THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) For many young people, extracurricular activities and sports are a central part of their daily lives and identities. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many students now feel uprooted. With sports programs on hold, theater productions canceled and choirs muted, campus life may feel drastically […]
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THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2020 (American Heart Association News) Because of her last name, Donulaé Knuckles has long answered to “Nurse Knuckles.” Yet the grit and determination the name conjures fits, too. Raised by a single mom in Detroit, she prioritized her education. Regularly studying deep into the evening, she graduated […]
Latest Mental Health News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) Yoga may help people soothe frayed nerves during the coronavirus pandemic, but the ancient practice may also help those with more serious, chronic forms of anxiety, new research suggests. The study compared yoga, cognitive […]
THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) Accelerated approval has been granted to Viltepso (viltolarsen) injection for treatment of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and a mutation of the DMD gene amenable to exon 53 skipping, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. About 8 percent of DMD patients […]
A recent agreement between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the German pharmaceutical company Bayer promises hope of expanding access to essential medicines for the treatment of people exposed to or infected by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Infection with the parasite T. solium is estimated to cause 30% of […]
Scope (COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients affected by the pandemic) The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) call on governments to ensure that the procurement and supply of controlled medicines in countries meet the needs of patients, […]
By E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) A vaccine based on cutting-edge RNA gene technology showed promising potency against the new coronavirus in an early trial, scientists report. The vaccine candidate — for now just called BNT162b1 — “elicited a robust immune response in participants, which increased […]
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) Obesity during pregnancy may hinder fetal brain development, a new study suggests. Development of brain areas involved in decision-making and behavior may be affected as early as the second trimester, New York University researchers said. For the study, the researchers examined nearly 200 groups […]
Latest Prevention & Wellness News THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people not to use hand sanitizers made by Harmonic Nature S de RL de MI in Mexico. These products say they contain ethanol or isopropyl alcohol but are […]
By Robin Foster and E.J. MundellHealthDay Reporters THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2020 America logged its highest single-day coronavirus death total of the summer on Wednesday, as the toll from an earlier surge in cases in Sun Belt states continued to mount. At least 1,470 deaths were tallied on Wednesday, The New […]