Research shows telehealth beneficial for rural hospitals treating COVID-19
Photo Cred: Edward Jenner/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Rural hospitals are more likely than urban facilities to have access to telehealth, a once-underused service that now is playing a key role...
Read MoreModel sheds light on motion and evaporation of respiratory droplets responsible for disease transmission
Photo Cred: Annie Spratt/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury In new research published in the journal Physics of Fluids, experts developed a mathematical model, proceeding from first principles, for the early phases...
Read MoreTelehealth opens addiction care, but poses challenges, study says
Photo Cred: Engin Akyurt/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The rapid changes in regulations and guidance made during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response could help many more people get care for opioid...
Read MoreStudy looks at child resilience to novel coronavirus
Photo Cred: National Cancer Institute/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Many children with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in 26 countries fared well clinically compared to adults during the first four months of...
Read MoreResearch shows COVID-19 independent risk factor for acute ischemic stroke
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, SARS-CoV-2, is significantly associated with strokes, and patients with COVID-19 should undergo more aggressive monitoring for stroke, according...
Read MoreTargeting cardiometabolic syndrome with nutrition
Photo Cred: Steve Buissinne/Pixabay By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP As we are working to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with social distancing, mask wearing, and hand...
Read MoreStudy identifies potential therapeutic targets for COVID-19
Photo Cred: Lawson Health Research Institute By Katherine Shagoury A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University profiled the body’s immune response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according...
Read MoreHarvard resource aims to clarify COVID-19 risk levels in real time
Photo Cred: Harvard University By Katherine Shagoury A panel of experts convened by the Harvard Global Health Institute and Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics launched last week Key Metrics...
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