Exclusion of older persons from vaccine, treatment trials for COVID-19
What The Study Did: The likelihood of older adults being excluded in randomized clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment and vaccine
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How important is sex to women as they age?
New study based on Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation data documents how women’s age, ethnicity, health, and overall sexual satisfaction affects how they view sex; nearly 25% of older women rate sex as important for the duration of midlife
Read moreCase Western Reserve researchers to examine how COVID-19 ravaged America’s nursing homes
School of Medicine awarded $2.3 million to study epidemiology, transmission and immunology of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities
Read moreDisparities in migraine by sexual orientation
What The Study Did: Survey data were used to examine the association between sexual orientation (exclusively heterosexual, mostly heterosexual, lesbian,
Read moreEducation: an influencing factor for intergenerational mobility in Canada
Education tied to intergenerational mobility
Read moreRacial disparities in incidence, outcomes among patients with COVID-19
What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between race and COVID-19 after accounting for age, sex, socioeconomic status and
Read moreRace, ethnicity, comorbidities, survival among patients with COVID-19
What The Study Did: This observational study investigated whether presenting comorbidities in patients with COVID-19 in New York differed by
Read moreHigher narcissism may be linked with more political participation
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A politically engaged electorate is key to any thriving democracy, but not everyone participates in elections
Read moreThe Lancet: First nationally representative estimate of COVID-19 seroprevalence in the U.S. suggests few in the population developed antibodies in the first wave
Nation-wide cross-sectional analysis of U.S. patients receiving dialysis finds fewer than 10% of people had COVID-19 antibodies by July 2020, and fewer than 10% of those with antibodies had been diagnosed by antigen or PCR testing.
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Amyloid deposits not associated with depression in the elderly
Depression in elderly people can include symptoms such as memory loss, making it hard to distinguish from the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.
Read moreSuicidality among adult survivors of childhood cancer
A recent study found that survivors of childhood cancer have a similar risk of having suicidal thoughts compared with other
Read moreAmyloid deposits not associated with depression in the elderly
New study reports that cognitive decline is not due to the Alzheimer’s hallmark
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