Blood sugar control boosts brain health for type 2 diabetes patients
Photo Cred: PhotoMIX Company/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Controlling blood sugar levels improved the ability to clearly think, learn, and remember among people with type 2 diabetes who were overweight, according...
Read MorePrevious infection may lessen severity of COVID-19, study finds
Photo Cred: Erkan Utu/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Being previously infected with other types of coronaviruses may decrease the severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infections, the virus that...
Read MoreResearch finds new clues linking stress and depression
Photo Cred: Andrew Neel/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden identified a protein in the brain that is important both for the function of the mood-regulating...
Read MoreSocial isolation worsens effects of Alzheimer’s disease, study finds
Photo Cred: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Social isolation worsens the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, increasing anxiety and asymmetry in brain atrophy, according to a new study by the Universitat...
Read MoreDried blood spot sampling potential for COVID-19 antibody testing
Photo Cred: University of Birmingham By Katherine Shagoury Using dried blood spot samples is an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus...
Read MoreSurvey says more Americans trust Biden to manage COVID-19 pandemic
Photo Cred: Aaron Burden/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The majority of American trust former Vice President Joe Biden than President Donald Trump to efficiently lead the United States healthcare system through...
Read MorePrior psychiatric diagnosis associated with mortality for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Photo Cred: Martha Dominguez de Gouveia/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A prior psychiatric diagnosis may be associated with mortality among hospitalized patients with the novel coronavirus, according to a new study...
Read MorePandemic has created influx of potentially substandard research, experts say
Photo Cred: Pixabay/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a flood of potentially substandard research amid the rush to publish, with a string of papers retracted...
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