Physical activity may lower risk for depression in adults
Apr 14, 2022
Even physical activity below the recommended public health thresholds is associated with a lower risk for depression.
Late-onset alcohol abuse may signal dementia
Apr 12, 2022
Findings particularly for behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia
Sotrovimab may prevent progression to severe COVID-19
Mar 18, 2022
The risk for all-cause hospitalization or death through day 29 was reduced with sotrovimab versus placebo for circulating variants at the time of the study.
Muscle strengthening may cut risk for noncommunicable disease
Mar 01, 2022
Muscle-strengthening activities were inversely linked to risks for all-cause mortality and major noncommunicable diseases.
E-cigarettes to quit smoking may not result in success
Feb 08, 2022
The study reveals that other smoking cessation aids are tied to more successful quits.
Alendronate may reduce risk for type 2 diabetes
Sep 28, 2021
The adjusted odds ratio for type 2 diabetes was further reduced for those with more than eight years of alendronate use.
Fosfomycin not noninferior to comparators for bacteremic UTI
Jan 14, 2022
Fosfomycin is not noninferior to ceftriaxone or meropenem for bacteremic urinary tract infection due to multidrug-resistant E. coli in adults .
Plant-based, soy-rich diet studied in postmenopausal women
Jul 14, 2021
A low-fat, vegan diet that includes whole soybeans may reduce the frequency, severity of hot flashes and improve the quality of life in postmenopausal women.
Racial, ethnic disparities seen in mAb treatment for COVID-19
Jan 19, 2022
Monoclonal antibody treatment was used infrequently among all racial, ethnic groups; Hispanics received mAbs less often than non-Hispanics.
16.8 million undiagnosed COVID-19 cases in first six months in U.S.
Jun 30, 2021
The overall weighted undiagnosed seropositivity estimate was 4.6%, with estimates ranging from 1.1 to 14.2% by subgroup.