Is the cure really worse than the disease? The health impacts of #lockdowns during #COVID-19
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Is the cure really worse than the disease? The health impacts of #lockdowns during #COVID-19
Summary boxRestrictive non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 (known as ‘lockdowns’) are associated with health harms However, it is challenging to determine whether lockdowns have cause…
The Relationship Between Prognostic #Nutritional Index and All-Cause #Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Study
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The Relationship Between Prognostic #Nutritional Index and All-Cause #Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Study
The effectiveness and prognostic value of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in critically ill patients are unknown. Hence, this study aimed to analyze the relationship between the PNI and all-…
Influence of Free #Fatty Acid Concentrations and #Weight Loss on Adipose Tissue Direct Free Fatty Acid Storage Rates
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Influence of Free #Fatty Acid Concentrations and #Weight Loss on Adipose Tissue Direct Free Fatty Acid Storage Rates
The factors that determine the recycling of free fatty acids (FFA) back into different adipose tissue depots via the direct storage pathway are not completely understood. ObjectiveTo assess the int…
#Masitinib is a broad coronavirus 3CL inhibitor that blocks replication of #SARS-CoV-2
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#Masitinib is a broad coronavirus 3CL inhibitor that blocks replication of #SARS-CoV-2
There is an urgent need for antiviral agents that treat SARS-CoV-2 infection. We screened a library of 1,900 clinically safe drugs against OC43, a human beta-coronavirus that causes the common cold…
lab alert: Changes to CDC RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
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lab alert: Changes to CDC RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
Audience: Individuals Performing COVID-19 Testing Level: Laboratory Alert After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Aut…
Associations of #overweight and #obesity with drug-resistant #epilepsy
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Associations of #overweight and #obesity with drug-resistant #epilepsy
The group with epilepsy included in this study had a lower proportion of individuals with overweight and obesity than the general population (23.1% versus 42%) in 2015. However, the proportion of p…
Distribution of dietary #protein intake in daily meals influences skeletal #muscle hypertrophy via the muscle clock
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Distribution of dietary #protein intake in daily meals influences skeletal #muscle hypertrophy via the muscle clock
Distribution of dietary protein across meals influences muscle hypertrophy•BCAAs are involved in hypertrophic effects of protein feeding distribution•Hypertrophic effects of protein feeding distrib…
Long-term Dietary #Flavonoid Intake and Subjective #Cognitive Decline in US Men and Women
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Long-term Dietary #Flavonoid Intake and Subjective #Cognitive Decline in US Men and Women
To prospectively examine the associations between long-term dietary flavonoids and subjective cognitive decline (SCD). Methods: We followed 49,493 women from the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) (1984-20…
Reinforcement learning links spontaneous cortical #dopamine impulses to reward
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Reinforcement learning links spontaneous cortical #dopamine impulses to reward
Extrasynaptic levels of dopamine in mouse cortex exhibit spontaneous impulses•Impulses are broadly distributed in amplitude and time, with a rate of about 0.01/s•Feedback was used to train mice to …
#Ejaculation Frequency and Risk of #Prostate Cancer: Updated Results with an Additional Decade of Follow-up
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#Ejaculation Frequency and Risk of #Prostate Cancer: Updated Results with an Additional Decade of Follow-up
Evidence suggests that ejaculation frequency may be inversely related to the risk of prostate cancer (PCa), a disease for which few modifiable risk factors have been identified. ObjectiveTo incorpo…
Evaluation of serum #calcium differences in #hypertensive crises and control patients: A randomly matched case-control study
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Evaluation of serum #calcium differences in #hypertensive crises and control patients: A randomly matched case-control study
The role of calcium in blood pressure has been widely studied among hypertensive patients; however, no study has explored the role of calcium in hypertensive crises. The primary objective of this s…
Safety and Efficacy of amplitude-modulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in advanced #hepatocellular carcinoma
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Safety and Efficacy of amplitude-modulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in advanced #hepatocellular carcinoma
Importance: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Despite the recent approval of several new agents, long-term disease control remains elusive for mos…
Limited protection against #SARS-CoV-2 infection and virus transmission after mRNA #vaccination
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Limited protection against #SARS-CoV-2 infection and virus transmission after mRNA #vaccination
Stang and coworkers have recently reported in the Journal that “RT-PCR test results as gold standard for assessing and controlling infectiousness fail” (1). The authors analyzed two scenarios and u…
Greater Adherence to Secondary Prevention Medications Improves Survival After #Stroke or Transient #Ischemic Attack: A Linked Registry Study
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Greater Adherence to Secondary Prevention Medications Improves Survival After #Stroke or Transient #Ischemic Attack: A Linked Registry…
Although a target of 80% medication adherence is commonly cited, it is unclear whether greater adherence improves survival after stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). We investigated associati…
The effect of #trunk flexion angle on lower limb mechanics during #running
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The effect of #trunk flexion angle on lower limb mechanics during #running
High trunk flexion during running impacts lower limb kinetics and kinematics. •Ground reaction forces increased significantly with greater trunk flexion. •Stride parameters and joint moments were a…
Vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals have similar viral #loads in communities with a high prevalence of the #SARS-CoV-2 delta variant
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Vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals have similar viral #loads in communities with a high prevalence of the #SARS-CoV-2 delta…
SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617.2 (delta) is associated with higher viral loads [1] and increased transmissibility relative to other variants, as well as partial escape from polyclonal and monoclonal an…
Using an erythrocyte #fatty acid fingerprint to predict risk of all-cause #mortality: the Framingham Offspring Cohort
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Using an erythrocyte #fatty acid fingerprint to predict risk of all-cause #mortality: the Framingham Offspring Cohort
RBC long-chain omega-3 (n–3) fatty acid (FA) percentages (of total fatty acids) are associated with lower risk for total mortality, but it is unknown if a suite of FAs could improve risk prediction…
#Meal composition during an ad libitum buffet meal and longitudinal predictions of #weight and percent body fat change: The role of hyper-palatable, energy dense, and ultra-processed foods
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#Meal composition during an ad libitum buffet meal and longitudinal predictions of #weight and percent body fat change: The role…
Foods that increase obesity risk are ubiquitous in the US food environment. Such foods may be the target of hedonic eating, which may facilitate weight gain and lead to obesity. The study tested wh…
Serum #albumin and risks of hospitalization and death: Findings from the #Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study
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Serum #albumin and risks of hospitalization and death: Findings from the #Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study
To determine whether lower serum albumin in community-dwelling, older adults is associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death independent of pre-existing disease. DesignProspective co…
Association of #alcohol consumption with morbidity and mortality in patients with #cardiovascular disease: original data and meta-analysis of 48,423 men and women
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Association of #alcohol consumption with morbidity and mortality in patients with #cardiovascular disease: original data and meta…
Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption has been reported to be cardio-protective among apparently healthy individuals; however, it is unclear whether this association is also present in those with d…
Ultra-processed #foods consumption and #diet quality of European children, adolescents and adults: results from the I.Family study
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Ultra-processed #foods consumption and #diet quality of European children, adolescents and adults: results from the I.Family study
Energy intake from Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs) represents almost half of the daily energy intake within our study population, and this trend decrease progressively with age with no differences by …