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Study: Antiviral med linked to COVID mutations that can spread
“There aren’t any widely circulating variants that have the signature. At the moment there’s nothing that’s transmitted very widely that’s due to...
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Paxlovid weaker against current COVID-19 variants
But when looking at death alone, the antiviral was still highly effective.
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COVID booster may transiently raise glucose levels in T1D
“Clinicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers may need to counsel people with T1D to be more vigilant with glucose testing and insulin...
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SGLT2 inhibitors: No benefit or harm in hospitalized COVID-19
“I think the most important take-home message here is that the use of these medications appears to be safe even in really acutely ill hospitalized...
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Lead exposure still a global health burden
Estimates place lead exposure on a par with ambient particulate matter and household air pollution combined, and ahead of unsafe household...
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Sedentary lifestyle tied to increased dementia risk
Dementia risk was elevated whether participants were sedentary for 10 uninterrupted hours or multiple sedentary periods that totaled 10 hours over...
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New COVID vaccines force bivalents out
The updated mRNA vaccines for 2023-2024 are being revised to include a single component that corresponds to the Omicron variant XBB.1.5.
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Abdominal fat linked to lower brain volume in midlife
“Overall, we found that both subcutaneous and visceral fat has similar levels of negative relationships with brain volumes.”
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One in five doctors with long COVID can no longer work: Survey
A U.K. survey shed light on the lingering effects of long COVID on more than 600 chronically ill and disabled doctors with the condition.
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Q&A: What to know about the new BA 2.86 COVID variant
BA 2.86 is a subvariant of Omicron, but according to reports from the CDC, the strain has many more mutations than the ones that came before it....