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COVID Vax Protects People of All Body Weights From Severe Outcomes

COVID Vax Protects People of All Body Weights From Severe Outcomes

COVID-19 vaccines protected against severe disease and death in people with overweight or obesity, a large English study found. Compared with the unvaccinated, vaccinated individuals in each BMI group experienced significantly lower likelihood of COVID-related hospitalization starting at 2 weeks from their second dose, reported Carmen Piernas, PhD, of the University of Oxford, and colleagues: …

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Brain Changes Diverge Between Men and Women

Brain Changes Diverge Between Men and Women

White matter hyperintensities — small brain lesions associated with cognitive impairment or stroke risk — were more common in post-menopausal women than they were in men of similar age, cross-sectional data showed. Premenopausal women and men of the same age, however, had no difference in white matter hyperintensities burden, according to Monique Breteler, MD, PhD, …

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Antithrombotic Prophylaxis No Help in Outpatients With COVID

Antithrombotic Prophylaxis No Help in Outpatients With COVID

The routine use of antithrombotic therapies to prevent thromboembolic complications provided no benefit for symptomatic outpatients with COVID-19, according to the results of two randomized trials. In the OVID trial, the 30-day risk of hospitalization and death was similar among patients who received the anticoagulant enoxaparin (Lovenox) 40 mg daily for 14 days and those …

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A Therapist Explains Why a Narcissist Might Fake Being Sick

A Therapist Explains Why a Narcissist Might Fake Being Sick

Licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula specializes in narcissistic behavior and relationships, and produces an ongoing series of YouTube videos in which she helps people identify some of the tell-tale signs that they might be being manipulated or controlled by a narcissist in their own life. In a recent video, Durvasula reads from an “Am …

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Heads Up: Wayfair’s 4th of July Sale Is Packed With Can’t-Miss Deals

Heads Up: Wayfair’s 4th of July Sale Is Packed With Can’t-Miss Deals

Believe it or not, Independence Day is here! Along with your family cookout, weekend getaway, picnic with friends, and everything else you have planned for the holiday, be sure to set aside some time for shopping. Year after year, there are tons of July 4th home sales timed just right so that you’re able to …

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Watch the Top Gun: Maverick Cast Pump Up Before That Beach Football Scene

Watch the Top Gun: Maverick Cast Pump Up Before That Beach Football Scene

One of the things that made Top Gun: Maverick such a crowd-pleasing success as a sequel was the way in which it indulged viewers in nostalgia for the original movie. And never was that more clear than in the scene where Tom Cruise’s Maverick gives a team-building assignment to the new generation of fighter pilots: …

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USDA Has Issued More Than $4 Billion in Emergency Relief Program Payments to Date

USDA Has Issued More Than $4 Billion in Emergency Relief Program Payments to Date

MINBURN, Iowa, June 29, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that to date, agricultural producers have already received more than $4 billion through the Emergency Relief Program (ERP), representing approximately 67% of the more than $6 billion projected to be paid through this first phase of the program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) …

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