coronavirus health news aug 2020

Amazon’s...
A strategy meeting of a Massachusetts-based drug
company played a much greater role in spreading
the novel coronavirus than...
One million more whites would have die
from COVID to reach life expectancy
levels of blacks
Coronavirus would have to kill an additional one
million white Americans for their life expectancy
levels to fall to those...
Single-cell RNA sequencing sheds new
light on cancer cells’ varied response to
chemotherapy
Gaining a better understanding of why some cancer
cells survive while others die is critical for making
chemotherapy more...
Rates of e-cigarette and marijuana use
not associated with vaping-related lung
injuries, study finds
Published in the journal Addiction, the study
estimates the relationship between states’ total
reported EVALI cases...
Hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin
increases heart risk, finds global study
OHDSI has established an international network of
researchers and observational health databases
with a central coordinating...
Virtual imaging trials optimize CT,
radiography for COVID-19
Virtual imaging trials have two main components–
representative models of targeted subjects and
realistic models of...
Children raised in greener
neighbourhoods have higher IQs
Children raised in greener neighbourhoods have
higher IQs and lower levels of difficult behaviour,
study finds Researchers...
To be or not to be in the ER, that is the
question
“Many proteins in the cell have sugar (glycan)
chemical groups attached to them. Research has
suggested that when these...
Treatment for teen anxiety
“These disorders are not only common in children
and teens, but, if untreated, result in considerable
personal and...
Why we distort probability
But why we distort probability is unclear. While the
question has been previously studied, there is no
consensus on its causes. A...
Demographers put COVID-19 death toll
into perspective
Seeking to put current COVID-19 mortality rates into
historic, demographic and economic perspective,
UC Berkeley demographers...
Using light’s properties to indirectly see
inside a cell membrane
For those not involved in chemistry or biology,
picturing a cell likely brings to mind several discrete,
blob-shaped objects;...
Revised code could help improve
efficiency of fusion experiments
IMAGE: PPPL physicist Stuart Hudson was part of
an international team of researchers that has
upgraded a key computer...
One size may not fit all: BILH
psychiatrists develop mental health app
assessment tool
Cambridge, Mass. – About one in five U.S. adults,
an estimated 47 million people, lives with a mental
illness. Fewer...
Study: Student debt may hurt chances at
full-time employment
IMAGE: Ariane Froidevaux view more Credit: UT
Arlington A recently published study led by The
University...
Cyberintimacy: Technology-mediated
romance in the digital age
IMAGE: Explores the psychological and social
issues surrounding the Internet and interactive
technologies view...
Thin layer protects battery, allows cold
charging
IMAGE: Image of the layers in a lithium metal anode
for low temperature batteries view more Credit:
Donghai...
Coastal development, changing climate
threaten sea turtle nesting habitat
IMAGE: Ocean waves cover a sea turtle nest in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. Florida State University
researchers found...
Wearing face masks makes people more
careless and less likely to follow social
distancing guidelines
Wearing face masks can lull people into a false
sense of security — making them more careless and
less likely to follow...
Opioid prescription rates for knee
surgery vary, but higher strength dosage
common
A new study published in BMJ Open found that
opioid prescription rates for outpatient knee surgery
vary widely across the...
Robot tests for the coronavirus by
probing the nose with a long swab and
sticking samples in a vial
Would you trust this robot to test you for COVID?
New machine performs invasive nasal swab test 10
minutes faster than humans...