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Editor’s note: Find the latest long COVID news and guidance in Medscape’s Long COVID Resource Center. Adults with persistent cases of long COVID lost some of their ability to exercise 3 months after getting COVID, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from the University of California San Francisco and Zuckerberg
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Signs of brain impairment appeared as early as 9 years before people received a diagnosis for Alzheimer’s or other dementia-related diseases, an analysis of U.K. Biobank data showed. For several neurodegenerative syndromes, cognitive and functional changes were spotted in baseline assessments 5 to 9 years before diagnosis, reported Timothy Rittman, BMBS, BMedSci, PhD, of the
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There’s been much said, and justifiably so, about new Premier Danielle Smith’s remarks that the unvaccinated have been more discriminated against than any other group in the last half-century — a 50-year spell that’s been marked by systemic racism against various groups, the rise of Islamophobia and transphobia, ongoing homophobia and anti-Semitism, continued mistreatment of
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How Far Is Too Far to Protect Your Reputation Online? Doctors rely on their reputations, but some require patients to sign privacy agreements that may be unethical. Physicians may ask patients not to post negative reviews as a condition of treatment. Some agreements say that a practice will own online reviews; others demand that patients
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An Ottawa doctor has identified herself as the target of alleged harassment and intimidation that resulted in police charging a man under a new law meant to shield health-care workers from intimidation. Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth, an outspoken family doctor who’s running to be a trustee with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, said she and her staff have been
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Patients with perinatal depression who used a specialized online tool showed improvement in symptoms, compared with controls who received routine care, based on data from 191 individuals. Although perinatal depression affects approximately 17% of pregnant women and 13% of postpartum women, the condition is often underrecognized and undertreated, Brian Danaher, PhD, of Influents Innovations, Eugene,
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Note that some links may require subscriptions. Europe appears to be entering another COVID-19 wave as cases begin to rise across the continent, according to the World Health Organization and the European Centres for Disease Prevention and Control. (Reuters) Pfizer and its partner BioNTech reported its updated booster generated a strong immune response against the
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World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks as an outbreak of the disease in Uganda reached the capital, stirring alarm. The East African country declared an outbreak of Ebola on Sept. 20 and said infections were
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In this video, Elizabeth Nash, MPP, principal policy associate of state issues at the Guttmacher Institute in Washington, D.C., offers an overview of the abortion rights landscape — and the barriers many people will face — in the U.S. after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision by the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a furosemide preparation (Furoscix, scPharmaceuticals) intended for subcutaneous self-administration by outpatients with chronic heart failure (HF) and volume overload, the company has announced. The product is indicated for use with a SmartDose On-Body Infuser (West Pharmaceutical Services) single-use subcutaneous administration device, which affixes to the abdomen. The
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ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Opioids are the most common cause of fatal poisonings in young children, and their contribution to children’s deaths has been increasing, according to research presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference. The study found that the proportion of deaths in U.S. children linked to opioids has doubled since the mid-2000s, tracking
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