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TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- If you've had COVID-19, there's a good chance that at least one symptom will still be haunting you a year later, new research suggests.The researchers found that six in 10 people who've had COVID-19 still have at least one symptom after one year, and symptoms that don't resolve after 15 weeks are likely to last at least a year.The study "shows that long COVID can still have a large impact on quality of life, even a year after the acute infection. In general, the more severe the acute illness is, the more likely someone is to have ongoing symptoms; however, those with an asymptomatic or mild initial infection may also experience a deterioration in their quality of life," said study author Aurelie Fischer, from the Luxembourg Institute of...

TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dentures may take a bite out of your nutrition, a new study warns."They do not provide the same chewing efficiency, which may alter eating habits," said senior author Dr. Thankam Thyvalikakath, director of the Regenstrief Institute and the School of Dentistry Dental Informatics program at Indiana University in Indianapolis. "Dentists need to be aware of this and provide advice or a referral for nutrition counseling."For the study, researchers examined the dental records of more than 10,000 people in Indiana, as well as their results on laboratory tests for markers of malnutrition.A comparison of lab results from two years before a patient received dentures and two years after showed a significant decline in certain nutrition markers.While...

TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Having trouble getting your shut-eye during the COVID-19 pandemic?You may be at increased risk for anxiety, depression and other mental health struggles.That's the key takeaway from an analysis of data collected from nearly 5,000 people who wore a digital sleep device before and during the pandemic. The authors also examined responses to a June 2020 survey on mental health completed by about 15% of those users."In addition to sleep during the pandemic, people's sleep patterns before the start of the pandemic were associated with their odds of mental health symptoms during the pandemic," said study author Mark Czeisler, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "We don’t know the direction of this relationship -- the degree to which mental...

TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women are less likely than men to head back to their jobs after recovering from a severe stroke, but researchers say the reasons for that difference are unclear."Returning to work after a severe stroke is a sign of successful rehabilitation," said lead study author Dr. Marianne Hahn. She is a clinician scientist in the department of neurology at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. "Resuming pre-stroke levels of daily living and activities is highly associated with a better quality of life."For the new study, Hahn and her team analyzed data on more than 600 German workers aged 18 to 64 who survived a severe ischemic stroke between 2015 and 2019. Twenty-eight percent were women.Ischemic strokes are caused by blocked blood flow in...