Teenagers: Less alcohol and cigarettes, more Cannabis
New data on the addictive behaviour of young people show positive developments, especially in the case of cigarettes: The Smoking
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Mutation helps coronavirus infect more human cells, study shows
A particular mutation in one strain of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus may have helped it infect more human cells and
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Cancer doctors call for more training in palliative care and delivery of ‘bad news’
Oncologists who practice and teach at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are calling on medical oncology training programs to
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Lonesome towns: Older people in deprived areas more likely to feel lonely
Older people in England’s most deprived areas are more likely to be lonely than their less deprived peers, a new
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Social isolation linked to more severe COVID-19 outbreaks
Regions of Italy with higher family fragmentation and a high number of residential nursing homes experienced the highest rate of
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US health officials quietly release more reopening guidance
U.S. health officials have quietly released more reopening guidance that was created more than a month ago but initially shelved.
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Russia records more than 10,000 new virus cases
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Russia registered more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday continuing a grim trend that has
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Can we do more to protect people at home when a family member has coronavirus?
A paper published in the BMJ today argues that since most people with COVID-19 are cared for at home it
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The darknet: A wild west for fake coronavirus ‘cures’? The reality is more complicated (and regulated)
The coronavirus pandemic has spawned reports of unregulated health products and fake cures being sold on the dark web. These
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More trees, parks may mean longer lives for city dwellers
(HealthDay)—More green spaces in cities could significantly reduce premature deaths and their costs, researchers say. Focusing on Philadelphia, they concluded
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