Cannabis use disorder may increase risk of COVID-19 hospitalization
Researchers in the United States have conducted a study suggesting that genetic vulnerability to a psychiatric syndrome called cannabis...
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Study warns elderly individuals less able to reduce contacts during COVID-19 lockdown
In a rigorous medRxiv* preprint paper, a group of researchers demonstrate shifts in age structure and clinical characteristics of...
Pregnant women with COVID-19 have low risk of developing severe symptoms
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 19 2020 Pregnant women who test positive for COVID-19 and their newborn babies have...
Researchers uncover potential new target to fight inflammatory diseases
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 19 2020 An international team of researchers have uncovered a drug-like compound that blocks...
SARS-CoV-2 immunity can last over six months, study finds
At present, over 56.56 million people worldwide have been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on those with OCDs
Researchers from the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf and University Hospital, Munich in Germany, have reported their findings on the...
Researchers use bioinformatics methods to identify key genes in dilated cardiomyopathy
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 19 2020 In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Yukuan Chen, Xiaohui...
UK’s COVID-19 vaccine shows similar safety and immunogenicity results in healthy older adults
Nov 19 2020 The UK’s vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 shows similar safety and immunogenicity results in healthy older adults (aged...
COVID-19 lockdown is associated with high blood pressure
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 19 2020 Lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increase in...
New, non-invasive method for diagnosing and preventing colorectal cancer
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 19 2020 Researchers from the University of Alicante (UA) and Alicante General University Hospital’s...