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If you have a friend who is living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), you’ll naturally want to offer your support. The first step in helping someone cope with any type of mental illness is to educate yourself. It’s become common to throw around the term “OCD” to refer to quirks or people who are very […]
Spain’s health ministry announced Tuesday that it was extending the roll-out of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the over-65s, after recent scientific reassurances about its safety. The vaccine, restricted until now to the 55-to-65 age group, will now be made available to over-65s in priority groups such as health workers, police officers or teachers. “In […]
FILE PHOTO: Garda (Irish police) officers monitor drivers to check if they have a valid reason for travel, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a checkpoint outside Dublin Airport, Ireland, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File PhotoDUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland is to require arriving passengers to take a COVID-19 test on arrival in […]
Black middle-aged adults had an incidence rate of stroke 4 times higher than that of white middle-aged adults, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published March 29 in Hypertension. The large national prospective study highlights the need to raise awareness among young and middle-aged Black adults about the impact of high blood pressure, called hypertension, […]
CDC director warns of fourth COVID-19 wave despite vaccinations FOX News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel and Rep. Michael Waltz R-Fla., weigh in on ‘Fox News @ Night’ Two COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Wisconsin were reportedly injected with the incorrect vaccine when they went for their second dose, according to a local report. The patients […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after COVID-19 upended life for millions of Americans, there are troubling signs that the coronavirus may have also slowed progress against another deadly health threat: smoking. Fewer smokers called quit-smoking hotlines last year and some smoked more, contributing to an unusual bump in cigarette sales — all in the middle […]
Researchers specialized in psychiatry and psychology at the University of Helsinki investigated the effects of depression on visual perception. The study confirmed that the processing of visual information is altered in depressed people, a phenomenon most likely linked with the processing of information in the cerebral cortex. The study was published in the Journal of […]
Slideshow ( 2 images )GHENT, Belgium (Reuters) – The Belgian city of Ghent has struggled to persuade its large student population to stick to social distancing rules during the pandemic, but the authorities hope they have found a solution at least to keep outside gatherings under control. The city, home to some 80,000 students, has […]
A new study led by City, University of London suggests that peer-befriending when stroke patients with aphasia are discharged from hospital and active care is withdrawn may help reduce depressive symptoms. While this is a preliminary finding, it helps pave the way for a larger clinical trial to definitively confirm whether peer-befriending is beneficial to […]
Tiny magnet could help patients avoid the need for second breast cancer surgery by making operations more precise Most women diagnosed with breast cancer have surgery to remove it. A new technique being trialled aims to make operations more precise. Samantha Matthews, 48, a head of university admissions from Surrey, was one of the first […]