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From the Departments of Medicine (F. Lamontagne, M.-C.B., H.Q.M.) and Anesthesiology (F.D.), Université de Sherbrooke, the Department of Pharmacy (B.B.), Centre de Recherche du CHU de Sherbrooke, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et…

Eating a half cup of blueberries every day in your late 50s can stave off dementia later in life, study findsEating just a half-cup of blueberries every day in a person's 50s can help them avoid devastating cognitive decline…

On the first day of the civil trial in May of 2019, where a small business was suing Oberlin College for branding it as racist, I was somewhat shocked by the testimony of Ferdinand Protzman, a…

On March 18, 2022, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Christopher A. Taylor, PhD1; Michael Whitaker, MPH1; Onika Anglin, MPH1,2; Jennifer Milucky, MSPH1; Kadam Patel, MPH1,2; Huong Pham, MPH1; Shua J. Chai, MD3,4;…

WASHINGTON — Although new federal data suggests that the effectiveness of booster shots wanes after about four months, the Biden administration is not planning to recommend fourth doses of the coronavirus vaccine anytime soon.“We simply…

Results can help anticipate the scale of future health complications and improve planning for use of healthcare resources. Almost a third (32 of every 100) of older adults infected with covid-19 in 2020 developed at least one new…

On February 1, 2022, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release.Summary What is already known about this topic? COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against severe SARS-CoV-2–associated outcomes, including those caused by…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – In a first-ever study, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine examined the unintentional drug overdose mortality in Years of Life Lost among adolescents and young people in…

The number of adults living with dementia worldwide is on course to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050, according to the first study of its kind. Experts described the data as shocking and said it was clear that dementia presented “a…

Back on December 15, the organization Families Against Fentanyl exposed how Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data showed deadly drug overdoses from fentanyl have become the leading cause of death among people between the…