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Coping With Coronavirus: Managing Stress, Fear, and Anxiety
These are confusing, stressful times for all of us. As the coronavirus pandemic affects numerous facets of our society, it also impacts each person in different ways.
Local Climate Unlikely to Drive the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
The researchers found that the vast number of people still vulnerable to the strain of coronavirus causing the pandemic—SARS-CoV-2—and the speed at which the pathogen spreads means that climate conditions are only likely to make a dent in the current rate of infection.
Modified Clinical Trial Protocol Created in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society describes a nimble, pragmatic and rigorous multicenter clinical trial design to meet urgent community needs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Fear Is Keeping Sick People from Seeking Care
Although strokes and heart attacks do not take vacations, a large and growing number of patients with serious health issues who—in normal times—would require immediate attention are not contacting providers to get needed care. Instead, they are avoiding hospital emergency rooms and clinical laboratories for fear they’ll contract the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Five clinical challenges laboratories need to understand about prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is common and costly. It is the fourth most prevalent of all cancer types globally and the most common in U.S. men.
Researchers May Have Uncovered the Achilles Heel of Viruses
Viruses have an exceptional ability to circumvent the body's immune system and cause diseases. The majority of people recover from a viral infection such as influenza, although the current COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how dangerous viruses are when there is no effective vaccine or treatment.
Woman Detects Parkinson's Disease by Smell
Clinical pathologists and medical laboratories are used to working with certain biological indicators that drive diagnostics and clinical laboratory testing. Mostly, those biomarkers are contained within various liquid samples, such as blood and urine. But what if a person’s odor could accurately predict risk for certain diseases as well?
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