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• Menopause and Long COVID: What Women Should Know British researchers have newly noted that women at midlife who have long COVID seem to get specific, and severe, symptoms, including brain fog, fatigue, new-onset dizziness, and difficulty sleeping.
  WebMD Health News, June 06, 2023
• Anxiety, Your Brain, and Long COVID: What the Research Says Having anxiety and depression before a SARS-CoV-2 infection increases the risk of developing long COVID.
  WebMD Health News, June 02, 2023
• Canada to Require Health Warnings on Individual Cigarettes Canada will be the first country in the world to require that health warnings be printed on individual cigarettes.
  WebMD Health News, June 02, 2023
• Sucralose Damages DNA, Linked to Leaky Gut: Study The researchers found that sucralose causes DNA to break apart, putting people at risk for disease. They also linked sucralose to leaky gut syndrome.
  WebMD Health News, June 01, 2023
• FDA Warns People to Avoid Compounded Semaglutide Medicines The federal agency warned on Tuesday that it has received reports of people experiencing "adverse events" after using compounded versions of the drugs.
  WebMD Health News, June 01, 2023
• Weight-Control Surgery Surging Among Children, Teens More children in the US are becoming afflicted with severe obesity, with a body mass index 20% higher than the marker for obesity, according to a report in JAMA Pediatrics.
  WebMD Health News, May 31, 2023
• One in 10 People Who Had Omicron Got Long COVID: Study The research team evaluated data from 8646 adults who had COVID-19 at different times during the pandemic and from 1118 persons who had not had COVID.
  WebMD Health News, May 30, 2023
• Can a Saliva Test Predict the Best Way to Manage Obesity? It sounds like a simple solution to a complicated problem: Find out what kind of obesity you have based on a one-time genetic saliva test to get a better idea of what treatments might work.
  WebMD Health News, May 26, 2023
• Researchers Discover Brain Abnormalities Linked to SIDS Babies who died of SIDS had abnormalities in certain brain receptors responsible for waking and restoring breathing.
  WebMD Health News, May 26, 2023
• Researchers Locate Signals in Brain Related to Chronic Pain Using surgical implants inside the brain, scientists have recorded for the first time electrical patterns that occur when a person is feeling chronic pain.
  WebMD Health News, May 24, 2023
• Study Finds COVID Boosters Don't Increase Miscarriage Risk COVID-19 boosters are not linked to an increased chance of miscarriage, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open.
  WebMD Health News, May 24, 2023
• The Weird World of Hydrogels: How They'll Change Healthcare It's a liquid, it's a solid – no, it's hydrogel! And it's poised to transform everything from dentistry to brain implants.
  WebMD Health News, May 24, 2023
• DDW 2023 Swallowed Razors, Magnets, and More: New Advice for Doctors Two new studies suggest that even when a person swallows something as potentially harmful as a razor blade or a magnet, a doctor's best course of action may be to let nature takes it course.
  WebMD Health News, May 22, 2023
• Study Says Casual Pot Use Harmful to Teens The study looked at information from 68,000 teens in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
  WebMD Health News, May 19, 2023
• FDA Advisory Panel Recommends RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Women "Before the pandemic, RSV was the No. 1 cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, so this is a big deal."
  WebMD Health News, May 19, 2023
• Weight Gain Before 30 Raises Risk for Fatal Prostate Cancer The researchers looked at data for 258,477 men who had at least three weight measurements between the ages of 17 and 60 years.
  WebMD Health News, May 19, 2023
• Overdose Deaths Mark Another Record Year, but Experts Hopeful "But these numbers are still extraordinarily high. We shouldn't suggest the crisis is in any way over."
  WebMD Health News, May 18, 2023
• US Adults Report Depression at Record Rates: Survey 'Social isolation, loneliness, fear of infection, psychological exhaustion, elevated substance abuse, and disruptions in mental health services have all likely played a role,' wrote the Gallup analysts.
  WebMD Health News, May 17, 2023
• US Will Fund Study of Safe Injection Sites Despite Pushback The announcement comes as deadly overdoses continue to claim lives across the country. There were more than 106,000 overdose deaths in 2021.
  WebMD Health News, May 17, 2023
• Guidelines for Kids With Obesity The goal was to "help patients make changes in lifestyle, behaviors, or environment in a sustainable way and also to involve families in decision-making at every step of the way."
  WebMD Health News, May 17, 2023