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Managing grief: How science can help guide end of life discussions with children
Children may not ask questions indicative of an existential crisis. They often ask very practical questions: What happens after we ...
Are anxious parents unconsciously ‘teaching’ their kids to be stressed out?
Children were more likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder when a parent of the same sex, rather than ...
Will monkeypox become widespread in the US? Here’s what to expect
Monkeypox has been a heightened concern in several countries worldwide, especially Britain, Germany, Spain, and Portugal. So far, this is ...
Want to decrease long COVID risks? More vaccine doses seem to work best
Long COVID was less likely to occur in healthcare workers who had received two or three mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses ...
COVID misinformation doctors make rounds on lucrative rightwing speech circuit
Two of the most visible right-wing, conservative political movements in the U.S. right now -- "Defeat the Mandates" and the ...
These 8 risk factors can cause Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Here’s how you can minimize them
Eight modifiable risk factors were linked to more than one in three cases of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in ...
How psilocybin rewires the brain to treat depression
Psilocybin is one of a number of psychedelics under investigation as a potential therapy for psychiatric disorders. In the last ...
Should a COVID vaccine be offered as an annual booster shot? The FDA is considering it
At the April 6 meeting, FDA is asking its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) to not only ...
Threat from drug resistant ‘superbugs’ is growing
Drug-resistant infections pose a growing threat to public health. We're not prepared to meet it. That's because the development pipeline ...
Controversial study claiming vitamin C can cure sepsis suspected fraudulent
The data underpinning an infamous study of vitamin C for sepsis may be fraudulent, according to an analysis by an ...
‘It was like someone blew a dog whistle in my ear’: Mayo Clinic vaccinologist developed tinnitus side-effect after COVID vaccine
Gregory Poland, MD, director of the Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group in Rochester, Minnesota, remains a steadfast vaccination advocate — ...
COVID immunity — for both those who got shots or contracted the virus — is waning. What dangers does that pose?
As the U.S. experiences a dip in COVID-19 cases and mask mandates are being lifted, some have voiced concerns about ...
18.2 million deaths globally: World COVID death toll likely three times higher than current data claim
The global COVID-19 death toll may be three times higher than official tallies suggest, according to a systematic analysis of ...
Ivermectin doesn’t work: Yet another study shows no efficacy in reducing COVID disease progression
Ivermectin failed to prevent older adults with COVID-19 from progressing to severe disease compared with standard of care alone, an ...
Viewpoint: Physicians for Informed Consent has emerged as the leading voice for COVID anti-vax movement. Their science-rejectionist roots run far deeper
The website for the group Physicians for Informed Consent (PIC) reads like an apolitical, educational resource that provides information on ...
Are ‘gender reassignment’ surgeries appropriate for children? Texas orders investigation
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered the state's Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to "conduct a prompt and thorough ...
Substack media platform has helped anti-vaxxers pull in $2.5 million, Center for Countering Digital Hate finds
Popular email platform Substack generates some $2.5 million each year from anti-vaccine newsletters, according to a new report from the Center ...
Loneliness shown to triple risk of dementia
Dementia incidence tripled in lonely older adults who otherwise would be expected to have relatively low risk based on age ...
Dementia risks rise if you suffer from midlife chronic diseases
People with two or more chronic conditions (multimorbidity) in midlife had a higher risk of subsequent dementia, a prospective cohort ...
Why the US will remain an Omicron hotspot far longer than many other countries
The wave of COVID-19 cases with the Omicron variant may have reached its peak in the U.S., but it likely ...
Post COVID ‘new normal’: How the coronavirus is permanently changing our health care system
A great reckoning is taking place around the globe as, one by one, nations accept a harsh reality. We will ...
COVID is mostly a respiratory disease — but it can devastate the brain. Here’s what we know about its mysterious neurological effects
How can a respiratory pathogen like SARS-CoV-2 cause the nervous system to go haywire? That's a question yet to be ...
Viewpoint: Both vaccine skeptics and advocates can learn from history — 300 years ago, the world faced a similar split
Americans have a strong tradition of both vaccine advocacy and resistance, and the inceptions of these movements are astonishing. We ...
Racial differences in medicine: Radiotherapy prostate treatment success in Black Americans linked to population-based genetic differences
Black men with localized prostate cancer had better treatment- and disease-specific outcomes than white men when treated with definitive radiotherapy, ...
Higher resting heart rate linked to increased risk of dementia
Higher resting heart rate (RHR) was linked to greater dementia risk and faster cognitive decline independent of cardiovascular disease in ...
No, the recommended childhood vaccine schedule does not cause type 1 diabetes
The recommended childhood vaccination schedule does not increase incidence of type 1 diabetes, according to a cohort study of over ...
Virtual reality system approved to treat back pain
An immersive virtual reality (VR) system incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and other methods was approved to help treat chronic ...
National vaccine mandate for healthcare workers at institutions that accept Medicare or Medicaid put on hold, as federal judge issues injunction
A federal judge has halted enforcement nationwide of the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers at institutions that accept ...
