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Medical Notes: August 1, 2021

It takes just a few days of poor sleep to affect your health. A study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine confirms that just one night sleeping impacts your mental and physical well being… but the effects really start to pile up after three bad nights in a …
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“We Are Not OK”

Where Covid-19 vaccination is high, it’s a getting-back-to-normal world after the pandemic. But even some vaccinated people won’t return to normal for months or years because of the psychological effects. Experts discuss why this occurs and how people can help …
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Elderly Injuries

A new study shows that people over age 70 are three times more likely than younger people to die when they fall. Older people also take more medications with a fall risk, and which pose a risk themselves when someone taking them falls. Experts discuss these …
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Medical Notes: July 25, 2021

A big majority of the U.S. workforce wants to know if their co-workers are vaccinated against Covid… but they don’t want to reveal if they’ve gotten the vaccine themselves. That’s according to the latest American Staffing Association survey, which also shows …
ListenMedical Notes: July 25, 2021

Advances Against Lung Cancer

More people die of lung cancer than breast, prostate, and colon cancer combined. A decade ago, a lung cancer diagnosis was often a death sentence. But now treatments are being developed that mean it can often be treated, especially if screening detects it …
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Poor and Rural Kids in Crisis

A study by Save the Children shows on a county-by-county basis that children in poor and rural counties, especially in the south, are much less likely to survive into adulthood, and when they do, they’re often forced to become adults too soon by poverty, …
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Medical Notes: July 18, 2021

Everybody loves a home-cooked meal, but what if your stove was slowly poisoning you? It’s happening in Asia, where coal cook stoves are common… but it’s just a small part of a big global problem. A new study in the journal Nature Communications says air …
ListenMedical Notes: July 18, 2021

Rethinking Dementia (2021)

The fear of old age is instinctual. For many of us, the diseases that decrease mental ability over time are what makes aging so terrifying. Dr. Tia Powell, author of Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End, wants …
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Medical Notes: July 11, 2021

Even though the nation’s opening up rapidly, officials are warning that the pandemic isn’t over yet. They’re worried we may start seeing a spike in cases soon, and it could become serious by fall… All due to the so-called “Delta variant” of the Covid virus. …
ListenMedical Notes: July 11, 2021