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COVID-19 Hospitalization Equivalent to Coronary Artery Disease for MACE Risk
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 – Hospitalization for COVID-19 represents a coronary artery disease risk equivalent, contributing to an increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE),...
Could Music Lessons Help Clear the 'Brain Fog' of Chemotherapy?
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 – In a small, preliminary study, piano lessons provided to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy appeared to help them maintain brain health. "There were a lot of outside...
Damage to Brainstem Could Be Driving Long COVID
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 – Damage to the brainstem could be behind the physical and psychological effects of Long COVID, a new study suggests. Brain scans of 30 Long COVID patients found they had...
2017 to 2021 Saw Increase in Clinically Diagnosed Depression in Youth
THURSDAY, Oct. 3, 2024 – Clinically diagnosed depression increased from 2017 to 2021 in children, adolescents, and young adults, with a higher increase during the pandemic, according to a study...
Could Lithium Supplements Ease the Brain Fog of Long COVID?
THURSDAY, Oct. 3, 22024 – A small dose of the nutritional supplement lithium asparate may not ease the fatigue and brain fog of Long COVID, a small, new trial involving 52 patients has found. Still,...
COVID Shot Lowers Your Odds for COVID-linked Heart Trouble
TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2024 – While rare, heart-related side effects sometimes follow a COVID-19 vaccine shot, new research shows that's more than offset by heart-healthy benefits. Folks who are fully...
Free COVID-19 Tests Available Now
THURSDAY, Sept. 26, 2024 – The free COVID-19 tests promised by the U.S. government are now available. "U.S. households will be eligible to order four free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov,"...
Federal Government to Offer More Free COVID-19 Tests
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 – The U.S. government is offering another round of free COVID-19 tests, which will be available by the end of September. "U.S. households will be eligible to order four...
U.S. Restarts Free COVID Test Program
THURSDAY, Sept. 26, 2024 – Starting today, the U.S. government is offering another round of free COVID tests. "U.S. households will be eligible to order 4 free COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov," ...
Free COVID Tests Back Again by End of September
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 – As Americans get ready for fall and winter, the U.S. government is offering another round of free COVID tests, available by the end of this month. "U.S. households will...
Most Americans Won't Get Vaccinated as Flu, COVID Season Looms: Survey
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 – Most Americans don’t plan to get vaccinated against the flu or COVID-19 this season, a new survey has found. Fewer than two in five U.S. adults (38%) say they will d...
Is It a Cold, Flu or COVID? An Expert Helps You Sort It Out
SUNDAY, Sept. 22, 2024 – It's that time of year when respiratory viruses start to circulate widely, but how can you tell the difference between the symptoms of a cold, the flu and COVID? Dr. William...
No Higher Autism Risk Seen in Babies Born During Pandemic
MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2024 – Kids born during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic appear to have no higher risk of autism, even if they were exposed to COVID in the womb, a new study finds. The...
New Data Supports Animal Market Origins for COVID Pandemic
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – The Hunan Seafood Wholesale wet market in Wuhan, China, has long been considered the most likely source of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. That theory...
Cases of COVID-19 in Those With Epilepsy Low Early in the Pandemic
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – On a global scale, people with epilepsy reported low rates of COVID-19 early in the pandemic, according to a study published online Sept. 3 in Epilepsia Open. Michael J....