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Over 28 million more years of life were lost than expected in 2020 in 31 upper-middle and high-income countries, finds a study published by The BMJ today. Except for Taiwan, New Zealand, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and South Korea, all other countries examined had more premature deaths than expected in 2020, with a higher rate in […]
Sure, the island is beautiful, but a trip to the ASPCA to meet our Malta is even better! Malta came to the ASPCA from a home with many other cats where she likely had very little—if any—experience with people. She is still getting used to petting and enjoys spending time near the people she trusts, […]
More than 1.5 MILLION children around the world lost a parent, grandparent or caregiver due to COVID-19, study finds More than 1.5 million children lost a parent, grandparent or primary caregiver due to COVID-19, a new study estimates Researchers at the CDC and Imperial College London made this estimate based on Covid mortality and fertility […]
E-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine replacement treatments in achieving long term smoking reduction and cessation, according to the results of a clinical trial by Queen Mary University of London. Some 80 percent of smokers receiving intensive treatment continue to smoke after a year. Smokers could benefit from approaches that reduce the harm from smoking […]
Research has revealed non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients continue to present symptoms long after infection and even more have blood biochemical abnormalities. Scientists working at the Australian National Phenome Centre (ANPC) have investigated the blood chemistry of patients three months after the acute disease phase of COVID-19 and found persistent systematic changes that relate to ongoing symptoms […]
Lyme disease has the potential to emerge in a wider range of habitats than previously thought, suggests University of Liverpool and University of Glasgow research. A new study, published in Emerging Infectious Diseases found that open, treeless habitats can support similar densities of infected ticks as woodland in the UK, challenging established knowledge of which […]
Black middle-aged adults had an incidence rate of stroke 4 times higher than that of white middle-aged adults, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published March 29 in Hypertension. The large national prospective study highlights the need to raise awareness among young and middle-aged Black adults about the impact of high blood pressure, called hypertension, […]
High speed air dryers not only leave more contamination on poorly washed hands compared to paper towels, but during hand drying, they can also spread germs onto clothing, ultimately transferring more bacteria to other surfaces, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology […]
Chest pain is misdiagnosed in women more frequently than in men, according to research presented today at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The study also found that women with chest pain were more likely than men to wait over 12 hours before seeking medical […]
Inhaling a lower dose of statins rather than taking them as a pill could end the scourge of side-effects, research suggests Inhaling Statins instead of taking them as a pill could stop common side-effects Research by University of California, U.S, says this is due to doses being ‘lower’ 30 per cent of patients prescribed statins […]