(HealthDay)—In some reassuring news for professional athletes, a new study finds very few develop inflammatory heart disease after being infected with COVID-19, and most can safely return to play. In fact, of nearly 800 professional athletes who had tested positive, less than 1% were barred from returning to play because of heart damage from COVID-19, […]
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Can you find true, lasting love on Tinder? Study finds it’s possible
(HealthDay)—Tinder, Grindr and other dating apps have a reputation for encouraging casual hookups, but a new study suggests app users may be looking for —and finding—love in all the right places after all. Unlike more traditional dating sites such as Match.com and EHarmony, these apps are largely based on rating photos. You swipe right if […]
Study finds evidence of lasting immunity after mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 infection
New research involving scientists from Queen Mary University of London has found evidence of protective immunity in people up to four months after mild or asymptomatic COVID-19. The study, published today in Science Immunology, analyzed antibody and T cell responses in 136 London healthcare workers who had mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 infection dating back to […]
Use of antibiotics in preemies has lasting, potentially harmful effects
Nearly all premature babies receive antibiotics in their first weeks of life to ward off or treat potentially deadly bacterial infections. Such drugs are lifesavers, but they also cause long-lasting collateral damage to the developing microbial communities in the babies’ intestinal tracts, according to research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. A […]