Health Highlights: June 2, 2022
What people with early-onset dementia want you to know. Alzheimer’s and other dementias can strike people as early as their 50s, but many of these patients end up feeling invisible, advocates say. Read moreGet your vaccines and boosters, the combinati…
Learn MoreDepression in Pregnancy Tied to Behavior Issues in Kids
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children whose mothers had rising levels of depression during pregnancy appear to have an increased risk of behavioral problems, researchers say.”Our findings suggest that increases in mother’s symptoms of de…
Learn MoreIt’s the Number of COVID Shots You Get, Not Combination, That Brings Immune Boost
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses received — not the combinations — is the key to strengthening your immune system to protect against different variants of the coronavirus, including Omicron, a new study …
Learn MorePCBs Still a Health Threat Around the World
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Nations are falling short in their efforts to get rid of toxic PCB chemicals that pose a risk to human health and the environment, researchers report.“We’re only six years out from the Stockholm Convention’s…
Learn MorePrior COVID Won’t Shield Kids From Omicron, But Vaccine Might
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children who have had COVID-19 aren’t protected against the Omicron variant, but vaccination does cut their chances of infection, a new study shows. “I hear parents say, ‘Oh, my kid had COVID last year,'” sai…
Learn MoreRace Matters in Stroke Survival, Study Finds
THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Racial disparities in health outcomes persist in the United States, with Black and Hispanic Americans more likely to die within a month after a bleeding stroke than white Americans, a new study shows.”We’ve …
Learn MoreVaccination Cuts Risk of Severe COVID-19 in Patients on Dialysis
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients receiving hemodialysis who become infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), prior SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is associated with reduced risk of severe COVID-19, acc…
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