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Sciworthy

The Encyclopedia of Science's Frontier

Author: Caroline Vrana-Diaz

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Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccine brands?

Posted on March 24, 2022October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 753 views

In the United States, three vaccines were granted emergency use authorization against the COVID-19 virus between December 2020 and February…

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    Medicare eligibility improves health care access

    Posted on September 20, 2021October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 359 views

    Becoming eligible for Medicare at age 65 in the USA is associated with reductions in the gap in health care coverage, access to health care,…

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      Poor sleep found to predict depression symptoms in pre-teens

      Posted on May 10, 2021October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 738 views

      Can poor sleep predict depression symptoms up to a year later in pre-teens? New research supports this hypothesis.

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        Deliberately infecting volunteers with COVID-19 to speed up vaccine development?

        Posted on November 24, 2020October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 214 views

        A potential way to speed up vaccine development: human challenge trials. #covid19 #research

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          The impact of antibiotic resistant infections in Europe

          Posted on April 16, 2019October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 332 views

          A new investigation into antibiotics resistance shows just how big of an issue antibiotic-resistant bacteria is right now, and we need to…

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            The link between drug marketing and the opioid crisis

            Posted on February 4, 2019October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 192 views

            When pharmaceutical companies market opioids directly to doctors, they are more likely to prescribe them and people are more likely to die…

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              Trying to prevent cancer and heart disease? Skip the Vitamin D.

              Posted on December 4, 2018October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 246 views

              Vitamin D does not appear to help prevent cancer and heart disease in a 5 year long study of over 25,000 older Americans.

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                HIV-positive and trying to get pregnant? Read this first.

                Posted on October 24, 2018October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 220 views

                Did you know that not all infants born of HIV-positive mothers develop HIV? They are still at greater risk for other health issues, but this…

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                  Eye exams can help diagnose syphilis and HIV

                  Posted on September 19, 2018October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 1k views

                  Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection, which if it not treated properly, can lead to complications and symptoms involving the eye,…

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                    Effects of Gender and Alcohol Use on US Veterans with HIV

                    Posted on July 31, 2018October 24, 2022 by Caroline Vrana-Diaz 132 views

                    While many people might not think that HIV is a large problem in the United States, at the end of 2015 over 1.1 million Americans were…

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