coronavirus health news sept 2020

COVID-19 treatment trials STILL have not
enrolled enough minorities, study finds
Most US clinical trials for coronavirus drugs and
vaccines are still not enrolling nearly enough black
and Latinx participants,...
Young suicides have spiked by 57% since
2006, CDC data shows
The suicide rate among Americans between ages
10 and 24 rose by 57 percent from 2007 to 2018,
according to new data from...
Mental health problems spiked among
locked down Chinese students
After more than four months at home amid
lockdowns to slow the spread of coronavirus, far
more Chinese children were depressed...
Bioactive nano-capsules to hijack cell
behavior
Cells constantly communicate with each other and
have ways to pick up signals and process them —
similar to humans...
‘Like having a tooth out’: High-speed
radiotherapy cured mother-of-two’s
breast cancer in 30 minutes
A breast cancer diagnosis once meant life had to be
put on hold. Months of agonising treatment and
countless trips to hospital...
Fast and efficient method to produce red
blood cells developed
Blood transfusions save millions of lives every year,
but over half the world’s countries do not have
sufficient blood...
New study explores if flirting is real and
shows it can work
“No, she wasn’t. She was just being polite,” said
another friend. Misunderstandings about flirting
can...
Hostility linked with higher risk of death
after second heart attacks
“Hostility is a personality trait that includes being
sarcastic, cynical, resentful, impatient or irritable,”...
NASA catches development of eastern
Atlantic’s tropical storm Vicky
IMAGE: On Sept. 14 at 0329 UTC (Sept. 13 at 11:29
a.m. EDT) NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed a lowpressure
area...
Privatized prisons lead to more inmates,
longer sentences, study finds
IMAGE: WSU study finds that when states turn to
private prisons, the number of criminals incarcerated
rises and the...
Facebook anniversaries inspire
reflection, nostalgia
ITHACA, N.Y. – Posted on Facebook, milestones
such as birthdays and anniversaries prompt users to
reflect on the passage...
Henry ford study finds certain immuno
suppressing drugs do not increase risk
for COVID-19
IMAGE: Jesse Veenstra, M.D., Ph.D., a Henry Ford
Health System dermatologist and the study’s lead
author. ...
Predicting poor pain control following
elective spine surgery
IMAGE: Predicted probability versus observed
incidence of poor pain control (Numeric Rating
Scale (NRS) score for pain...
Toxic metals can affect student health
performance, say scientists from RUDN
university
IMAGE: A team of medics and ecologists from
RUDN University measured the concentrations of
heavy metals in the bodies...
Scientists predict that COVID-19 will
become a seasonal virus
Thanks to the sniffling noses, coughs, and colds that
accompany the colder months of the year, we are all
too familiar with...
Glass tables can cause life-threatening
injuries
Faulty glass in tables can cause life-threatening
injuries, according to a Rutgers study, which
provides evidence that stricter...
Coronavirus: 18,000 test results
published by mistake
The details of more than 18,000 people who tested
positive for coronavirus were published online by
mistake by Public Health...
Coronavirus: UK to test inhaled vaccines
UK researchers are to begin trials of inhaled
coronavirus vaccines. Delivering doses directly to
the lungs might give a...
DR ELLIE CANNON: Ministers must give
us ALL the facts
Are you happy now? That was, in a nutshell, what
one angry reader who wrote to me late last week
wanted to know. The Government,...
Chief scientist ‘told off’ for lockdown plea
The government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick
Vallance has said he was rebuked for arguing
strongly in favour...
Coronavirus: Monoclonal antibodies to
begin UK trial
A new antibody treatment is to be trialled on Covid-
19 patients in UK hospitals. Monoclonal antibodies,
which are potent,...
Super-fast surgery could soon be offered
to one million Britons with a ‘racing heart’
condition
One million British patients with a ‘racing heart’
condition that puts them at high risk of stroke could
soon be offered...