Providing social support services for patients with diabetes may improve outcomes
Photo Cred: Giang Vu/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury New research reveals a perceived lack of support from family and friends affects a patient’s ability to manage type 2 diabetes, according to...
Read MoreAir pollution may make coronavirus more severe for some patients
Photo Cred: Lukas Kloeppel/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Long-term exposure to urban air pollution may have made the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) more deadly for some, according to a new study by...
Read MoreIndoor airborne spread of COVID-19 supported in new study
Photo Cred: CHUTTERSNAP/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury New research from the University of Georgia supports growing evidence for airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in enclosed spaces, as described in...
Read MoreFew in population developed COVID-19 antibodies in first wave, research suggests
Photo Cred: Nout Gons/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A cross-sectional, nationwide analysis of more than 28,000 patients on dialysis in the United States found that fewer than 10 percent of U.S....
Read MoreResearchers predict COVID-19 will eventually become seasonal virus
Photo Cred: Aaron Burden/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will likely become seasonal in countries with temperate climates, but only when...
Read MoreNew research identifies proteins that could prevent COVID-19 transmission through placenta
Photo Cred: Freestocks/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Researchers from Boston Medical Center’s Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases identified properties in placenta tissue that may play an important role in preventing...
Read MoreResearchers highlight misconceptions about seasonal impacts of COVID-19
Photo Cred: Chris Lawton/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Misconceptions about the way climate and weather impact exposure and transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), create false...
Read MoreInflammatory bowel disease linked to faulty immune cell
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The lasting nature of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be due to a type of long-lived immune cell that can provoke persistent, damaging...
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