Breakthrough COVID-19 Raises Risk of Health Problems, Death

(Reuters) – COVID-19 is generally less severe in vaccinated patients but that does not mean breakthrough infections will be benign, a large study shows. Researchers analyzed data collected by the U.S. Veterans Affairs Administration from 16,035 survivors of breakthrough infections, 48,536 unvaccinated COVID-19 survivors and nearly 3.6 million uninfected people. At six months after infection, after taking their risk factors […]

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“I squatted every day for 2 weeks – here’s how much stronger my glutes got”

One squat, once a day – simple, right? Writer Priyankaa Joshi took on a 14-day squat challenge and found a whole new meaning to the word ‘shake’. We all know that squatting is great for glute strength and quad activation. Despite being a fundamental strength training move, they strengthen, mobilise and stabilise.  We’re used to rushing through 10, 12 squats […]

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Are you at risk for stress urinary incontinence?

(HealthDay)—If you pee a little when you laugh, dance, exercise or sneeze, you may have stress urinary incontinence. While this can be annoying, it can be treated—and even some small lifestyle changes can make a big difference, according to the Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the American Urological Association. It might help to lose weight or to stop […]

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Focused ultrasound may benefit some patients with epilepsy

Results from a study published in Epilepsia suggest that focused ultrasound, which can be used to non-invasively target circuits in the brain, may benefit some patients with epilepsy who experience seizures that do not respond to standard anti-seizure medications. In the study of six patients with drug-resistant seizures, two patients had fewer seizures within three days of receiving focused ultrasound; […]

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Coffee and tea drinking may be associated with reduced rates of stroke and dementia

Drinking coffee or tea may be associated with a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to a study of healthy individuals aged 50-74 publishing November 16th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine. Drinking coffee was also associated with a lower risk of post-stroke dementia. Strokes are life-threatening events which cause 10 percent of deaths globally. Dementia is a general […]

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Two Thirds of Preschoolers Identified Emotions of Masked Adults

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A majority of healthy preschoolers were able to recognize emotions shown in static pictures of adults with and without face masks, based on data from a cross-sectional study of 276 children. Some are concerned about the effects of adults working in preschools wearing face masks on […]

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