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Long COVID May Bring Long-Term Lung Damage Air trapping occurs in diseases like asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. It's generally a sign of inflammation in smaller airways called bronchioles, explained Dr. Cedric "Jamie" Rutland, a pulmonologist and ...
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For Kids With COVID-19, Everyday Life Can Be A Struggle Eight-year-old Brooklynn Chiles fidgets on the hospital bed as she waits for the nurse at Children's National Hospital. The white paper beneath her crinkles as she shifts to look at the medical objects in the room. She's had the coronavirus three times ...
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Sleeping with even a small amount of light may harm your health, study says The dim light entered the eyelids and disrupted sleep despite the fact that participants slept with their eyes closed, said study author Dr. Phyllis Zee, director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of ...
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New Malaria Treatment Gets First Approval for Use in Children MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug that can cure a certain type of malaria was approved in Australia Monday for kids and teens. The approval was announced on Monday by the nonprofit Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), which helped ...
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Deltacron: Why Experts Say You Shouldn't Worry About this Latest Coronavirus Variant Infectious disease specialists say there's no evidence yet that shows this recombinant variant is more transmissible or virulent, but studies are underway to better understand Deltacron's viral traits. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...
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Depression, anxiety may linger for bedridden COVID patients but milder infections reduce risk, study finds "The good news is that the patient group as a whole is not at higher risk of developing long-term (mental health) symptoms," said Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir, a psychiatric epidemiologist at the University of Iceland, who helped lead the research.
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Is It 'Pre-Alzheimer's' or Normal Aging? Poll Finds Many Americans Unclear Instead, these are signs of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a stage that exists between the expected declines associated with aging and the more serious degeneration of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. "Symptoms ...
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People, Not Science, Decide When a Pandemic Is Over COVID cases and deaths are seeing sustained declines in much of the world, and a large percentage of people are estimated to have some immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, through infection or vaccination.
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Could Air Pollution Help Trigger Depression in Teens? TUESDAY, March 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even "safe" levels of ozone air pollution may increase adolescents' risk of depression, a new study shows. Researchers analyzed four years of mental health data from 213 adolescents, ages 9-13, in the San ...
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A Wave of New Cancer Treatments Challenges Community Oncologists to Keep Up These therapies are not the decisive triumphs in the "war on cancer" that politicians have promised since the 1970s. But they are smaller wins, including the first treatments focused on the specific biology of small-cell lung cancer, metastatic melanoma ...
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New Malaria Treatment Gets First Approval for Use in Children Tafenoquine can cure malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax, which is most common in South and Southeast Asia, South America, and the Horn of Africa. P. vivax causes up to 5 million malaria infections every year. Children aged 2 to 6 years are four times more ...
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Colorectal cancer awareness: When to get screened and preventative steps AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Colon screenings and bathroom habits aren't things most of us want to talk about. When it comes to colorectal cancer, though, it is important to do just that. With Colorectal Cancer Awareness month upon us, we sat down to a frank ...
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COVID, Cold, Allergies: How Can You Tell the Difference in Symptoms? With many experiencing cold-like symptoms, and with the start of spring allergies, it can be hard to decipher what could be behind the onset of symptoms. Published 1 min ago • Updated 20 mins ago. Ill woman looking at thermometer at home.
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Can COVID cause sexual dysfunction? Here's what experts know — and what they don't "I think that can be shocking for some patients," said Dr. Coral Giovacchini, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist with Duke Health and an assistant professor of medicine, during the briefing. The ...
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For some kids, COVID-19 causes bizarre outcomes WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight-year-old Brooklynn Chiles fidgets on the hospital bed as she waits for the nurse at Children's National Hospital. The white paper beneath her crinkles as she shifts to look at the medical objects in the room.
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How Los Angeles fared during the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic Without vaccines to ward off the flu, public health measures like masking, quarantining, and shutting down public spaces like schools and churches were somewhat sporadically implemented. In their desperation to alleviate symptoms, some doctors prescribed ...
