While COVID-19 as a coronavirus variant is novel, the vaccines and treatments developed to fight it are anything but.
In a year marked by millions of deaths and the suffering of millions more from the disease’s worst effects, scientific researchers, including some in the Boulder area, repurposed previous medical ideas to make multiple vaccines in record time amid one of the modern world’s most pressing public health crises.
The first two COVID shots approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration use messenger RNA (mRNA), a concept that’s decades old but redeveloped by Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA) to face a modern problem.
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Colorado is home to several of the best online degrees in the country, according to a new U.S. News & World report. (Shutterstock)
After months of campus closures and restrictions, the coronavirus pandemic has given new importance to online education and the flexibility it offers current and prospective college students.
While some colleges have temporarily moved online as an alternative to in-person learning amid the pandemic, a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report gives a nod to select schools and degree programs in Colorado that were specifically designed to be earned online.
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BOSTON More than 80% of U.S. physicians reported that people with significant disabilities have worse quality of life than nondisabled people, an attitude that may contribute to health care disparities among people with disability, according to recent research published in the February issue of
Health Affairs. The first-of-its-kind study surveyed 714 practicing physicians from multiple specialties and locations across the country about their attitudes toward patients with disabilities. That physicians have negative attitudes about patients with disability wasn t surprising, says Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, lead author of the paper and a health care policy researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). But the magnitude of physicians stigmatizing views was very disturbing. For more than 20 years, Iezzoni has studied health care experiences and outcomes of people with disability and is herself disabled by multiple sclerosis diagnosed in 1980, her first year in medica
More than 80 percent of U.S. physicians reported that people with significant disabilities have worse quality of life than nondisabled people, an attitude that may contribute to health care disparities among people with disability, according to recent research published in the February issue of Health Affairs.
The first-of-its-kind study surveyed 714 practicing physicians from multiple specialties and locations across the country about their attitudes toward patients with disabilities.
“That physicians have negative attitudes about patients with disability wasn’t surprising,” said Lisa I. Iezzoni, lead author of the paper and a health care policy researcher at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). “But the magnitude of physicians’ stigmatizing views was very disturbing.”
How Marijuana Affects Heart Failure By Maureen Salamon
Can marijuana ease heart failure symptoms, or might it make the condition worse? A growing number of U.S. states have legalized pot for medical or recreational use, but some experts say it may not be sensible or even safe to use if you have heart failure.
“The more I’ve learned over the last few years, the more information has suggested the potential for harm rather than benefit,” says Ersilia DeFilippis, MD, a cardiology fellow at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. “Although we’re still learning more, we think marijuana can affect the heart in ways similar to cigarette smoking, and it may interact with some medications.”