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Shingles vaccine tied to significant reductions in risk of dementia, heart disease, and death  CIDRAP Shingles Vaccination Tied to Drops in Cardiovascular Events, Dementia, Death  MedPage Today Study: Shingles vaccine helps protect against heart disease, dementia  upi.com Second Dose Boosts Shingles Protection in Adults Over 65  Medscape Shingles vaccination may lower risk of cardiovascular events, dementia and death, new study finds  McKnight’s Long-Term Care News …

You can hear the rain before you see it — that steady backyard downpour that makes you want to stay curled up inside. However, Bruce’s got other plans. In a video shared by @san_diego_bruce, the Golden Retriever’s mom opens the door to find him standing in the rain, paws planted firmly on his beloved stick. She calls out his name, …

311 complaint of the day: I have a spray can of black paint and an itchy trigger finger  Universal Hub Source link

The author G.K. Chesterton once said that “meaningless does not come from being weary of pain; meaningless comes from being weary of pleasure.” This truism seems particularly apt in the age of the smartphone: we have seemingly endless entertainment, distractions and information in our pocket, and yet record numbers of people rely on medication to help them get through the …

By Jesse Hagopian This article was originally published by Truthout RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies. For more than three years, I’ve lived with long COVID. The dizziness never leaves. I can’t drive more than half an hour without starting to get nauseous. Any strenuous activity …

Credit: Layland Masuda/Getty Pregnancy and breastfeeding induces the accumulation of specialized immune cells that reduce the chances of breast cancer developing, finds a study1 in humans and mice that is published in Nature today. Breastfeeding is known to reduce the risk of breast cancer, but the mechanism underlying this protection has been unclear. During pregnancy and postpartum, the human breast …

When landowner and hunter James Barkhurst went scouting his property about a month ago to assess the local deer population ahead of the fall hunting season, he was left in shock. “I’ve seen about 14 dead in less than a mile stretch. There’s a lot of does, big bucks and even fawns. You smell the dead everywhere,” he says. “And …

An estimated 40,000 children avoided peanut allergy diagnoses after the guidelines for when to first expose kids to the food allergen changed, according to new research. The dramatic drop in childhood peanut allergies arrives a decade after a watershed study found that feeding peanut products to babies reduced their chances of developing an allergy by over 80%. For decades, parents …

9 weekday habits to keep your mind sharp  qz.com Source link

There’s nothing quite as tragic as watching someone else eat pancakes — just ask the Leos, the two Golden Retrievers who share a name. In a video posted by @twogoldenleos, these Denver-based pups face the ultimate test of patience. On the table sits a half-eaten pancake, and both Leos can’t take their eyes off it. You can almost see the …