Metastudy of pregnant women reveals risk factors for COVID-19
Some studies have suggested that pregnant women are at greater risk of serious complications associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than non-pregnant women. In a paper recently uploaded to the preprint server
medRxiv , the influence of pregnancy on SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes was assessed on a wide scale, potentially informing future public messaging and COVID-19 prevention strategies.
How was the study performed?
The group examined 5,963 CDC patient records collected between the period March 29, 2020, to January 8, 2021, related to pregnant women, categorizing the severity of COVID-19 illness alongside demographic information and medical history. Information including age, ethnicity, health insurance status and the existence of pre-existing medical conditions was cumulated to compare pregnant women with no such conditions to those with any one, two, or three underlying conditions, with or without SARS-
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Study: Children with Type 1 diabetes have lower brain volume, verbal IQ, and overall IQ
Brain volume, verbal IQ, and overall IQ are lower in children with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) than in children without diabetes, according to a new longitudinal study published in
Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.
The nearly eight-year study, led by Nelly Mauras, MD, a clinical research scientist at Nemours Children s Health System in Jacksonville, Florida, and Allan Reiss MD, a Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, compared brain scans of young children who have T1D with those of non-diabetic children to assess the extent to which glycemic exposure may adversely affect the developing brain.
Brain volume, verbal IQ, and overall IQ are lower in children with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) than in children without diabetes, according to a new longitudinal study published in
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A Plain Township church will collect donations Feb. 13 to support two community organizations.
Donations of clean, unused diapers and pajamas will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Canton, 2585 Easton St. NE. Volunteers will greet drive-by donors at the front of the church.
The diaper drive will support the Stark County Diaper Bank, a nonprofit organization that exists to help low-income families in Stark County secure an adequate monthly supply of fresh diapers for their children. All sizes are needed.
Donations of pajamas for teens in adult sizes small, medium, and large will be given to The Children’s Network for teens who have experienced recent trauma.