Health

Starting tackle football at a younger age may not affect a player’s ability to recover from a concussion as they age, a study published Wednesday by the journal Neurology found....Read More

Men who lose consciousness after drinking alcohol are up to three times as likely to develop dementia within the next 10 years, according to an analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open....Read More

More than 20% of young adults hospitalized with COVID-19 between April 1 and June 30 required treatment in the intensive care unit, according to an analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Internal Medicine....Read More

Electrical stimulation of the brain improves reading accuracy in adults with dyslexia, according to a study published Tuesday by PLOS Biology....Read More

People who use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, to treat pain are not at risk for more severe illness from COVID-19, according to a study published Tuesday by the journal PLOS Medicine....Read More

Differences in education levels, income and insurance status likely contribute to racial disparities in deaths from prostate cancer, an analysis published Tuesday by the journal Cancer found....Read More

The virus most often behind the common cold is capable of preventing the flu virus from infecting airways by jump-starting the body’s immune defenses, an analysis published Friday by The Lancet Microbe found....Read More

More time spent outdoors — and less in front of a screen — leads to improved mental health in children and adolescents, according to an analysis of existing research published Friday by the journal PLOS ONE....Read More

Nearly 18% of all adult women in the United States used antidepressants between 2015 and 2018, compared to just over 8% of men, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More

More than 80% of all drug overdose deaths reported across the country in the first half of 2019 involved opioids, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More