Report: 28 percent of healthy folks over 60 have heart valve disease
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 26, 2024
About 28% of relatively healthy people over the age of 60 have heart valve disease, which could lead to more serious cardiovascular complications. This is according to a report published Wednesday in European...
Study: Those who had COVID-19 may have more protection from common cold
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 13, 2024
There may be an upside to having had COVID-19, according to new research. If you’ve had COVID-19, it may guard you from the common cold, a study published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine...
Group defines long COVID in effort to unify healthcare entities, improve medical responses
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 12, 2024
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report that better defines long COVID. The group put together the consensus document at the federal government’s...
Opinion: Even with new law, clinical trials lack data on older adults
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 17, 2024
Older adults are not represented adequately in clinical trials of medications for disorders that are common in the population. The legal framework to better represent them is in place, but not enough is...