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Dementia: people hospitalized for infections are at higher risk

Health / By adminblf / January 13, 2023 January 13, 2023

THE ESSENTIAL Dementia is a deterioration in memory, reasoning, behavior and the ability to carry out daily activities. In 60 to 70% of cases, dementia is caused by Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia affects 50 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Its causes are very varied: it can be the consequence of an illness …

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Half fewer infections in children in winter thanks to anti-COVID vaccines

Health / By adminblf / June 30, 2022 June 30, 2022

The world’s largest study on COVID vaccination and children finds that it halves the risk of infection during the winter in Israel. The authors call this result “moderate” protection, a far cry from the very high level of protection initially provided by vaccines, but much better than some previous estimates suggesting that vaccines provided children …

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