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Health Highlights: Jan. 25, 2021
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Effective Against British and South African Variants, Company Says Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine remains effective against two worrisome new coronavirus variants from Britain and South Africa, but it is somewhat less effective against...
- Posted January 25, 2021
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Hand Sanitizer Is Harming Kids’ Eyes, Often Seriously
The explosive rise in use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dangerous, unintended consequence: eye injuries among children. Using data from French poison control and a children’s hospital in Paris, researchers reported...
- Posted January 25, 2021
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Frustrations Mount for U.S. Seniors Seeking Access to COVID Vaccines
Irene Greenhalgh, 83, considers herself a pretty computer-savvy senior, but even she got lost in a maze of websites and e-mails trying to get an appointment for her COVID-19 vaccine. One health provider’s e-mail provided links to...
- Posted January 25, 2021
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Study Casts Doubt on ‘Early Warning’ System for Kidney Patients
Electronic ‘early warning systems’ for kidney damage in hospital patients don’t improve outcomes, researchers say. These systems are meant to alert for acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI, a sudden decrease in the kidney’s filtration function, occurs in...
- Posted January 25, 2021
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Daydreaming? Study Shows Where Your Brain Goes When You Do
Researchers have found a way to track what your mind is doing when thoughts begin to wander. Using electroencephalograms (EEG) to measure brain activity while more than two dozen study participants did mundane attention tasks, the researchers...
- Posted January 25, 2021
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Anxiety, Depression and Drinking: An Unhealthy Combo During the Pandemic
People with anxiety and depression are more likely to step up their drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic than those without these mental health issues, an online survey revealed. Alcohol use grew the most among young people, but...
- Posted January 25, 2021
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Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Going into cardiac arrest at night can be particularly deadly, and now new research suggests that it might strike women more than men. Sudden cardiac arrest is an electrical malfunction that causes the heart to stop beating....
- Posted January 25, 2021
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How Smoking Could Help Spur Breast Cancer’s Spread
Here’s one reason why past or current smoking may handicap you if you are battling breast cancer: New research suggests that nicotine promotes the spread of the disease to your lungs. Smoking is known to increase the...
- Posted January 25, 2021
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Child Car Seat Safety Tip: Skip Puffy Winter Coats
Puffy coats have their place, but it’s not inside a car seat. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers a variety of tips for keeping your little ones safe and warm while traveling by car. The first...
- Posted January 23, 2021
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UK Prime Minister Says British COVID Variant May Be More Deadly
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday that a new, more infectious coronavirus variant first spotted in the United Kingdom late last year could also be more lethal. The new variant, which has since been found...
- Posted January 22, 2021