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New Zealand Teenagers Face Omicron Without Vaccine Booster Shot New Zealand teenagers will remain ineligible for Covid-19 booster shots for several more weeks, even as the omicron outbreak runs through universities and schools. Government ministers are not expected to make a final decision on boosters for 16 and 17 ...
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Michigan adds 1365 COVID cases, 24 deaths over 3 days Hospitalization rates and case counts in Michigan have been on the decline for the last seven weeks, indicating to some health experts that the fourth surge is subsiding as predicted. The latest ...
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Michigan COVID-19 cases still declining, but slope is flattening, Monday, March 14, data shows Michigan reported 1,365 new, confirmed coronavirus cases referred to the Michigan Disease Surveillance System since the last update on Friday, March 7. Michigan also reported 24 confirmed deaths, but the state Department of ...
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Spring break 2022: Florida reports 10000 COVID cases, 863 newly reported deaths in a week Florida reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 10,211 new cases. That's down 26.1% from the previous week's tally of 13,823 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Mitra: Your kidneys do much more than you realize; make sure you take care of them These vital organs in your body filter toxins from the blood, regulate your body's fluid levels, help control blood pressure, help produce red blood cells and make vitamin D that keeps bones strong.
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New threat to bird populations makes way to Kansas The Kansas Dept. of Agriculture said a case of avian flu was confirmed a strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in central Kansas. By ...
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History of neurological or psychiatric conditions increases the likelihood of developing more Over the course of 14 years, they examined the associations between pairs of particularly common neurological conditions—such as dementia, Parkinson's disease, or stroke—and psychiatric disorders like depression and anxiety. They explored ...
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Wisconsin flock of 2.75 mln chickens to be culled as bird flu spreads in US CHICAGO, March 14 (Reuters) - A commercial flock of 2.75 million egg-laying chickens in Wisconsin will be culled to prevent the spread of a highly lethal form of avian flu after birds on the farm tested positive for the disease, state officials said on ...
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Air pollution is officially linked to depression in young people Ever since the pandemic began, it's been increasingly difficult to get some serotonin around here, but we can't actually blame all of our mental health woes on COVID. It turns out that air pollution could be a factor triggering depression for younger ...
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Southern Wisconsin bird flu case; found in chicken flock Samples from the flock were tested at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and confirmed at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, the agency said in a statement. State animal health officials have quarantined the ...
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Avian flu strikes again in Jefferson County MADISON — Discovery of a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a large commercial, egg-laying poultry flock in Jefferson County was confirmed Monday by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
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Bird flu case found in southern Wisconsin chicken flock MADISON, Wis. — The bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial chicken operation in Wisconsin, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. Samples from the flock were tested at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and confirmed at ...
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Senior living: Cancer screenings and healthy diet crucial for 55+ population If you are older than 75, consult with your doctor about whether screening tests should still be done. Dr. Nilesh Vora, medical director of the MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach ...
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USDA confirms bird flu in Wisconsin chicken operation Local farms that raise chickens and turkeys for consumption have been placed on high alert and have taken steps to increase biosecurity amid bird flu findings in multiple U.S. states, according to the AP.
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Cases of Alzheimer's Disease in CT Expected to Jump Amid Shortage in Dementia Care Workforce: Report Mike Davis, 79-year-old retired corporate controller from Norwalk, said Alzheimer's runs in his family and he was diagnosed a few years ago with mild cognitive impairment, or MCI. He said he ...
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Bucks County's COVID cases up 37.5%; Pennsylvania cases plummet 13.2% After weeks of declines, Bucks and Montgomery counties saw an uptick in new cases of COVID-19 last week. But numbers remain far below record highs seen earlier this winter. Bucks County reported 275 cases and nine deaths in the latest week.
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Meta-analysis questions strength of ties between statin-induced LDL lowering, CV outcomes However, our research indicates that, in reality, the benefits of taking statins are varied and can be quite modest," Paula Byrne, PhD, postdoctoral research associate with the HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, RCSI University of Medicine and Health ...
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In-Depth: Long haulers mark 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - For millions of Americans, the two-year mark of the coronavirus pandemic is not an anniversary to celebrate. It's a reminder of how long they've been fighting to regain some sense of normalcy in their lives.
