Insomnia, disrupted sleep, and daily burnout are linked to a heightened risk of not only becoming infected with coronavirus, but also having more severe disease and a longer recovery period, suggests an international study of healthcare workers, published in the…
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Skipping mammograms raises a woman’s odds for breast cancer death
(HealthDay)—Don’t skip your breast cancer screening mammogram. This is the overarching message of an extended study of more than a half-million Swedish women. Those who missed even one recommended screening mammogram were more likely to die from breast cancer, the…
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Coronavirus infection odds twice as high among Black, Latinx hospital workers
Support staff and Black and Latinx hospital employees with and without patient care responsibilities are at highest risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in health care settings, a Rutgers study found. After screening 3,904 employees and clinicians at a New Jersey hospital…
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Risk Factors Raise Trump’s Odds for Severe COVID-19
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 — Age, weight and gender are three risk factors for severe COVID-19 illness that could complicate President Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection, medical experts said Friday. Trump announced in a 1 a.m. tweet Friday that both he…
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