A mechanism by which facemasks contribute to the Covid-19 case fatality rate

Nearly 13% of COVID-19 hospitalized patients had serious neurologic symptoms - study

SARS-CoV-2 Infection May Present as Acute Hepatitis in Children

Causal Diagrams for Epidemiologic Research (1999)

A study found that "tobacco smoking may be a risk factor for hearing loss but does not support an association between hearing loss and cannabis smoking."

Women who went through severe childhood sexual abuse have twice the chance of becoming menopausal by age 40 – 11 years earlier than average – than women with no history of abuse…

It's no secret that working nontraditional shifts can wreak havoc on lifestyle and sleep habits

Breastfed infants receive anti-RBD antibodies with the potential to confer passive immunity against SARS-CoV-2.

Review concluded that "cannabinoids have been shown to decrease the severity of certain symptoms related to traumatic brain injury as well as posttraumatic stress disorder" and "can modulate the body’s endocannabinoid system, which can play an important role in bone homeostasis."

Meditation has been proved to be an effective tool to improve surgeon’s motor skills in the operation room, emotional resilience and to diminish inflammogens in their body.

Women vaccinated against COVID-19 saw a slight delay in their period of almost a day

A research team found that men who had boxed in their youth were twice as likely to have Alzheimer's-like impairment as those who had not boxed

Contemplative Mental Training Reduces Hair Glucocorticoid Levels in a Randomized Clinical Trial - Our results show that daily mental training for 3 to 6 months can buffer the long-term systemic stress loads

Study of people on chronic opioid therapy finds that discontinuing or reducing opioids decreases the risk of opioid overdose, but increases risk of suicide

Same volume resistance training 1x per week yields similar gains as 5x per week in lean body mass and muscle strength.

The psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca could help improve the self-perception of those with social anxiety disorder.

Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Infection

Cannabis constituent CBD interacts with the SSRI antidepressant citalopram (Celexa) to increase plasma levels in people

Feeding America have estimated that more than 50 million people, including 17 million children, were food insecure in October 2020 and that as many as 17.1 million more people could become food insecure if the pandemic pushed unemployment and poverty to Great Recession levels.

Gutted! Unraveling the Role of the Microbiome in Major Depressive Disorder

Resident Selection: Do We Discriminate Against the Obese and Unattractive?

There has been a substantial improvement in survival amongst people admitted to critical care with COVID-19 in England

Atorvastatin enhances foam cell lipophagy and promotes cholesterol efflux through the AMPK/mTOR pathway

Aspirin Use is Associated with Decreased Mechanical Ventilation, ICU Admission, and In-Hospital Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 (Retrospective observational cohort, multi-center…

Critically ill COVID-19 patients have a high incidence of bowel complications with a subset that progress to bowel ischemia requiring emergency surgery

Holding your partner's hand reduces pain according to new research

States with medical marijuana laws saw 20% drop in some opioid prescriptions: Drug overdoses remain a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 68% of those deaths involve illicit or prescription opioids.

Escalating opioid doses to manage pain was not associated with lower pain, finds new study of veterans with chronic pain

Hourly 4s sprints prevent impairment of postprandial fat metabolism

A new study of unproven ‘abortion reversal’ treatments discovered they were so dangerous that the trial had to be stopped almost immediately

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