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UK to end all COVID-19 travel rules ahead of Easter break Britain says all remaining coronavirus measures for travelers, including passenger locator forms and the requirement for unvaccinated people be tested for COVID-19 before and after their arrivals, will end Friday. ByThe Associated Press.
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COVID or seasonal allergies? Here are common symptoms for each as spring nears Spring is around the corner — and that means your seasonal allergies could start to bother you. As plants release pollen into the air, many people are dreading the impending discomfort. But with the coronavirus ...
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Severe Covid-19 linked with long-term mental health outcomes: Lancet study The researchers found that hospitalised patients with a SARS-CoV-2 infection were more likely to experience depressive symptoms up to 16 months after diagnosis compared to those never infected. The study found that symptoms of depression and anxiety ...
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Severe Covid-19 linked with increased risk of long-term adverse mental health outcomes: Lancet study The researchers found that hospitalised patients with a SARS-CoV-2 infection were more likely to experience depressive symptoms up to 16 months after diagnosis compared to those never infected. Patients who were bedridden for seven ...
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WHO now tracking hybrid COVID-19 variant: 'deltacron' Deltacron was first reported early this year, when it was thought to be a co-infection of the omicron and delta coronavirus variants (meaning people were possibly infected with two variants at once). Now, researchers believe it's a single, hybrid variant ...
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Severe COVID-19 patients at higher risk of long-term mental health issues: study For most patients, the symptoms of depression and anxiety subsided within two months, the study showed. Story continues below advertisement. Researchers looked at data from February 2020 to August 2021 ...
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More Data on SARS-CoV-2 and Structural Brain Changes These imaging and cognitive longitudinal effects were still evident after exclusion of the 15 hospitalized patients. These primarily limbic brain imaging findings may be the in vivo hallmarks of a degenerative proliferation of the disease via ...
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'Ample room for uncertainty': As COVID cases rise again in Europe, could the US see the same? (WXYZ) — Countries in Europe are seeing higher cases of COVID-19. If cases are rising overseas, could it happen in the US? If there's one thing we've learned about the coronavirus, is that it's unpredictable. If we look at what's going on in Europe, ...
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Cornwall NHS plea after patient spat at staff member A hospital staff member was spat at by a patient in Cornwall after being asked to wear a mask, NHS bosses said. They said GP receptionists were also being "reduced to tears by patients who refuse to wear a face covering".
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Pediatrician pushes back against Florida's new COVID-19 vaccine guidance for kids State health officials say kids ages five to 17 with underlying conditions are the "best candidates" for COVID vaccines but they argue other kids have little to no risk of developing severe illness. RELATED: Florida's ...
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Weight Loss Doesn't Help Pregnancy Chances, UVA's Collaborative Health Study Finds Women who are obese and struggling to become pregnant are often advised to lose weight, but new UVA Health collaborative research finds no fertility benefits from weight loss. A randomized study of 379 women with obesity and unexplained infertility ...
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Resurging COVID-19 events related to cold-chain food or packaging contamination In a recent study published in the latest issue of the Biomedical Journal, researchers reviewed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) resurgence events in China related to frozen food and packaging contaminated with severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
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Getting More Out of Your Lung Cancer Screening She will also introduce the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative which aims to screen more patients to uncover not just lung cancer, but other conditions in the chest like COPD, sleep apnea, heart issues or even osteoporosis.
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Study rules out post-COVID-19 conditions in hospitalized patients in South Africa In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK) conducted a longitudinal cohort observational study on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...
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New mathematical model predicts the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines "The ability to predict vaccine efficacies could expedite vaccine development by helping shortlist promising candidates and minimise reliance on expensive and time-consuming clinical trials," Dr Padmanabhan said.
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Beaver County's COVID cases fall 26.9%; Pennsylvania cases plummet 13.2% Pennsylvania reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 6,113 new cases. That's down 13.2% from the previous week's tally of 7,043 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. Nicola Juzysta, 48, left, mixes up a drink for ...
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