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FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While climate change gets a lot of notice for its numerous negative impacts around the globe, children’s allergies may not be among them. Despite climate change, with the longer growing seasons and larger pollen loads that are attributed to it, more than 5,800Continue Reading

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FRIDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Low-dose aspirin neither reduces nor increases the risk of dementia in adults with type 2 diabetes, a new study finds. “This is reassuring that an increase in the risk of dementia is unlikely for the millions of people worldwide who regularly take aspirinContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Race-based gaps in health care and health outcomes persist in every region of the United States, a new state-by-state report card shows. Racial and ethnic disparities woven throughout America and its system of health care mean that people of color are more likelyContinue Reading

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In: Alzheimers, Health & Technology, Mental Health, Seniors

THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Despite stereotypes about seniors and technology, a small study suggests that older adults in the early stages of dementia can use smartphone apps as memory aids. The researchers found that older people with mild impairments in memory and thinking were not only ableContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Nearly a third of health care staff in U.S. hospitals were not vaccinated against COVID-19 as of mid-September, a new study shows. Researchers analyzed data on more than 3.3 million health care workers at more than 2,000 hospitals nationwide between Jan. 20 andContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A few cups of your favorite brew — coffee or tea — each day might help keep stroke and dementia at bay, a large new study suggests. For close to 14 years, scientists stacked up coffee and tea consumption against the risk ofContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — American teens are increasingly turning to the social media giant Instagram to share graphic images of their own attempts to harm themselves, a new study reveals. “It could be an attempt to share their emotional or psychological pain with others or find supportContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Grandmothers can have a strong bond with the little children in their families — and the connection even shows up on brain scans, researchers say. The investigators embarked on a unique study, looking at the brains of older women — not for signsContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Lung cancer survival rates in the United States continue to rise, but certain racial groups are still hit hard by the disease, the American Lung Association reports. Its fourth annual “State of Lung Cancer” report shows that the average five-year survival rate increasedContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Medical training may be taking less of a mental health toll on young doctors than it used to, but depression remains common, a new study suggests. Medical residency — the training that new doctors undergo at hospitals or clinics — is infamous forContinue Reading