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New Data Supports Animal Market Origins for COVID Pandemic
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – The Hunan Seafood Wholesale wet market in Wuhan, China, has long been considered the most likely source of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. That theory...
Live Birth Rate Similar With Blastocyst, Cleavage Stage Embryo Transfer
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – For women with at least four embryos available during in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, blastocyst embryo transfers result in a similar cumulative live birth rate to...
U.S. Wastewater Tests Show Bird Flu Virus Limited to Areas With Farm Animals
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – An extensive look at wastewater samples taken across the United States from May to July found traces of the H5N1 bird flu popping up – but only in areas populated by farm...
U.S. Health Care System Ranks Last Among Wealthy Nations, Report Finds
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – Americans have the worst health care among the world’s wealthy nations, a new report says. People in the United States die the earliest and live the sickest lives out of 1...
Do You Know the MIND Diet? It Might Keep You Sharp With Age
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 2024 – It's called the MIND diet and its primary aim is to help guard against thinking and memory declines as you age. But does it work? Yes, claims new research that found...
Racial Disparities Seen in Prehospital Stroke Care
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – Black race is associated with prolonged onset to time of arrival intervals with stroke and significantly decreased odds of emergency medical services (EMS) prehospital...
Current National Prevalence of Diagnosed A-Fib, 10.55 Million
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – The prevalence of diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) in the United States is 4.48 percent among the adult population, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in...
Long-Term Outcomes Good for Face Transplant Recipients, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – There have been 50 face transplants performed in 11 countries since the surgery was pioneered back in 2005, and long-term outcomes have been favorable, a new review...
Some People With MS May Need Earlier, Higher-Dose Meds
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – Early, aggressive treatment of brain lesions caused by multiple sclerosis could help ward off faster decline in patients, a new study finds. Such treatment could prevent ...
Black Women Face Higher Death Risk From All Types of Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – Black women have a higher risk of dying from any type of breast cancer than white women, a new review finds. Overall, the increased survival risk for Black women ranges...
Childhood BMI Linked to Increased Risk for Schizophrenia
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 – Childhood body mass index (BMI) has a direct and enduring effect on the risk for schizophrenia later in life, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Science...
Risk for Pediatric Firearm Reinjury 6 Percent at One Year After Initial Injury
MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 – The risk for firearm reinjury among children who present with acute nonfatal firearm injury is 6 and 14 percent at one and five years, respectively, after initial injury,...
Study Looks at Sex Differences in Melanoma Incidence
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 – Melanoma rates differ for men and women, including in terms of ages of occurrence and locations of melanoma, according to a study published online June 17 in the Journal of...
More Cancer Cases in Areas Where Incarceration Rates Are High: Study
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 – Counties and states where jails and prisons are packed are more likely to have higher rates of cancer, new research shows. “These results aren’t surprising. Incarceration in...
Early, Virtual Palliative Care Feasible for Advanced Lung Cancer
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 – The delivery of early, virtual palliative care has similar effects on quality of life as in-person care in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),...