Population management, online program helps patients lose weight, study finds
Photo Cred: Pixabay/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital paired an online weight loss program with a phone- and email-based population health management program, and determined that patients in...
Read MoreMild fatty liver disease linked to increased mortality, study finds
Photo Cred: Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Massachusetts General Hospital in the Boston, Massachusetts found that even mild non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)...
Read MoreCertain pre-existing conditions increase mortality risk for COVID-19
Photo Cred: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke, and cancer increase a patient’s risk of dying from the novel coronavirus...
Read MoreBlood 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 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...
Read MorePaper highlights shortcomings in telemedicine amid pandemic
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Despite increased use of telemedicine during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Americans have had significantly fewer consultations with primary care doctors and markedly...
Read MoreHydroxychloroquine no more effective than placebo, researchers find
Photo Cred: Ready Made/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury In a clinical trial testing whether a daily regimen of hydroxychloroquine could protect those most likely to be exposed to the novel coronavirus...
Read MoreEyeglasses may protect against COVID-19, preliminary data suggests
Photo Cred: Blocks/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury People who where eyeglasses daily may be less likely to be infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a new study published in...
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