Connect Health’s latest Change webinar.

14 Dec 2020

Study: Most pregnant patients who tested positive for coronavirus were asymptomatic

The majority of pregnant women who tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival to the delivery room were asymptomatic, according to a paper by Mount Sinai researchers published in PLOS One on Thursday, December 10.

11 Dec 2020

Strong social support associated with fewer mental health problems in young adults

A team of McGill University researchers has found that young adults who perceived higher levels of social support reported fewer mental health problems.

11 Dec 2020

Lung ultrasounds can predict outcomes in COVID-19 patients

For some, COVID-19 can result in severe pneumonia or even death, while others remain purely asymptomatic. A diagnostic tool could help physicians predict if a patient with COVID-19 will worsen.

11 Dec 2020

Social media appeals from COVID-19 frontliners have more impact on general audience

Anyone who's on social media right now has probably seen them: Passionate pleas from health care workers, asking for the public to realize how bad the COVID-19 pandemic has gotten, and urging them to take steps to slow the spread of coronavirus.

11 Dec 2020

Government data underestimates the impact of social distancing in controlling COVID-19 spread

Quantifying the mitigating impact of social distancing on the spread of COVID-19 is critical for evaluating the efficacy of social restrictions and informing future health policy decisions.

11 Dec 2020

Magma Learning wins Innovation Award for providing business ideas on Health Sciences ecosystem

Magma Learning wins the inaugural Vesalius Innovation Award by Karger Publishers. The eLearning startup managed to beat off competition from other innovative business ideas in the Health Sciences publishing sector.

10 Dec 2020

Different languages can make human brains to work harder while processing motion descriptions

We all run from a burning building the same way--fast!--but how we describe it depends on the language we speak. In some languages, we might flee, race, or bolt, while in others we might just exit or leave the building quickly.

10 Dec 2020

Scientists shed light on how neurons form long-term memories

On a late summer day in 1953, a young man who would soon be known as patient H.M. underwent experimental surgery. In an attempt to treat his debilitating seizures, a surgeon removed portions of his brain, including part of a structure called the hippocampus. The seizures stopped.

9 Dec 2020

Autistic children show significant IQ increases between the ages of 12 to 23 years

Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face a lifelong challenge characterized by qualitative impairments in both communication and social interaction.

9 Dec 2020

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Many US health experts underestimated the coronavirus … until it was too late

No more ICU beds at the main public hospital in the nation’s largest county as COVID surges

Can online health forums track the effect of COVID-19 on mental health?

New toolkit aims to maximize high-quality collection of thrombosis data in COVID-19 clinical studies

Nurse practitioners can reduce costs, improve patient safety in long-term care facilities

4E-BP proteins are key to unlock the antidepressant effect of ketamine in the brain

Neuroscientists investigate the relationship between language and cognitive functions

JHU scientists decode neural mechanisms of computer programming

Economic activity can actively change the brain, shows study

AI-enabled real-time social-media monitoring of public sentiments on COVID-19 vaccination

Experts debate how to transform services to improve UK mental health support

Study: Most pregnant patients who tested positive for coronavirus were asymptomatic

Strong social support associated with fewer mental health problems in young adults

Lung ultrasounds can predict outcomes in COVID-19 patients

Social media appeals from COVID-19 frontliners have more impact on general audience

Government data underestimates the impact of social distancing in controlling COVID-19 spread

Magma Learning wins Innovation Award for providing business ideas on Health Sciences ecosystem

Different languages can make human brains to work harder while processing motion descriptions

Scientists shed light on how neurons form long-term memories

Autistic children show significant IQ increases between the ages of 12 to 23 years

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