High blood pressure, smoking, obesity, heart disease and diabetes are associated with worse outcomes in patients with COVID-19, according to a study published today in European Heart Journal—Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1
Aphantasia explained: Some people can’t form mental pictures
How many times have you watched a book adaptation on film or TV, and felt disappointed when a scene wasn’t quite how you’d pictured it? Or perhaps a character looked nothing like you’d imagined them to look?
COVID-19 impacted access to abortion care all over Europe
Access to abortion care is an important and politically charged topic. It is a human rights issue affecting essential aspects of women’s healthcare. As a global disruptive event, COVID-19 affected abortion access in many European countries.
COVID-19 lab leak theory highlights glaring lack of global biosecurity regulation
The revived debate over whether COVID-19 could be the result of an accidental release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology may never be adequately resolved. Either way, we risk not seeing the wood for the trees.
What we know about aducanumab, the new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease
Earlier this week, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the drug aducanumab to treat Alzheimer’s disease—making it the first new drug in nearly 20-years to treat the disease. Aducanumab is the first of a new generation of drugs that target the underlying damage in the brain. Anton Porsteinsson, M.D., is …
Singapore to ease curbs as virus cases fall
Singapore will begin slowly easing a month-long partial lockdown from next week after the curbs succeeded in stemming a coronavirus outbreak, authorities said Thursday.
Covid vaccination in Europe ‘far from sufficient’ to avoid resurgence: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday that vaccination rates in Europe were still far off what was needed to stop a virus resurgence and called on countries to maintain protective measures.
New research highlights effects of social isolation and loneliness on veterans during pandemic
New research published this week by the Armed Forces charity SSAFA conducted by the University of Bath highlights the positive impact of wellbeing interventions for veterans.
Cancer and exercise during a pandemic
What options do cancer survivors have during a pandemic when there are limited in-person training options and reduced access to exercise facilities? With National Cancer Survivors Day on June 6, Marina Mourtzakis, a Kinesiology professor who leads Waterloo’s Center for Community, Clinical and Applied Research Excellence, examines how to exercise safely as a cancer survivor …
New antibody therapy may reverse diabetic retinopathy and other eye conditions
The life-saving diabetic medication insulin, developed at the University of Toronto 100 years ago, was the first biologic therapy—a protein to treat disease. A century later, a new biologic therapy also developed by researchers at U of T has potential to reverse a common complication of diabetes.