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As researchers work to learn more about COVID-19 and so-called long-haulers, a new study suggests “brain fog” can persist and even worsen for those who were infected months before. Long-haulers continue to have symptoms long after their COVID diagnosis, and these symptoms can be mental as well as physical. “People have trouble problem-solving, or they get in the car and […]
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Is too much screen time turning kids off of books? New research suggests that’s so: Toddlers who regularly spent time on electronic devices—including tablets, smartphones and TVs—were less likely to read print books with their parents at age 3. That, in turn, translated to even more screen use by age 5. The findings do not prove definitively that early exposure […]
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If you’ve noticed a little bit of bloating after drinking beer or another alcoholic beverage, you won’t be alone. Bloating in the face and stomach after consuming alcohol is actually pretty common — while you might not expect a drink to have that sort of effect, the truth is that alcohol can very much cause bloating around your body. This […]
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In early 2020, as a new deadly coronavirus began spreading around the world, Pfizer Inc assembled what it called a “SWAT team” of scientists and chemists to identify a potential treatment to fight COVID-19. The U.S. pharmaceutical giant, which had begun exploring a vaccine, also wanted to produce a pill that could stop the infection from […]
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LONDON (Reuters) – A double dose of COVID-19 vaccines is almost as effective against the fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus first identified in India as it is against Britain’s dominant strain, English health officials said on Saturday.Slideshow ( 2 images )Britain’s health minister said the data was groundbreaking and he was increasingly hopeful that the government would be able to […]
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So your hair isn’t what it used to be. Maybe your forehead is a little higher, the crown a little thinner. Though male baldness is common—two thirds of men shed at least some of their hair by the time they hit 35—the reasons for it are varied. In addition to genetics, hair loss results from certain diseases, meds, infections, radiation, […]
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Sanford Burnham Prebys has joined doctors and scientists across America at National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers and other organizations to issue a joint statement urging the nation's physicians, parents and young adults to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination back on track. Dramatic drops in annual well visits and immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemic have caused a significant vaccination […]
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Coronavirus patient Parvesh Dubey died within just one week of contracting black fungus—the latest victim of a horrifying COVID-19 complication sweeping India. Thousands have developed the fungus in recent weeks in a wave of infections blamed on excessive use of steroids to treat the country’s millions of COVID patients, experts say. Previously very rare, prevacid gerd mucormycosis, as it is […]
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Two experimental drug approaches that target vulnerabilities in cancer cell metabolism may extend survival and enhance the effectiveness of standard chemotherapies for a highly aggressive type of pediatric brain cancer. The findings were reported by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers in two published studies. Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor. A subset of patients with tumors […]
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(Reuters) – Kids aged between four and six in the United States will likely be able to get COVID-19 vaccinations by the end of this year or the first quarter of 2022, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said at an event on Wednesday. The United States earlier this month cleared the way for the use of […]
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