(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 […]

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 […]

(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 […]

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; […]

What's the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest? We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info When the coronary artery is completely blocked, either by fatty […]

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 […]

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 […]

Nearly one in three older adults plans to pack their bags for a long trip far from home in the next year, and many look forward to holiday travel in the next two months, a new poll finds. But among those ready to hit the road or take to the skies for an extended getaway, many said they would consider […]

One of the reasons why we love Thanksgiving so much is that it’s a time to pull out our family recipes and take a walk down memory lane. When we make recipes that our parents and grandparents also prepared for the holidays, it’s like we open up a link through time that connects us to those precious days of yore. […]

For many people, long COVID has associations with serious neurological and neurocognitive impairments, a phenomenon sometimes known as neuro-COVID. Why does this happen, and who is most at risk? In this Special Feature and podcast, we speak to two researchers and a person with lived experience of neuro-COVID to find out more. “Pointy orange things, and of course, they’re carrots. […]