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CTE common among young athletes in largest brain donor study
“A lot of people think CTE is a result of high-level, professional play such as football, ice hockey, and boxing, but it can affect amateur...
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Both too much and not enough sleep raises T2D risk
“These findings underpin the importance of promoting healthy sleep habits to avoid sleep deprivation.”
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Severe COVID may cause long-term cellular changes: Study
This study shows that after severe COVID, the immune system remains in ‘emergency mode’ and in a heightened state of inflammation.
Literature Review
Number of people with long COVID could be vastly underestimated
Patients with long COVID symptoms but without laboratory evidence of prior infection, “who have often been rejected and stigmatized, should feel...
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National Practitioner Data Bank should go public, group says
Public Citizen said Congress should change federal law to let members of the public get information from the NPDB to do a background check on...
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Could retinal changes be a harbinger of Parkinson’s?
“I think we are still several years away from converting these findings into individual level prediction for patients.”
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FDA okays first biosimilar for multiple sclerosis
“Biosimilar medications offer additional effective treatment options that have the potential to increase access for people living with relapsing...
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New COVID strain may evade vaccines, alarming health officials
The strain is called BA.2.86 and is of particular concern because of its more than 30 mutations, which means it may behave very differently than...
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Poor sleep and chronic pain prove pesky bedfellows
Two methods used by torturers – pain infliction and sleep deprivation – harm people in ways that also are experienced by many patients with pain...
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Dementia diagnosis a good time to reduce polypharmacy
Time of diagnosis can be a potential inflexion point for deprescribing long-term medications with safety risks, limited benefit, or possible...
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Lobbying allowed insurers to charge physicians fees to receive payments online: Report
Physician groups have described the practice as analogous to "an employee being required to enroll in a program that would deduct a percentage of...