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Playing sport during COVID-19 pandemic eased anxiety and depression for students

School sports came to an abrupt halt during the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. How this impacted adolescents' health, who were otherwise generally active in sports in their school, is examined in new research. What happened when adolescent athletes returned to organized sport in this pandemic?

10 Feb 2021

Obesity, age and COVID-19 infection can make someone a super-spreader of SARS-CoV-2

Scientists and public health experts have long known that certain individuals, termed "super-spreaders," can transmit COVID-19 with incredible efficiency and devastating consequences.

10 Feb 2021

Chocolate-flavored e-cigarettes are 'particularly harmful' to the lungs, study shows

New research shows chocolate-flavored e-cigarettes are "particularly harmful" to the lungs. In fact, scientists found all 10 flavors tested caused some level of toxicity in the cells lining the lungs, resulting in cell death in some instances.

10 Feb 2021

Children with epilepsy experience poor, disrupted sleep

Children with epilepsy sleep poorly compared to healthy children, and are more likely to experience disruptions such as night terrors, sleep walking or sleep disordered breathing, according to a new study.

10 Feb 2021

Study: Children with Type 1 diabetes have lower brain volume, verbal IQ, and overall IQ

Brain volume, verbal IQ, and overall IQ are lower in children with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) than in children without diabetes, according to a new longitudinal study published in Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.

10 Feb 2021

Telemedicine-based program for COVID-19 patients helps maximize health care delivery

The rapid upscaling of a telemonitoring program in which health care providers performed daily telemedicine check-ins on COVID-19 patients faced a unique set of challenges.

10 Feb 2021

Exposure to seasonal coronaviruses does not produce antibodies that protect against SARS-CoV-2

Past exposure to seasonal coronaviruses (CoVs), which cause the common cold, does not result in the production of antibodies that protect against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to a study led by Scott Hensley, PhD, an associate professor of Microbiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

10 Feb 2021

Second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may not benefit previously infected individuals

Researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine have shown that a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine may not offer any additional protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) over one dose among individuals previously infected with the causative agent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

10 Feb 2021

Substrain of SARS-CoV-2 variant in UK may resist antibody neutralization

Researchers at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw have identified a substrain of the recently emerged B.1.1.7 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that may confer resistance to antibody neutralization.

10 Feb 2021

Choir singing may have positive effects on cognitive functioning of elderly people

Alongside the effects of lifestyle, including physical exercise and diet, on aging, research has increasingly turned its attention to the potential cognitive benefits of musical hobbies. However, such research has mainly concentrated on hobbies involving musical instruments.

10 Feb 2021

Researchers identify top-performing COVID-19 POC tests

After screening more than 1,100 independently assessed, point-of-care COVID-19 tests, researchers at NSF International and Novateur Ventures have identified 5 direct (antigen/RNA) tests for detection of acute infection and 6 indirect (antibody) tests for detection of prior infection that meet the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) "desirable" Target Product Profile (TPP) criteria.

10 Feb 2021

Long-term stress is a risk factor for heart attacks, study suggests

Can long-term stress lead to heart attacks? Most people would probably answer in the affirmative, but the scientific evidence of this is scarce.

10 Feb 2021

Insufficient sleep can negatively affect teenagers' mental health

As families settle back into a new school year, sleep experts at the University of South Australia are reminding parents about the importance of teenagers getting enough sleep, cautioning them that insufficient sleep can negatively affect their mental health.

10 Feb 2021

Mediterranean diet may have benefits for cognitive functioning in later life

People who eat a Mediterranean-style diet--particularly one rich in green leafy vegetables and low in meat--are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life, a study shows.

10 Feb 2021

Could Galectin-3 be a potential biomarker to help identify severe COVID-19 early?

Researchers have measured the galectin-3 levels in the sera of hospitalized patients. They found initial high levels indicate patients will become severely ill, suggesting it could be used as a predictor of severe disease.

10 Feb 2021

Study shows local topological free energy as determinant of SARS-CoV-2 spike stability

A recent study conducted by US scientists has demonstrated that the distribution of local topological free energy along the spike protein domains of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with their activity in protein rearrangement.

10 Feb 2021

Some COVID-19 patients experience persistent chronic fatigue six months after infection, finds study

Scientists from Germany recently revealed that almost 50% of patients present with moderate to severe chronic fatigue syndrome six months after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

10 Feb 2021

Inherited genetic variation may affect the response to cancer immunotherapy

For all their importance as a breakthrough treatment, the cancer immunotherapies known as checkpoint inhibitors still only benefit a small minority of patients, perhaps 15 percent across different types of cancer.

10 Feb 2021

Sensitive caretaking boosts mood, neuroprotection in infants of depressed mothers

About 1 in 9 mothers suffers from maternal depression, which can affect the mother-infant bond as well as infant development.

10 Feb 2021

Could a SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein be responsible for certain COVID-19 symptoms?

Researchers highlight the potential causes of some COVID-19 symptoms. Early in the pandemic, the hallmark symptoms of COVID-19 include cough, fever, and shortness of breath. As the pandemic has evolved, more symptoms have emerged, such as loss of smell and taste, headache, intestinal issues, and abdominal pains.

10 Feb 2021

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Playing sport during COVID-19 pandemic eased anxiety and depression for students

Obesity, age and COVID-19 infection can make someone a super-spreader of SARS-CoV-2

Chocolate-flavored e-cigarettes are 'particularly harmful' to the lungs, study shows

Children with epilepsy experience poor, disrupted sleep

Study: Children with Type 1 diabetes have lower brain volume, verbal IQ, and overall IQ

Telemedicine-based program for COVID-19 patients helps maximize health care delivery

Exposure to seasonal coronaviruses does not produce antibodies that protect against SARS-CoV-2

Second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may not benefit previously infected individuals

Substrain of SARS-CoV-2 variant in UK may resist antibody neutralization

Choir singing may have positive effects on cognitive functioning of elderly people

Researchers identify top-performing COVID-19 POC tests

Long-term stress is a risk factor for heart attacks, study suggests

Insufficient sleep can negatively affect teenagers' mental health

Mediterranean diet may have benefits for cognitive functioning in later life

Could Galectin-3 be a potential biomarker to help identify severe COVID-19 early?

Study shows local topological free energy as determinant of SARS-CoV-2 spike stability

Some COVID-19 patients experience persistent chronic fatigue six months after infection, finds study

Inherited genetic variation may affect the response to cancer immunotherapy

Sensitive caretaking boosts mood, neuroprotection in infants of depressed mothers

Could a SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein be responsible for certain COVID-19 symptoms?

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