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Dietary patterns of truck drivers linked with driving behaviors and crash risk

A junk food diet may increase the risk of dangerous driving among truck/lorry drivers by boosting fatigue, which is often a key factor in vehicle collisions, suggests research published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

17 Jun 2021

New consensus statement on sport-related concussion aims to help doctors provide optimal medical care

Strict rest after a sports related concussion slows recovery and may prolong symptoms, says a consensus statement drawn up by a US expert panel on how best to treat and manage the condition, and published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

17 Jun 2021

Serious problems with privacy found in health-related mobile applications

An in-depth analysis of more than 20,000 health related mobile applications (mHealth apps) published by The BMJ today finds “serious problems with privacy and inconsistent privacy practices.”

17 Jun 2021

Myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

A group of Italian researchers has published a study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology (CJC), that explores a rare case of progressive dyspnea and constrictive retrosternal pain after a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

17 Jun 2021

New technique shows promise as non-invasive intervention for congenital hearing loss

Broadband sounds embedded with short pauses can maintain temporal sound processing in a mouse model of hearing loss, according to new research published in eNeuro.

17 Jun 2021

Depression, anxiety and stress during pandemic linked with lower quality sleep

Many people likely lost sleep over COVID-19. A study of twins led by Washington State University researchers found that stress, anxiety and depression during the first few weeks of the pandemic were associated with less and lower quality sleep.

17 Jun 2021

Antibody combination REGEN-COV prevents symptomatic disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers in the United States have demonstrated the effectiveness of early treatment with REGEN-COV™ at preventing symptomatic disease among people infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

17 Jun 2021

Lack of contraception data could conceal pandemic’s impact on women’s reproductive health

Limited data on the uptake of contraception prior to and during crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic could mean unforeseen issues for sexual and reproductive health services, research from the University of Warwick concludes.

17 Jun 2021

New model identifies effective dissemination strategies for Type 2 diabetes guidelines

Health care workers often don't adopt new guidelines for best practices in medical care until well after those guidelines are established.

17 Jun 2021

Full vaccination prevents emergency care and hospitalization in cases of breakthrough COVID-19

Researchers in the United States have demonstrated the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines at reducing the need for emergency care or hospitalization following breakthrough infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

17 Jun 2021

New optic nerve stimulation protocol develops personalized visual signals to help the blind

Stimulation of the nervous system with neurotechnology has opened up new avenues for treating human disorders, such as prosthetic arms and legs that restore the sense of touch in amputees, prosthetic fingertips that provide detailed sensory feedback with varying touch resolution, and intraneural stimulation to help the blind by giving sensations of sight.

17 Jun 2021

Study suggests a more resilient approach to control COVID-19 spread

New research shows the UK's COVID-19 management decisions were based on an outdated pandemic modelling structure and suggests a more resilient approach would have been more effective.

17 Jun 2021

New mouse model mimics human pathology of childhood restrictive cardiomyopathy

Severe childhood restrictive cardiomyopathy is a condition that causes the muscles in the walls of the heart to become stiff, so that the heart is unable to fill properly with blood.

17 Jun 2021

Study reveals potentially druggable process of SARS-Cov-2 assembly and replication

Of all the proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (the pathogen that causes COVID-19), the spike protein is the one that gets the most attention.

17 Jun 2021

Precision medicine may lead to more effective treatments for ocular conditions

The most practical solution for drug delivery to the eyeball is topical, i.e. eye drops. However, a naturally occurring substance in tears actually can interact with the drug delivery system (DDS), hindering absorption of the drug and preventing it from getting into the cells it needs to target.

17 Jun 2021

COVID-19 "immunity passport" reduces people's willingness to follow pandemic guidelines

Researchers from the University of Kent's School of Psychology have found that when people are presented with the idea of a Covid-19 "immunity passport", they show less willingness to follow social distancing and face covering guidelines. However, this willingness seems to return when people read more cautious information about Covid-19 immunity.

17 Jun 2021

Study sheds new light on the function of a sight-saving growth factor

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have determined how certain short protein fragments, called peptides, can protect neuronal cells found in the light-sensing retina layer at the back of the eye.

17 Jun 2021

Study finds high economic, health costs due to in-car aerosol exposure in developing countries

In an international study published by the journal Environment International, the University of Surrey led an international team of air pollution experts in monitoring pollution hotspots in 10 global cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh); São Paulo (Brazil); Guangzhou (China); Medellín (Colombia); Cairo (Egypt); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Chennai (India); Sulaymaniyah (Iraq); Blantyre (Malawi); and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania).

17 Jun 2021

Different comorbid conditions in COVID-19 patients can impact outcomes of positive PCR test results

New study results indicate that different comorbid conditions affecting individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 may impact how long they continue to receive positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results.

17 Jun 2021

Using PET-CT scans to track the elimination of radiolabeled plastic particles in mice

Postdoctoral Researcher Outi Keinänen from the University of Helsinki developed a method to radiolabel plastic particles in order to observe their biodistribution on the basis of radioactivity with the help of positron emission tomography (PET).

17 Jun 2021

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Dietary patterns of truck drivers linked with driving behaviors and crash risk

New consensus statement on sport-related concussion aims to help doctors provide optimal medical care

Serious problems with privacy found in health-related mobile applications

Myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

New technique shows promise as non-invasive intervention for congenital hearing loss

Depression, anxiety and stress during pandemic linked with lower quality sleep

Antibody combination REGEN-COV prevents symptomatic disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection

Lack of contraception data could conceal pandemic’s impact on women’s reproductive health

New model identifies effective dissemination strategies for Type 2 diabetes guidelines

Full vaccination prevents emergency care and hospitalization in cases of breakthrough COVID-19

New optic nerve stimulation protocol develops personalized visual signals to help the blind

Study suggests a more resilient approach to control COVID-19 spread

New mouse model mimics human pathology of childhood restrictive cardiomyopathy

Study reveals potentially druggable process of SARS-Cov-2 assembly and replication

Precision medicine may lead to more effective treatments for ocular conditions

COVID-19 "immunity passport" reduces people's willingness to follow pandemic guidelines

Study sheds new light on the function of a sight-saving growth factor

Study finds high economic, health costs due to in-car aerosol exposure in developing countries

Different comorbid conditions in COVID-19 patients can impact outcomes of positive PCR test results

Using PET-CT scans to track the elimination of radiolabeled plastic particles in mice

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