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    At 12, She’s a Covid ‘Long Hauler’

    Chris recently consulted with Dr. Peter Rowe, a professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins who specializes in chronic and debilitating conditions like myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic...

    Why Are TikTok Teens Listening to an Album About Dementia?

    Among them is Owen Amble, 16, from Spokane, Wash. He was drawn to “Everywhere at the End of Time” because his grandfather was recently...

    When the Doctor Is a Covid ‘Long Hauler’

    Post-Covid, I can still do some of these things, which is more than many long-haulers can say, but only because they are virtual and...

    No Grumpy Old Men in the World of Chimps

    Older male chimps follow a pattern that researchers also see in humans, preferring to have positive relationships with a few good friends. Source link

    N.Y. Accuses Religious Health Cost-Sharing Group of Misleading Consumers

    New York State accused a major Christian group on Tuesday of deceiving customers by illegally offering health insurance to as many as 40,000 residents...

    Depression in Pregnancy May Raise Risk of Childhood Asthma

    A mother’s psychological distress during pregnancy may increase the risk for asthma in her child, a new study suggests.Researchers had the parents of 4,231...

    James Redford, Documentarian and Environmentalist, Dies at 58

    After two liver transplants, he founded an institute to increase awareness. He and his father, Robert Redford, also championed environmental films. Source link

    Why Running Won’t Ruin Your Knees

    They also tested two additional theoretical situations. For one, the researchers programmed in the possibility that people’s knee cartilage would slightly repair itself after...

    OSHA Under Fire Over Regulation of Meatpacking in Pandemic

    When the pandemic hit in March, a JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo., began providing paid leave to workers at high risk of serious...

    Presidential Elections May Be Bad for Your Health

    The stress of presidential elections may increase the incidence of heart attacks and strokes, researchers report.Scientists tracked hospitalizations for acute cardiovascular disease in the...

    J. Michael Lane, a General in the Rout of Smallpox, Dies at 84

    “Obviously we were happy and elated,” Dr. Lane said in July in a phone interview for this obituary from his home, where he was...

    5 Ways Families Can Prepare as Coronavirus Cases Surge

    “We’re going to see this roller coaster effect,” said Dr. Eric Toner, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and...

    Let’s Talk About Constipation During Pregnancy

    Constipation may be two to three times more common during and after pregnancy, Finnish researchers report.The scientists studied 877 women having babies, comparing them...

    Where Have All the Hospital Patients Gone?

    And those who were hospitalized were not necessarily Covid holdouts, so fearful of contagion that they came only when they were at death’s door....

    My Brother Died of Brain Cancer. 20 Years Later, I Had It, Too.

    The pathology report arrived a few days later showing a low grade oligodendroglioma. I had been given a second chance! I had a highly...

    How Nick Saban Made It to Alabama’s Kickoff on Saturday

    Even under ideal circumstances, the best products will occasionally fail, Dr. Jha said.“There is not something that is 100 percent perfect,” he said. “That’s...