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Dementia Seen in Younger Adults Shows Even More Brain Damage Than Alzheimer’s
White matter damage in the brains of adults with frontotemporal dementia is even greater than that seen in Alzheimer’s disease patients, a new study shows. Frontotemporal dementia often affects people younger than 65, mainly causing personality and...
- Posted February 19, 2021
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No Evidence Coronavirus Spreads Through Food or Food Packaging: FDA
There’s no evidence that the new coronavirus can spread through food or food packaging, U.S. health officials say. Of the more than 100 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide, there hasn’t been any epidemiological evidence of food or...
- Posted February 18, 2021
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Spotting an Eating Disorder in Your College-Age Child
When your child enters college, the last thing you may be worried about is an eating disorder, but one expert says there are warning signs that parents shouldn’t miss. “Parents and family members are often the first...
- Posted February 18, 2021
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Folks Can Have Real-Life Conversations While Dreaming, Study Finds
If you’ve ever had a “lucid dream” — one in which you’re aware you’re dreaming — new research just might jolt you awake. Not only is it possible during these vivid dreams to perceive questions, but to...
- Posted February 18, 2021
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A Fifth of COVID Patients With Diabetes Die Within 1 Month of Hospitalization
Diabetes is a big risk factor for a severe bout of COVID-19, and a new European study bears that out: It finds that 1 in every 5 hospitalized COVID-19 patients with diabetes die within 28 days of...
- Posted February 18, 2021
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Kids’ Robust Immune Systems May Shield Them From COVID-19: Study
Children have largely been spared severe COVID-19 infection, and new research hints at why. In the study, children’s immune systems attacked the new coronavirus faster and more aggressively than adults’ immune systems did, the findings showed. The...
- Posted February 18, 2021
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Should You Take a Painkiller Before Your COVID Vaccine?
You finally managed to score an appointment to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus and you’re a little nervous about side effects, so taking a painkiller right before you get your shot seems like a smart idea....
- Posted February 18, 2021
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Mental Illness in Childhood Could Mean Worse Physical Health Decades Later
As if suffering from a mental illness as a child isn’t tough enough, new research suggests it could predict higher odds for physical ills in later life. There was one silver lining to the findings, however. Knowing...
- Posted February 18, 2021
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AHA News: Why Less Noise During the Pandemic Might Help Our Ears But Not Our Hearts or Brains
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Jack hammers. Buzz saws. Screaming toddlers. Barking dogs. Horns blaring from incessant traffic jams. Any of these can set nerves on edge, especially if you are subjected to...
- Posted February 18, 2021
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Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Less Effective Against South African COVID Variant
Two of the world’s leading coronavirus vaccines don’t work as well against a more contagious South African variant, though both did manage to neutralize the virus, two new studies show. But experts pointed out that what level...
- Posted February 18, 2021