In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Hui Yang, Pu Zou, Yuhu He and colleagues from Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China discuss risk factors for prognosis after the Maze IV procedure in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing valve surgery. The authors of this article evaluated risk factors […]
A 1-year-long analysis of two gold mining communities in Tanzania found that mine workers faced a risk of death more than twice that faced by non-miner community members, and that much of this increased risk was related to road traffic injuries. Isaac Lyatuu of the Ifakara Health Institute in Dar […]
New research has found that children and youth may be at low risk of severe acute COVID-19, according to a study conducted during the first half of the pandemic and published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Researchers with the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP) looked at hospitalizations of children […]
The risk of prostate cancer was 24% higher among 9/11 rescue and recovery workers after the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, with the highest risk among the earliest responders, finds research published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine. The findings indicate a shorter latency period […]
Neither teachers nor their household members were at increased risk of hospital admission with COVID-19 or severe COVID-19 at any time during the 2020-21 academic year compared with similar working age adults, including during periods when schools were fully open, finds a study published by The BMJ today. It is […]
Having good safety measures at schools is very important as children start going back to the classroom. But which measures are most effective at optimizing health and safety conditions and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in school settings? In a new pre-print study on medRxiv, researchers from various institutes including […]
People often get sicker as they grow older, but new research from Gil McVean of the University of Oxford and colleagues finds that the impact of a person’s genes on their risk of getting sick actually wanes with age. The researchers published their new findings August 26th in the journal […]
(HealthDay)—The Moderna coronavirus vaccine may be linked to a higher risk of a heart condition called myocarditis in younger adults than believed, emerging reports show. Federal health officials are investigating the new data, according to two people familiar with the review who emphasized the side effect is still rare, the […]
Michael Copenhaver and Roman Shrestha from the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources have developed an improved measure for cognitive dysfunction risk for opioid-dependent patients in drug treatment programs. Shrestha and Copenhaver, who are both researchers in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, have been studying drug treatment interventions […]
The health outcomes of preterm babies can be significantly improved by timely and appropriate interventions in women presenting with preterm labor. However, the non-specific nature of presenting signs and symptoms of preterm labor make it challenging to diagnose, and unnecessary overtreatment is both common and costly. A study published in […]