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U.S. Men Die 6 Years Earlier Than Women- A Review on Life Expectancy Gap
15Nov By JK NewsNo Comments
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U.S. Men Die 6 Years Earlier Than Women- A Review on Life Expectancy Gap

The research was led by UC San Francisco and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and published in . ( We've known for more than a century that women outlive men. "There's been a lot of research into the decline in life expectancy in recent years, but no one has systematically analyzed why the gap between men and women has been widening since 2010," said the paper's first author, Brandon Yan, MD, MPH, a UCSF internal medicine resident physician and research collaborator at Harvard Chan School. Life expectancy in the U.S. dropped in 2021 to 76.1 year, falling from 78.8 years in 2019 and 77 years in 2020.The shortening lifespan of Americans has been attributed in part to so-called "deaths of despair." The term refers to the increase in deaths from suc...
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One-Third of Americans Forgo Vaccinations During Flu Season
14Nov By JK NewsNo Comments
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One-Third of Americans Forgo Vaccinations During Flu Season

Along with the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID-19 has become part of the respiratory virus season, resulting in strain on the healthcare system. The CDC projects the total number of hospitalizations will be higher this year than in seasons before the COVID-19 pandemic. "Unfortunately, the flu kills tens of thousands of Americans every year. We get an idea of how bad a respiratory illness season the U.S. will have by looking at what happened in the southern hemisphere where flu season is during our summer. Australia had almost a record-setting influenza season. That's concerning and a sign that we may have higher flu numbers than average and certainly higher than in recent years since universal masking has gone by the wayside," Conroy sa...
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Navigating Well-Being in a Pandemic Through Pet Tales?
12Nov By JK NewsNo Comments
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Navigating Well-Being in a Pandemic Through Pet Tales?

They also reported negative aspects of pet ownership like being worried about their pet's well-being and having their pets interfere with working remotely. Rethinking Beyond Fur and Feathers However, when their happiness was compared to nonpet owners, the data showed no difference in the well-being of pet owners and nonpet owners over time. Advertisement The researchers found that it did not matter what type of pet was owned, how many pets were owned, or how close they were with their pet. The personalities of the owners were not a factor. "People say that pets make them happy, but when we measure happiness, that doesn't appear to be the case," said William Chopik, an associate professor in MSU's Department of ...
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WHO Updates COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
12Nov By JK NewsNo Comments
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WHO Updates COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

The World Health Organization's Guideline Development Group has revised its recommendations for COVID-19 patient treatments through a panel of global experts. The updated recommendations offer reliable and current advice on managing COVID-19 and assist physicians in better decision-making with patients. These new recommendations were published in the journal The BMJ. (1✔ ✔Trusted SourceA living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19Go to source) Updated Guidelines on Treatment and Management of COVID-19 Patients These guidelines were developed by the World Health Organization with the methodological support of the MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation.The guidance incorporates the latest clinical trial evidence for existing and new COVID-19 therapies and takes account of evidence rela...
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China’s 4-Fold Surge in Congenital Abnormalities Amidst COVID-19
11Nov By JK NewsNo Comments
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China’s 4-Fold Surge in Congenital Abnormalities Amidst COVID-19

Chinese physicians have observed a heightened link between SARS-CoV-2 infection in early gestation and Situs Inversus, a congenital condition where internal organs exhibit a mirrored positioning. Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by a mirror-image transposition of both the abdominal and the thoracic organs. This is a global defect of situs orientation and failure to generate normal left-right asymmetry. Frequency of situs inversus is 1:10,000 to 1:20,000 and is more frequent in males. Surge in Fetal Situs Inversus Cases During COVID-19 Writing in a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the team stated that cases of fetuses with the rare congenital condition rose four-fold in the first seven months of 2023 post COVI...
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Inhaled Monoclonal Antibodies Show Promise Against COVID-19
10Nov By JK NewsNo Comments
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Inhaled Monoclonal Antibodies Show Promise Against COVID-19

But this treatment has only been available through an intravenous infusion that has to be administered at a hospital or clinic. Infusion treatments must first travel through the bloodstream before arriving at the specific site of a particular infection -- primarily the lungs with COVID-19. Such a delay means the treatment isn't able to immediately battle a virus, and an infection can worsen. Inhalable treatments can arrive at the lungs within seconds and get to work more quickly. Previous research in mice has shown that aerosolized monoclonal antibodies can protect against SARS-CoV-2, it is the first that the therapy has been tested with live virus in nonhuman primates. Inhaled Antibodies: Striking Effects and Hope for the Future "The ...
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CDC Identifies Novel COVID-19 Strains JN.1 and HV.1
9Nov By JK NewsNo Comments
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CDC Identifies Novel COVID-19 Strains JN.1 and HV.1

Following a temporary decline, new COVID-19 variants have reemerged. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expressed worries about two fresh variants, JN.1 and HV.1, highlighting their potential to evade the immune system. It added that nearly all viruses circulating in the US now are part of the XBB family and that JN.1 makes up less than 0.1 percent of SARS-CoV-2 viruses.The CDC said initial data suggest that updated COVID-19 vaccines will help protect against BA.2.86, and it expects a similar effect against JN.1. BA.2.86's Transmissibility and JN.1's Vaccination Impact "There is some data that suggest JN.1's parent BA.2.86 may be more transmissible than previous variants. Since JN.1 is a derivative of BA.2.86, there is a concern that it may be more ...
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How Poetry Tackles Anxiety & Depression Linked to COVID-19 Isolation?
9Nov By JK NewsNo Comments
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How Poetry Tackles Anxiety & Depression Linked to COVID-19 Isolation?

This study was conducted by researchers at the University of Plymouth and Nottingham Trent University, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (). The findings are based on a survey of 400 people which showed that poetry helped those experiencing common symptoms as well as those suffering from grief. It was carried out with registered users of the website poetryandcovid.com (now archived as poetryandcovidarchive.com), who used the website to share their own poetry and/or read other people's. Advertisement Just over half (51%) of respondents indicated that reading and/or writing poetry had helped them deal with feelings of loneliness or isolation, and for a further 50%, it had helped with feelings of anxie...
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Willow Bark Offers Next Generation Anti-Viral Drugs
9Nov By JK NewsNo Comments
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Willow Bark Offers Next Generation Anti-Viral Drugs

"We need broadly acting and efficient tools to combat the virus load in our everyday life," said Prof Varpu Marjomki. "Vaccinations are important, but they cannot deal with many of the newly emerging serotypes early enough to be effective on their own." The scientists had previously tested willow bark extract on enteroviruses, and found it was highly successful: in this new study, they expanded the remit of their research to look at additional kinds of virus and to try to understand the mechanism of the extract's action. Advertisement To make the extract, they harvested commercially grown willow branches. The bark was cut into pieces, frozen, ground, and then extracted using hot water. This produced the extract samples which the ...
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