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A cardiac MRI of athletes who had COVID-19 is seven times more effective in detecting inflammation of the heart than symptom-based testing, according to a study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine with 12 other Big Ten programs.
The findings are published online by JAMA Cardiology.
The study of 1,597 COVID-19 positive Big Ten athletes who had cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) screening found 2.3% were diagnosed with myocarditis and most didn’t exhibit symptoms of the rare disease, a leading cause of sudden death in competitive athletes. Of the 37 athletes diagnosed with myocarditis, 28 didn’t exhibit symptoms.
Sophia, Sylvia and Starling Tolliver grew up outside Akron in difficult financial circumstances. But they found a common escape route: The Ohio State University.
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Breakthrough COVID-19 cases are rare and most infections are pretty mild.
The COVID-19 vaccines have been rightly celebrated for driving cases and hospitalizations down across the United States, but no vaccine on the planet offers absolutely perfect protection.
As of late April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there had been around 10,000 “breakthrough” cases among more than 100 million Americans who had been fully vaccinated at that time. (For those curious, that equates to less than 0.01% of people who got vaccinated.)
Because those infections have been so rare, however, there is a fair amount experts are still learning about the small number of cases that do happen. And one of the biggest questions right now is if you do experience a breakthrough case, is there a chance you could have long-haul COVID-19?
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Why you need to set boundaries
Healthy boundaries are crucial to our mental health, and most of us know we should set them. The tricky part: learning how to say no without worrying we ll lose friends or anger family.
That fear is understandable, but it s essential for your health and well-being to set boundaries with others, says Carrie Landin, a psychologist with UCHealth Integrative Medicine Center and a clinical instructor for the Department of Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of Colorado. Without boundaries, you can feel taken advantage of, taken for granted, or imposed upon, says Holly Schiff, a licensed clinical psychologist based in New York and Connecticut. You are prioritizing your own comfort over the comfort of others, and that s OK to do!