The use of a standardized tool for assessing the risk of serious outcomes in patients with chest pain was associated with women at high risk…
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For Seniors, Functional Decline After Flu Hospitalization May Be Long-Lasting
THURSDAY, Dec. 17, 2020 — Functional loss following a hospitalization for influenza or acute respiratory illness (ARI) can be persistent and catastrophic among older adults,…
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Clowns may help children cope with the pain and anxiety of hospital treatment
Hospital clowns might help improve physical symptoms and psychological wellbeing in children and adolescents having treatment for acute or chronic conditions, finds a study in…
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Digital solutions may aid athletes’ mental health
From stress, burnout, career disruption and social isolation, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed similar challenges for many people including one special subgroup—that of elite athletes….
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Wearable sensor may signal you’re developing COVID-19—even if your symptoms are subtle
A smart ring that generates continuous temperature data may foreshadow COVID-19, even in cases when infection is not suspected. The device, which may be a…
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Study shows why some people may become seriously ill from meningococcal bacteria
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have come one step closer toward understanding why some people become seriously ill or die from a common bacterium…
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Cooking with wood may cause lung damage
Advanced imaging with CT shows that people who cook with biomass fuels like wood are at risk of suffering considerable damage to their lungs from…
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Antibiotic Therapy Before Age 2 May Affect Child Health
TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2020 — Exposure to antibiotics in the first two years of life is associated with an increased risk for several health conditions…
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COVID-19 immunity may last six months or more
Around the world, coronavirus cases are surging and deaths due to the disease keep ticking up—more than 240,000 in the United States so far—but a…
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Acute respiratory failure mortality increases in United States and may worsen with COVID-19 pandemic
A new study published in Chest by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers showed that deaths related to acute respiratory failure are increasing in the…
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