Newswise — CLEVELAND—About 11% of the U.S. population 65 and older has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of dementia that results in memory loss and cognitive impairm… [+4476 chars]
April 11, 2022 Incomplete data and a lack of testing could be masking a rise in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as the focus on daily infection counts fades, NBC News reports. Public health officials hav… [+1868 chars]
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers predicted the development of long coronavirus disease (COVID) and its three specific symptoms, namely, difficulty with mobility,… [+6087 chars]
MONDAY, April 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Age and higher ferritin levels are associated with more severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), resulting in intensive care unit (ICU)… [+1546 chars]
Despite the fact that involuntary urination during sleep can be a symptom of certain potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmias, they are rarely considered in the diagnostic evaluation. Researchers have… [+3709 chars]
Antibiotics are life-saving drugs, but they can also harm the beneficial microbes that live in the human gut. Following antibiotic treatment, some patients are at risk of developing inflammation or o… [+7801 chars]
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Dr. Manuel Valiente, have uncovered how cancer cells that have spread to the brain (metastasis) are able to resist the effect… [+4955 chars]
SINGAPORE - The overall risk of heart inflammation following Covid-19 vaccination has been found to be very low, affecting just 18 people per million vaccine doses. A new study published in The Lanc… [+2713 chars]
Endometriosis affects an estimated 200 million people worldwide. Despite its prevalence, those living with the disease often wait an average of 7.5 years between start of symptoms and diagnosis. This… [+6284 chars]
Despite efforts to address racial disparities related to cancer, Black Americans are more likely to die from cancer than most other groups. New research suggests that a partial explanation may be hig… [+2012 chars]
Cigarette smoking is overwhelmingly the main cause of lung cancer, yet only a minority of smokers develop the disease. A study led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and published o… [+4765 chars]
image: Among current smokers, 28.2 percent reported increased tobacco use, 17.3 percent reported decreased tobacco use and 54.5 percent reported no change. In addition, there were no reports of relap… [+8112 chars]
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