If you've had COVID-19 and you received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, should you still get a booster if you are eligible? The answer is yes, according to Michael Lin, MD, MPH, an infectious disease specialist ...
Oct 25, 2021
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How does cancer affect immunity against COVID-19, even if a person is vaccinated? It's a question that's been on the minds of many since Colin Powell's death from COVID-19 complications after battling multiple myeloma.
Oct 25, 2021
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A pill to treat COVID-19 is in the works—and it could be a game-changer. It's called molnupiravir, and it's made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics.
Oct 21, 2021
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Tics, the repetitive and uncontrollable movements or sounds associated with Tourette syndrome and related disorders, rarely develop out of the blue in adults. But pandemic-related stress could be triggering new tics that ...
Oct 1, 2021
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Aging takes a toll on the body and on the mind. For example, the tissue of aging human brains sometimes develops abnormal clumps of proteins that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. How can you protect your brain from ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Potential new treatments for Parkinson's disease developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center have shown success in slowing progression of the disease in mice.
Sep 21, 2021
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What is your skin saying about you? Can you change your habits to have healthier and more youthful-looking skin?
Sep 20, 2021
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The 2020–2021 flu season was the mildest on record, but experts can't rule out a "twin-demic" of influenza and COVID-19 this time around.
Sep 17, 2021
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The stress, isolation and disruption of our routines during the coronavirus pandemic have taken their toll on many of us, leading to an increase in related health problems ranging from weight gain to back pain.
Sep 13, 2021
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A six country clinical study of more than 1,100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients who required high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy suggests that prone positioning (rotating patients with severe breathing issues so they are ...
Aug 23, 2021
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