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New tool assesses how well people read kids’ emotions

Psychology researchers at North Carolina State University have developed and validated a new tool for assessing how accurate people are at recognizing emotion in elementary school-aged children. The technique will facilitate research on understanding emotions of children—and highlights the fact that adults are often wrong when assessing the emotions of children. The new tool for […]

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How well your immune system works can depend on the time of day

When microorganisms—such as bacteria or viruses—infect us, our immune system jumps into action. It’s highly trained to sense and eliminate infections and clear up any damage caused by them. It’s typically assumed our immune systems work the exact same way regardless of whether an infection occurs during the day or at night. But research spanning […]

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Majority feel they’re well informed on COVID-19

Almost nine in ten (85%) people rate their own knowledge about COVID-19 as ‘good’ or ‘very good’, up from 72% in March, find UCL researchers as part of the COVID-19 Social Study. This contrasts with just 5% who think they have poor or very poor knowledge, down from 10% in March, the start of the […]

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New coronavirus can infect your eyes as well as your lungs

COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory infection, but experts have suspected the virus can also infiltrate the eyes. Now, scientists have more direct evidence of it. The findings are based on a patient in China who developed an acute glaucoma attack soon after recovering from COVID-19. Her doctors had to perform surgery to treat the condition, […]

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American Well, Stanford physicians to share lessons learned from Apple Heart Study at HIMSS

Last year, Apple announced the results of the Apple Heart Study, an ambitious digitally-enabled research project that also tapped the talents of Stanford University, BioTelemetry, and telemedicine company American Well. Through the study, more than 400,000 individuals helped Apple and Stanford learn about atrial fibrillation, and the predictive and therapeutic value of the Apple Watch’s […]

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Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir is effective and well tolerated in individuals with hepatitis C

Two large ‘real-world’ studies conducted in Germany and the USA have confirmed the high rates of sustained virological response (SVR) observed in controlled clinical studies of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) involving individuals with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Across the two studies, which were presented today at The International Liver Congress 2019 in Vienna, Austria, a range […]