A doctor inoculates someone with AstraZeneca s Covid-19 vaccine.
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A week after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, a 37-year-old woman in Norway went to the emergency department with fever and persistent headaches. A CAT scan of her head showed a blood clot in blood vessels involved in draining the brain, but her levels of platelets, involved in clotting, were low. She was treated with platelet infusions and a blood thinner, but had a bleed in her brain the next day. She underwent surgery to relieve the pressure on her brain but died two days later.
This is the side effect, known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, that has caused a week of worries around the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca. On Tuesday, the U.S. government said that it had seen the same effect six times among the 6.8 million people given a dose of a similar vaccine, from Johnson & Johnson, and that it recommended a pause on use of that vaccine “out
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Deaths from suicide either stayed the same or dropped in 21 high- and upper-middle-income countries, including a handful of American states, in the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with expected levels, according to an analysis of preliminary data.
In fact, in 12 countries or areas, there was statistical evidence of a decrease from what was expected based on pre-pandemic years, reported Jane Pirkis, PhD, director of the Centre for Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and colleagues.
The 12 areas that saw a decrease in suicides were California, Illinois, and Texas in the U.S.; New South Wales, Australia; Alberta and British Columbia, Canada; Chile; Leipzig, Germany; Japan; New Zealand; South Korea; and Ecuador, they noted in
New Study: A Ban On Tanning Beds Will Reduce Skin Cancer in Minors
A recent study indicates that a U.S. ban on the use of tanning beds among minors would prevent thousands of cases of melanoma in adolescents and would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs. The findings are published early online in
CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
The dangers of Indoor tanning
Indoor tanning has been linked to an increased risk of melanoma, with the highest risk in those who start using tanning beds at a young age. Unfortunately, the use of tanning beds is a common practice among U.S. adolescents.
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A recent study indicates that a U.S. ban on the use of tanning beds among minors would prevent thousands of cases of melanoma in adolescents and would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs. The findings are published early online in
CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
Indoor tanning has been linked to an increased risk of melanoma, with the highest risk in those who start using tanning beds at a young age. Unfortunately, the use of tanning beds is a common practice among U.S. adolescents.
Despite the risk of indoor tanning, only a handful of countries have implemented policies to ban tanning beds. Such bans have the potential to save lives and treatment-related costs but come with costs of policy implementation and enforcement, as well as lost revenue to the tanning industry.