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MONDAY, April 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A year after being hospitalized with COVID-19, only about 25% of people felt fully recovered, a new study shows, and the risk of long COVID was highest among women, obese people and those who were on a ventilator.There are no specific treatments for long COVID, and researchers said these findings highlight the urgent need to find effective therapies for the condition."The limited recovery from five months to one year after hospitalization in our study across symptoms, mental health, exercise capacity, organ impairment and quality-of-life is striking," said study co-leader Rachael Evans of the National Institute for Health Research Leicester Biomedical Research Centre in the United Kingdom.The new study included more than 2,300 British COVID...

MONDAY, April 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The faster you pile up heart disease risk factors, the greater your odds of developing dementia, a new study suggests.Previous research has linked heart health threats such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity with mental decline and dementia.Amassing those risk factors at a faster pace boosts your risk for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, according to findings published online April 20 in the journal Neurology."Our study suggests that having an accelerated risk of cardiovascular disease, quickly accumulating more risk factors like high blood pressure and obesity, is predictive of dementia risk and associated with the emergence of memory decline," said study author Bryn Farnsworth von Cederwald, of Umeå University in Sweden....

MONDAY, April 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Two in five adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder say their mental health is excellent, which is significantly lower than people without the disorder, but still an encouraging finding, according to the authors of a new study.Their analysis of a Canadian government mental health survey found that 42% of 480 respondents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) termed their mental health as excellent. That compared to 74% of more than 21,000 people without ADHD."This finding provides a very hopeful message for both individuals struggling with ADHD and their loved ones," said lead study author Esme Fuller-Thomson. She is director of the University of Toronto Institute for Life Course and Aging."This research marks a...

SUNDAY, April 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Anxiety over the COVID-19 pandemic is common among young children, and parents may wonder how to quell those concerns.An expert from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston has some advice."Parents should have a clear idea of what their thoughts are about the virus and get on the same page as their partner," said Laurel Williams, a professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. "When parents are not sure what they think and feel, it can cause anxiety and confusion for the child. That goes for double if partners don't agree," Williams said in a college news release.Parents should ask children how they feel and what they think about the COVID pandemic, but avoid questions such as, "Are you worried you're going to get sick?"...