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• Brains of Older Adults Often Harbor Four Common Proteinopathies The presence of four misfolded proteins linked to neurodegeneration is common in the brains of older adults and is associated with dementia and impaired cognition, researchers have found.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• COVID-19 Stress Could Increase Mental-Health Risks for Kids, Teens The COVID-19 pandemic will continue to affect vulnerable groups of children, especially those who are homeless, in foster care, struggle with substance-use disorders or identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, according to a new paper by a social worker and a child-abuse researcher.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• Telephone Interventions Might Relieve Some Symptoms in Adults With Cancer Telephone interventions offer some relief of depression and other symptoms in adults with cancer, but the certainty of evidence is generally low, according to a new Cochrane review.
  Reuters Health Information, July 02, 2020
• Popular Fireworks Release Toxic Metals Into the Air Commonly used fireworks release metals such as lead and titanium into the air as they explode, with potentially adverse effects on human lungs, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 02, 2020
• Mild Liver Enzyme Increases Seen in COVID-19 Patients in China Close to 30% of COVID-19 patients presented with mildly elevated liver enzymes in a retrospective study in China.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• Replacing N95 Masks With P100 Elastomeric Masks Could Save Money During Pandemic Replacing disposable N95 masks with industrial-style elastomeric masks that use disposable P100 filters is practical and cost-saving, a trial program at a large US academic healthcare system shows.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• Liver Complications Common With COVID-19 Liver complications are common and are associated with more severe disease in patients with COVID-19, according to a new review.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• Brazil to Test Sinovac's Potential Vaccine Against COVID-19 in Six States A potential coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac will be tested in Brazil by 12 research centers in 6 Brazilian states, the governor of Sao Paulo state, Joao Doria, said on Wednesday, adding the trials still need to be approved by local health vigilance agency Anvisa.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• 'We Are Not Guinea Pigs,' Say South African Anti-Vaccine Protesters Anti-vaccine protesters took to the streets in Johannesburg on Wednesday to voice their concern over Africa's first human trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• As Japan Re-Opens, a Hospital Grapples With Coronavirus Aftermath Doctors in white coats and blue scrubs sat around a conference room table in June, looking up at a colourful slide projected on the wall.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• From Parkinson's to Peanut Allergy, Pandemic Puts Brakes on New Drugs Treatments for peanut allergy and Parkinson's disease are among U.S. drug launches that have been postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic as drugmakers struggle with disruptions to business, a Reuters review of filings and interviews with executives show.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• Liquid Biopsy Promising in Spotting Kidney Cancer An assay employing plasma and urine cell-free DNA methylomes is capable of classifying patients across all stages of renal-cell carcinoma, according to preliminary studies.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• Statin Therapy Tied to Lower Risk of Dying From Ovarian Cancer In a large observational study of women with epithelial ovarian cancer, use of a cholesterol-lowering statin was associated with a significant reduction in ovarian-cancer-specific mortality and the benefit was greatest in those taking a lipophilic statin.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• Digital Health Aids Electrophysiology Practice During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond Digital health can facilitate electrophysiology practice for patients with arrhythmia during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an international practice update.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• World Takes Stock of COVID-19 Drug Remdesivir After US Snaps Up Supplies Some governments in Europe and Asia said on Wednesday they have enough of Gilead's COVID-19 anti-viral remdesivir for now despite fears of shortages since the US drugmaker pledged most output to its home market for the next 3 months.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• WHO Warns Some Nations Still Face 'Long, Hard' Battle With COVID-19 Nations who fail to use every mechanism available to combat the still-raging novel coronavirus will struggle to beat it, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Developers Encouraged by Immune Response but Cautious on Timeframe A leading scientist behind the University of Oxford's potential COVID-19 vaccine said on Wednesday the team has seen the right sort of immune response in trials but declined to give a firm timeframe for when it could be ready.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• US COVID-19 Deaths Likely Higher Than Reported: US Study The number of Americans who died from COVID-19 in March through May was likely significantly higher than the official US count due in part to state-level reporting discrepancies, according to a study published on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• US FDA Issues Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine Approval The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released guidance for approving a coronavirus vaccine, saying the vaccine has to prevent or decrease disease severity in at least 50% of people who are inoculated.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020
• BioNTech and Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Potential in Human Trial A COVID-19 vaccine developed by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has shown potential and was found to be well tolerated in early stage human trials, the companies said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 01, 2020