Gerontology & Geriatrics
CDC says people ages 65 and up should get a COVID shot this spring: A geriatrician explains
In my mind, the spring season will always be associated with COVID-19.
Mar 17, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study confirms double the risk of dementia after mouth herpes simplex virus
People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected. A new study from Uppsala University confirms previous research on whether ...
Feb 14, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers publish comprehensive report on long COVID symptoms in children
Up to 5.8 million children and youth in the U.S. have experienced symptoms of COVID-19 that persisted long after initial infection. But diagnosing pediatric post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC)—known as long COVID—in ...
Feb 12, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Prior Zika infection increases risk of subsequent severe dengue and hospitalization, study concludes
A study led by Brazilian researchers shows that people who have had the Zika virus run a higher risk of subsequently having severe dengue and being hospitalized. The finding is highly relevant to the development of a Zika ...
Feb 6, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why TB cases are rising in California after decades of decline
Once known as consumption, the disease that killed Eleanor Roosevelt, Frederic Chopin and all five of the sisters Bronte, tuberculosis is often viewed as a bygone threat.
Jan 31, 2024
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Gastroenterology
Risk factors and diagnostic methods of H. pylori in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mutasim E. Ibrahim from the University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia, has recently conducted an extensive study on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), published in Biomolecules and Biomedicine, which brings new insights into its ...
Jan 16, 2024
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HIV & AIDS
HIV drugs might help prevent multiple sclerosis, large new study suggests
Over the last decade, several case studies have reported that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who started antiretroviral therapy for HIV (to keep the virus in check) subsequently found that their MS symptoms had either ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Long flu' has emerged as a consequence similar to long COVID
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, extensive research has emerged detailing the virus's ability to attack multiple organ systems, potentially resulting in a set of enduring and often disabling health problems known as long ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Infection with stomach bacteria may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
Infection with the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori could increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease: In people over the age of 50, the risk following a symptomatic infection can be an average of 11 percent ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Looking at first results in using new tools to tackle respiratory syncytial virus in Europe
Each year, an estimated 101,000 children below the age of 5 years die across the globe due to infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Worldwide, RSV is a main cause of hospitalization among young children.
Dec 8, 2023
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