Despite the links between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and poor mental health, nearly 90% of older Canadians with COPD do not suffer from mental illness, and more than two-thirds report complete mental health, according to a new study . People who were socially isolated and lacking emotional support were at higher risk for poor …
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Program date: December 9, 2022 Air date: December 12, 2022 From the City Club of Eugene: Ask any teacher how children’s mental health and behavior have been over the past few years and step back and wait for horror stories. The consensus is that things are getting bad and getting worse. Can we do something …
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The child suffered from anti-NMDAR (N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor) encephalitis, a rare and difficult to diagnose brain dysfunction. Blood plasma exchanges helped a 5-year-old with a rare autoimmune disease recover. The prognosis for the sick child, who had not responded to conventional treatment, was grim. Nevertheless, a group of doctors at Rutgers University believed there might be …
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