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Medical Xpress / Working outside the home protected mental health for older adults during the pandemic, finds study
New research using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) reveals that employment stability and in-person work buffered older adults against depression during the first year of COVID-19. Older adults who ...
Medical Xpress / 988 Hotline leads to fewer suicides among young people, study finds
A nationwide mental health hotline saved more lives than expected.
Medical Xpress / Paxlovid looked like a COVID game-changer, but in vaccinated adults the real story is far more complicated
The results of two clinical trials—led by the Upstream Lab at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and Oxford University, published in the New England Journal of Medicine—provide new evidence to consider when funding, prescribing, ...
Medical Xpress / Pentagon drops flu vaccine requirement for US military
Flu shots will no longer be required for every U.S. service member.
Medical Xpress / Researchers explore new approach to multivirus drug development
Wanted: a cheap, multipotent treatment for viral infections. Must be able to handle new or unfamiliar strains, or (even better) a broad range of viruses—whatever comes along, in other words. Must be impervious to viral attempts ...
Medical Xpress / COVID antiviral speeds recovery but doesn't reduce hospitalization in vaccinated patients, trials find
Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) does not reduce hospital admissions or deaths in vaccinated adults at higher risk of severe COVID-19, despite helping them recover faster, according to results from two national trials published ...
Phys.org / QR codes can influence whether older customers return
Older adults and technology haven't always had the smoothest relationship. From learning to use email to operating smartphones, each new wave has brought fresh challenges and frustrations. Now, mastering QR codes is the latest ...
Phys.org / What's in a name? Study finds two dahlia-damaging viruses are variants of same species
For decades, two different viruses were believed to be responsible for a common, untreatable disease in dahlias, a colorful, high-value flower grown worldwide. Virologists at Washington State University have now learned that ...
Medical Xpress / Virtual vs. in-person visits for new neurology patients show no impact on future care, finds study
For people who see a neurology clinician for the first time, a new study has found that being seen virtually vs. in person made no difference in how soon they needed more care. The work is published in Neurology. For the ...
Medical Xpress / CDC report on COVID vaccine blocked from publication
A federal report pointing out the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines may never be released, according to multiple people familiar with the decision.
Medical Xpress / New pancreatic cancer treatments may add months of life after 40 years of setbacks
After decades of struggling to find a way to treat pancreatic cancer, researchers have developed several promising new drugs that could offer rare hope to patients given this particularly deadly diagnosis.
Medical Xpress / COVID-19 may leave placental damage, but virus disappears after maternal recovery
A new Yale study published in JAMA Network Open finds that the virus that causes COVID-19 does not linger in placental tissue weeks to months after a pregnant woman recovers from infection—offering important reassurance for ...
