What Happens When You Catch More than One Virus?

During the past two winters, the use of face masks, avoidance of crowds, and other measures to prevent COVID-19 resulted in a dramatic downturn in the infection numbers for many common winter respiratory viruses, including the flu. But all indications are that this winter in the Northern Hemisphere will be different. The number of flu […]

Lifestyle may counter genetic risk of thyroid cancer

Genetic and lifestyle factors are independently associated with incident thyroid cancer, according to a study published online December 12 in JAMA Open Network. Xiuming Feng, of Guangxi Medical University in Nanning, China, and colleagues tested whether adherence to a healthy lifestyle modifies the association between genetic variants and thyroid cancer. The analysis included 264,956 participants […]