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 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...
Read MoreAn epidemic within the novel coronavirus pandemic
Photo Cred: i yunmai/Unsplash By Robert Silverman, DC, DACBN, DCBCN, MS, CCN, CNS, CSCS, CIISN, CKTP, CES, HKC, FAKTR As the world struggles with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a...
Read MoreStudy examines child immune response in COVID-19
Photo Cred: Freestocks.org/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Children and adults exhibit distinct immune system responses to infection by the virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which may explain why outcomes...
Read MoreFace shields, masks with valves less effective than surgical masks
Photo Cred: Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury As mask-wearing continues amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), people are increasingly using clear plastic face shields and masks with exhalation valves because they can...
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