New Jersey Defends Decision to Prioritize Smokers in Next Round of Vaccine Rollout

Smokers are getting earlier access to the COVID-19 vaccine in New Jersey. The state announced Wednesday that vaccine eligibility now includes residents aged 16 to 64 with preexisting conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obesity. The list also includes anyone who smokes, encompassing about 2 million people in New Jersey. The decision led […]

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Neither ‘meniscal’ nor ‘mechanical’ symptoms predict findings on knee arthroscopy

Orthopaedic surgeons have traditionally been taught that certain types of knee symptoms indicate damage to specialized structures called the menisci. But these “meniscal” and “mechanical” symptoms do not reflect what surgeons will find at knee arthroscopy, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. Both types of symptoms are strongly related to the overall amount of cartilage […]

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Cochlear implants aid speech recognition in most adults

(HealthDay)—Most adult patients have statistically significant postoperative improvements in speech recognition after receiving cochlear implants, according to a study published online Jan. 7 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. James R. Dornhoffer, M.D., from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and colleagues assessed changes in preoperative aided versus postoperative speech recognition scores for individual patients receiving cochlear implants […]

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Fruity Pebbles Coffee Creamer Is Finally in Stores and People Are Calling It the Best Coffee Creamer Ever

Back in early November, we starting marking our calendars for January 2021 and all of the new food product launches that would come with the new year. One of the most anticipated items was the Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles coffee creamers by International Delight, and we can finally celebrate because both flavors are being spotted in stores. You might […]

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NYU! USC! Vanessa Bryant Reveals Daughter Natalia's Top College Choices

East or west coast? Vanessa Bryant’s 17-year-old daughter, Natalia, is considering colleges across the country. See Kobe Bryant’s Sweetest Moments With His Wife and 4 Daughters “So cute. NYU is one of her top schools,” the California native, 38, captioned a Wednesday, January 13, Instagram post of her smiling daughter holding a binder and rocking a long-sleeve shirt from the […]

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