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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain A national study published today in nature communication suggests that women most at risk for long-term COVID are women, people aged 50-60, those with poor pre-pandemic mental health, and those in poor general health, such as anyone with asthma or who is overweight. About 2 million people in the UK are …

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A new population-based study from Michigan suggested that the associations between glaucoma and cognitive function were “small” and likely not clinically meaningful, with incident glaucoma associated with higher cognitive function scores but steeper rates of cognitive score decline over time. Previous studies of these associations have often yielded mixed results, but the research team led …

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Through Express News Service HYDERABAD: Migraine is a chronic neurological disease that has varying levels of severity, frequency and impact on patients’ quality of life. But even as we mark Migraine Awareness Day, people who suffer from it are often seen in silence due to a lack of awareness about migraine as a condition. Very …

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ANI | Updated: June 29, 2022 01:50 IST Brussels [Belgium]June 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The first batch of 5,300 doses of monkeypox vaccine purchased by the European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) was delivered in Spain on Tuesday, a Commission spokesman said.“As of today, the first deliveries of vaccines in response to the monkeypox …

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In a surprising finding, researchers have found that getting at least one flu shot makes people over 65 less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, up to four years later. While it’s far too early to determine whether there are direct causal links between the common vaccine and neurological health outcomes like Alzheimer’s — …

Weirdly, It Appears the Flu Vaccine May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Read More »

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT June 28, 2022 Increased physical activity has been shown to prevent and alleviate a wide variety of diseases, including obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, the molecular mechanisms that mediate these metabolic benefits are poorly understood. Sign up NatureLi et al. report that exercise stimulates the production of the metabolite N-lactoyl-phenylalanine (Lac-Phe) in …

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The dangers that monkey pox pose to maternal and fetal health has prompted experts from several countries to recently propose a clinical management algorithm (decision tree) for post-exposure isolation and testing and treating the infection during pregnancy. Pradi Dashraath, MBBS, Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National University Hospital, Singapore, and colleagues …

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According to a World Health Organization (WHO) official, the more often people get the virus, the more likely they are to be unlucky and get a long-term COVID virus — which none of us want because it can be so serious. † David Nabarro, a WHO special envoy for COVID-19, told a television channel that …

Multiple Covid infections likely linked with long Covid, WHO official says Read More »

Photo: IANS SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is undertaking a massive takeover of the body’s fat-processing system, creating cellular fat stores that allow the virus to hijack the body’s molecular machinery and cause disease, suggests an investigation. After scientists discovered the important role of fat for SARS-CoV-2, they used weight-loss drugs and other fat-targeting …

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A 26-year-old suffocated while cleaning a sewer line in Madhavaram and another worker has been hospitalized in critical condition. According to police sources, the victim had been identified as Nelson, a resident of Thanjavur. He and his friend Ravikumar, 40, also from Thanjavur, were working with a private contractor Prakash, 53, who owned a hydrojet …

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