Declines in vision impairment among people with diabetes appear to have plateaued, according to 20-year CDC data, and there’s now even a hint of an increase in more recent years. Over the two-decade period from 1999 to 2019, there was a slight change in the prevalence of adults with diabetes […]
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Symptom burden correlates to impairment of diffusion capacity and exercise intolerance in long COVID patients
The main findings of this study are as follows: (1) the severity of the initial COVID-19 disease and female sex are associated with higher symptom burden in the context of long COVID; (2) the extent of physical and mental impairment in the self-assessment using SF-36 as well as the initial […]
Marijuana use may cause cognitive impairment even when no longer high
Scott Isbell had been smoking weed since he was 17. By the time he turned 19, he was having difficulty setting goals and meeting deadlines at college. His grades had dropped from A’s to B’s and he was losing friends. Still, none of it seemed important enough to give up […]