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| Posted: 26 Jul 2021 02:03 PM PDT A 15-center study of 175 patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes found that continuous glucose monitoring, compared to blood glucose meter monitoring, or finger pricking, significantly decreased their hemoglobin A1C over eight months. |
| Scientists model 'true prevalence' of COVID-19 throughout pandemic Posted: 26 Jul 2021 12:28 PM PDT Scientists have developed a statistical framework that incorporates key COVID-19 data -- such as case counts and deaths due to COVID-19 -- to model the true prevalence of this disease in the United States and individual states. Their approach projects that in the U.S. as many as 60 percent of COVID-19 cases went undetected as of March 7, 2021, the last date for which the dataset they employed is available. |
| Second COVID-19 mRNA vaccine dose found safe following allergic reactions to first dose Posted: 26 Jul 2021 08:39 AM PDT A new study reports that among individuals who had an allergic reaction to their first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose, all who went on to receive a second dose tolerated it. Even some who experienced anaphylaxis following the first dose tolerated the second dose. |
| Brain's 'memory center' needed to recognize image sequences but not single sights Posted: 26 Jul 2021 08:39 AM PDT The visual cortex stores and remembers individual images, but when they are grouped into a sequence, mice can't recognize that without guidance from the hippocampus, according to a new study. |
| Improving air quality reduces dementia risk, multiple studies suggest Posted: 26 Jul 2021 08:39 AM PDT Improving air quality may improve cognitive function and reduce dementia risk, according to several recent studies. |
| Extreme heat, dry summers main cause of tree death in Colorado's subalpine forests Posted: 26 Jul 2021 07:21 AM PDT Even in the absence of bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire, trees in Colorado subalpine forests are dying at increasing rates from warmer and drier summer conditions, found recent research. |
| Two types of blood pressure meds prevent heart events equally, but side effects differ Posted: 26 Jul 2021 07:21 AM PDT In an analysis of almost 3 million patients taking a single high blood pressure medication for the first time, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) were as good as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors at preventing cardiovascular events linked to hypertension, including heart attack, stroke and heart failure. 51 possible side effects and safety concerns were examined: The patients taking ARBs were found to be significantly less likely to develop tissue swelling, cough, pancreas inflammation and bleeding in the digestive tract. |
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