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Study Shows Social Distancing Does Cut Your Odds for COVID-19

Study Shows Social Distancing Does Cut Your Odds for COVID-19FRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Keeping a safe distance because it is safer for everyone during a pandemic also carries a personal payoff.A new study finds that social distancing reduces your individual risk of contracting COVID-19."The evidence from our work indicates there is value in socially distancing -- not only to reduce the spread of a virus within a community, but because it is actually beneficial for the individual engaging in the social distancing," said senior author Russell Fazio, a professor of psychology at Ohio State University. "There's a selfish notion to it all: 'Hey, it's good for me personally. I'm not just benefiting other people.'"For the study, Fazio and colleagues asked nearly 1,900 Americans how they would situate themselves or others in various...

One Dose to Many, Or Two Doses to Fewer? Experts Explain...

5 February 2021
One Dose to Many, Or Two Doses to Fewer? Experts Explain U.S. Vaccine RolloutFRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 vaccine shortages are leading some to question whether the United States would be better off simply trying to give a single dose to as many people as possible.This view has been bolstered by early data from Israel indicating that a single dose of vaccine is extremely effective and can drive down infection rates.But public health experts remain adamant that the approved two-dose vaccine regimen needs to be maintained, in the face of new COVID-19 variants that could potentially undermine vaccine effectiveness and cause the infection rate to surge."If we have only one dose in our high-risk population, the ones that are going to impact the health care system, and we get lower efficacy there, then we're going to be in trouble," Dr. Arnold...

Driving Hazards Differ for Teens With Autism

5 February 2021
Driving Hazards Differ for Teens With AutismFRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Getting a driver's license is an important milestone for many teens and young adults, including those with autism. But all beginner drivers face hazards on the road.New research analyzing motor vehicle crashes shows that teens with autism are half as likely to crash due to speeding as their peers, but three times more likely to crash when making a left turn or U-turn. Those findings suggest drivers with autism may benefit from tailored training, according to researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) and the Center for Autism Research (CAR) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia."Our findings are noteworthy because they suggest newly licensed autistic drivers may establish driving patterns that balance independent...

Very Little Spread of Coronavirus at Kids' Day Camps: Study

5 February 2021
Very Little Spread of Coronavirus at Kids` Day Camps: StudyFRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Day camps could be considered breeding grounds for coronavirus infection, but a new study shows that when social distancing measures are followed, few illnesses result.Researchers analyzed data from more than 6,800 children and staff members who were at 54 YMCA day camps in the greater Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina from March through August 2020, when community cases of COVID-19 were on the rise.The Duke University team identified just 10 children and nine staff members with confirmed infections. Only two patients were possibly infected at camp, while all of the other patients were infected outside of camp, according to the study published online Feb. 3 in the journal Pediatrics."Our study suggests that appropriate measures...

When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving Treatment

5 February 2021
When Heart Attack Strikes, Cancer Patients Often Miss Out on Lifesaving TreatmentFRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Too few cancer patients who have a heart attack are receiving emergency angioplasties that could save their lives, a new study finds."This is an important study, which underscores the broader issue in cardio-oncology of cancer patients too often being passed over for potentially beneficial procedures," said Dr. Robert Copeland-Halperin, a cardiologist unconnected to the new research. While cancer patients may be at higher risk for some complications, there's "the potential [of angioplasty] to not only open the artery or valve, but open the future for these patients, by enabling them to receive more effective treatment for their cancer," said Copeland-Halperin. He's a specialist in cardio-oncology at Northwell Health Cancer Institute in Lake...

Climate Change May Have Helped Emergence of New Coronavirus

5 February 2021
Climate Change May Have Helped Emergence of New CoronavirusFRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- It's a link few might have considered, but a new study indicates that climate change may have prompted the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising temperatures caused by greenhouse emissions have boosted the growth of bat-friendly forest habitat in China's southern province of Yunnan and neighboring areas, making the region a hotspot for bat-borne coronaviruses, the researchers explained. Genetic data suggest the new coronavirus may have arisen in this region.Coronaviruses are common in bats, and it's believed that SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- may have originated in bats and then jumped into humans.In the area analyzed in the study, climate change-related increases in temperature, sunlight and atmospheric carbon dioxide -- which affect the...

Cancer Plagues California Sea Lions, With Implications for Humans

5 February 2021
Cancer Plagues California Sea Lions, With Implications for HumansFRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A virus-linked cancer killing California sea lions is sounding a chilling alarm for mankind. Exposure to environmental toxins significantly boosts risk for the herpes-like cancer, which was discovered in sea lions in 1979.Since then, between 18% and 23% of adult sea lions admitted to a California animal rescue-and-research center have died of the disease. That's the highest rate for a single type of cancer in any mammal, including humans, the researchers said."The decades of research looking into this deadly disease clearly shows the ocean environment we all share is in trouble, and that we need to find solutions to protect our collective health," said study co-author Pádraig Duignan, chief pathologist at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito,...

Major Medical Groups Urge Americans to Get COVID Vaccine

4 February 2021
Major Medical Groups Urge Americans to Get COVID VaccineTHURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Want to live like you did in the carefree days before the pandemic?Just roll up your sleeve when your turn comes to get the COVID-19 vaccine, three major medical groups urge in a new public service campaign.The vaccines are safe, effective and will help end the pandemic, according to the American Hospital Association, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association."To defeat COVID-19 and get back the moments with friends and family we all miss, we need as many shots in arms as possible," said Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the hospital association. "It's imperative that all Americans consider the health of their loved ones and make the decision to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it is their turn," Pollack said in a joint...

Study Shows Young COVID Survivors Can Get Reinfected

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 (HealthDay) -- Being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 is not a foolproof shield against reinfection, a small preliminary study warns.The finding stems from...

Whole Wheat Better for You Than White Bread, Study Confirms

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New research reinforces advice to include more whole grains in your diet.A diet heavy in "refined" grains (such as white bread, cookies and muffins) may...
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