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Researchers said they might have found a way to prevent people from developing Type 1 diabetes by blocking nerve signals that cause the body’s immune system to attack insulin-producing cells in the pancreas....Read More

Hispanic American adults exposed to smoke from burning wood, vehicle exhaust, pesticides or metals at work are more likely to have abnormalities of the heart structure function, a study published by the AHA found....Read More

Officials at University of Florida Health announced Tuesday that they have enrolled the first two participants in a national study designed to assess whether convalescent blood plasma can stop progression of COVID-19....Read More

More than half of those who experience a sudden cardiac arrest sought medical help in the weeks leading up to their health crisis, according to a study presented Thursday at the European Society of Cardiology Congress....Read More

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, said Tuesday that they have developed a “robust” way to estimate prevalence of COVID-19 in children with no outward symptoms....Read More

COVID-19 would need to kill an additional 1 million White Americans for their average life expectancy to fall to levels seen by Black Americans during non-pandemic years, according to an analysis ....Read More

Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise can be an effective treatment for some young adults with depression, a study published Monday in the journal Psychological Medicine found....Read More

None of the most commonly used high blood pressure medications increases the risk for depression, according to a study published Monday by the journal Hypertension....Read More

American Indians and Alaska Natives are more than three times as likely to get COVID-19 than White Americans, a new report released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found....Read More

Secondary transmission of COVID-19 at childcare sites was “limited,” but still disrupted operations, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More