A pandemic within a pandemic: Intimate partner violence in Canada's immigrant communities

by Bernard Rizk,University of OttawaCredit: CC0 Public DomainBehind closed doors during Canada's COVID-19 lockdowns, a devastating crisis unfolded. While the world focused on mask mandates a

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A pandemic within a pandemic: Intimate partner violence in Canada's immigrant communities

by Bernard Rizk,University of OttawaCredit: CC0 Public DomainBehind closed doors during Canada's COVID-19 lockdowns, a devastating crisis unfolded. While the world focused on mask mandates a

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Five tips for keeping winter bugs at bay

by Charity Ferreira,Stanford UniversityCredit: Andrea Piacquadio from PexelsStanford experts share best practices for protecting yourself and your family from the season's respiratory viruse

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Five tips for keeping winter bugs at bay

by Charity Ferreira,Stanford UniversityCredit: Andrea Piacquadio from PexelsStanford experts share best practices for protecting yourself and your family from the season's respiratory viruse

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More blood transfusions linked to lower 6-month mortality in heart-attack patients with anemia

byRutgers UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainGiving more blood to anemic patients after a heart attack may save lives, according to a Rutgers Health–led study. Thestudy, published

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More blood transfusions linked to lower 6-month mortality in heart-attack patients with anemia

byRutgers UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainGiving more blood to anemic patients after a heart attack may save lives, according to a Rutgers Health–led study. Thestudy, published

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Cholera vaccine production up but stockpiles still short: WHO

Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: WikipediaOral cholera vaccine production last month reached its highest level in more than a decade, the WHO said Wednesday, but warned t

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Cholera vaccine production up but stockpiles still short: WHO

Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: WikipediaOral cholera vaccine production last month reached its highest level in more than a decade, the WHO said Wednesday, but warned t

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Researchers reveal mechanisms underlying Sjögren's disease

byNew York UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Function(2024). DOI: 10.1093/function/zqae047Researchers at NYU College of Dentistry and NYU Grossman School of Medicine are closer to

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Researchers reveal mechanisms underlying Sjögren's disease

byNew York UniversityGraphical abstract. Credit:Function(2024). DOI: 10.1093/function/zqae047Researchers at NYU College of Dentistry and NYU Grossman School of Medicine are closer to

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2013 to 2022 saw increase in influenza testing at hospital ED visits

by Elana GotkineThe use of influenza testing at hospital emergency department visits increased from 2013 to 2022 in the United States, according to a December data briefpublishedby the Nat

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2013 to 2022 saw increase in influenza testing at hospital ED visits

by Elana GotkineThe use of influenza testing at hospital emergency department visits increased from 2013 to 2022 in the United States, according to a December data briefpublishedby the Nat

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Research underscores critical need for bird flu vaccines for pregnant women

byMurdoch Children's Research InstituteCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe vast majority of women who contract bird flu during pregnancy and their unborn baby will die from the virus, acco

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Research underscores critical need for bird flu vaccines for pregnant women

byMurdoch Children's Research InstituteCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe vast majority of women who contract bird flu during pregnancy and their unborn baby will die from the virus, acco

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A simple plasma-based biomarker could predict liver fibrosis in Latino adolescents with obesity

byChildren's Hospital Los AngelesCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA recent study led by Principal Investigator Michael Goran, Ph.D., and Rachel Schenker, MD, a Fellow in the Children's H

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A simple plasma-based biomarker could predict liver fibrosis in Latino adolescents with obesity

byChildren's Hospital Los AngelesCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA recent study led by Principal Investigator Michael Goran, Ph.D., and Rachel Schenker, MD, a Fellow in the Children's H

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Clinical trial of a drug to improve cognitive function in Down syndrome yields positive results

by IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe ICOD (Improving Condition in Down syndrome) project, a pioneering study in addressing the cognitive difficulti

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Clinical trial of a drug to improve cognitive function in Down syndrome yields positive results

by IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe ICOD (Improving Condition in Down syndrome) project, a pioneering study in addressing the cognitive difficulti

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Exploring role of understudied dysfunctional immune cells in severe COVID-19

byTrinity College DublinCredit:JCI Insight(2024). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.171659At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous studies had shown that COVID-19 patients with hig

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Exploring role of understudied dysfunctional immune cells in severe COVID-19

byTrinity College DublinCredit:JCI Insight(2024). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.171659At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous studies had shown that COVID-19 patients with hig

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