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Loss of taste, smell resolves within 3 years of COVID-19 infection, study shows
While many patients who went through a bout of COVID-19 did complain of deadened senses of taste and smell, the new study finds that sense recovery does happen over time. Photo…
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Report: Majority of U.S. nursing home workers remains unvaccinated for flu, COVID-19
A patient is moved out of a nursing home in Hayward, Calif., in 2020 after scores of patients and staff at the center were found to have COVID-19. A new study says today's…
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Reducing work-life stress linked to improvements in heart health
Older workers' heart health risk factors decreased significantly when their office employed interventions designed to reduce work-family conflicts, researchers said. Photo by Sora…
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Patients with eczema may experience depression, anxiety, study shows
People with eczema are more likely to experience depression and anxiety, and it worsens when additional allergic symptoms occur, according to a study to be presented Thursday at the…
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Doctors save man with double-lung transplant, breast implants
The surgical team removed Davey Bauer's infected lungs and placed DD breast implants inside the chest cavity. Photo courtesy of Northwestern Medicine "Davey" Bauer…
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Routine CT scans may improve odds of surviving lung cancer
A new report found that 81% of people whose lung cancer tumors had been spotted by CT screenings were still alive 20 years later. File Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/UPI | License Photo…
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Blood tests offer hope for early diagnosis of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis
New research published Tuesday suggests blood tests can reliably detect warning signs of inflammatory bowel disease much earlier than previously thought, paving the way for…
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CDC sounds alarm on newborn syphilis ‘epidemic’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says many barriers exist to testing for syphilis during pregnancy. Photo by NIAID/Wikimedia Commons Calling it a tipping…
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Ketamine marketed online using false, misleading claims, study indicates
1 of 2 | Hundreds of clinics may be using false and misleading statements in online advertising to sell off-label and unapproved ketamine -– an injectable, short-acting…
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Optimism linked to greater success at weight loss
Patients who received counseling a positive approach had the highest observed weight loss at the end of a year. Photo by Andres Ayrton/Pexels When doctors advise…
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