Consuming high fructose corn syrup appears to be as bad for your health as consuming sugar in the form of
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Substance use disorders linked to COVID-19 susceptibility
A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to COVID-19 and
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GPs are ordered to see patients face-to-face
GPs are ordered to see patients face-to-face amid fears vulnerable people are ‘having difficulty accessing doctors’ during the pandemic Letter
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Want to block flu transmission? Targeting nasal bacteria may help
Antibiotics won’t help you recover from the flu, but an antibiotic ointment helped St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists identify
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Muscle weakness in patients in intensive care: Potential approach to treatment
Critical illness myopathy (CIM) has taken on a new relevance as a result of the corona virus. CIM is the
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Transplanting pancreatic islet cells under the skin to treat diabetes
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has successfully tested the idea of transplanting pancreatic islet
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Which OCD treatment works best? New brain study could lead to more personalized choices
New research could improve the odds that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them—something
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Surgical backlog in Ontario from COVID-19 will take 84 weeks to clear
The estimated time to clear surgeries postponed in Ontario because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is 84 weeks,
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Virus-hit Austria sees return to ‘normal’ by mid-2021
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Friday predicted a return to “normal” next year after a challenging autumn and winter because
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Study uses AI to sort patient messages by complexity
Taking an interest in electronic message threads between surgical patients and their health care teams, a research group at Vanderbilt
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