Health Lab Articles
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Your Smartphone Can Help Fight COVID. Here’s How.
COVID-19 vaccine reaction trackers and exposure alerts are just two of the ways to use the smartphone in your pocket against the coronavirus pandemic.
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Subset of COVID-19 Patients Have Increased Bleeding Risk
A new potential biomarker raises concerns over the current standard for treating COVID-19 induced blood clots with high dose blood thinners.
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Children’s Hospital Stay for Severe Sepsis Associated with Income Disparities
Early findings suggest that children from lower-income neighborhoods may endure longer hospital stays after sepsis, a life-threatening response to an infection.
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County by County, Study Shows Social Inequality in COVID-19’s Toll
Counties that score worst on measures of poverty, economic inequality, housing, food access, family structure, transportation, insurance and disability had far more cases and deaths from coronavirus in the first months of the pandemic.
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Scientists ‘Farm’ Natural Killer Cells in Novel Cancer Fighting Approach
Engineers and oncologists teamed to develop a microfluidic chip capable of capturing the body’s natural killer immune cells to harvest their cancer-killing exosomes.
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A Caregiver Check-In
Four ways to best support the caregiver in your life, especially during a pandemic.
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How to Best Manage Crohn’s Disease
As Crohn’s disease rates increase steadily, effective evidence-based ways to treat the complex disease are more important than ever.
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How a Little-Known Glycoprotein Blocks a Cancer Cell’s Immune Response
Targeting this inside-the-cell checkpoint could potentially improve response to cancer immunotherapy.
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Controlling Pain After Surgery Doesn’t Have to Mean Opioids, Study Shows
Pain control after elective surgery does not have to include opioids to achieve good patient satisfaction without risk of addiction or diversion.
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New Technique Identifies Important Mutations Behind Lynch Syndrome
Approach could improve predictive value of genetic screening.
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COVID-19 Variants: What Do New Mutations to SARS-CoV-2 Mean?
Mutations to the Sars-CoV-2 virus are resulting in new variant strains including B.1.1.7. What do these changes mean for efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Work, Humor and Family Help Stage 4 Cancer Patient Thrive
Facing a challenging diagnosis of metastatic urologic cancer, one of the state’s top communications professionals leans into her job, laughter and love.
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How Dietary Choice Influences Lifespan in Fruit Flies
Giving flies a choice of foods changes the chemical messaging in their brain that is responsible for coordinating metabolism, shortening their lifespan as a result.
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Pain Patients Who Take Opioids Can’t Get in the Door at Half of Primary Care Clinics
People who take opioid pain medications on a long-term basis may face stigma when they try to find a new doctor.
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It’s Time To Make the Most of Masks. Here’s 11 Ways To Do It
New variants of the coronavirus make masks even more important in the COVID-19 pandemic. Tips for wearing, washing and choosing a mask.
