Photo by Ocskay Mark / Shutterstock.com More than one-quarter of seniors admitted to emergency departments and eventually diagnosed with COVID-19 initially displayed symptoms of delirium, new research finds. The study published Nov. 19 in the medical journal JAMA Network Open also found that a delirium diagnosis was the main presenting …
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. For the last few months, I’ve started my mornings with the same routine: reviewing New York Times readers’ medical bills over coffee. The documents are part of a project I …
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AboutLife / Shutterstock.com Maybe you’ve tried every frugal grocery hack in the book — things like always making a list, using coupons, learning the sales cycles and never going to the supermarket hungry. Or maybe you simply joined a warehouse club, where you can buy bulk groceries plus the occasional …
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Photo by dreamerve / Shutterstock.com Like many Americans, I suffer from TMSS — Too Much Stuff Syndrome. While I long to declutter, the sheer amount of stuff crowding the rooms is overwhelming. I could start from one corner and work methodically around each room. But I’m more likely to follow …
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LStockStudio / Shutterstock.com Perhaps you already know of some of the unusual items — from tires to prescription drugs — you can get at Costco. But there are plenty more discoveries to be made at the warehouse store. We checked out some of the least-known items you can buy at …
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Photo by SpeedKingz / Shutterstock.com By now, most of us know about the early symptoms that indicate a coronavirus infection: high fever, dry cough and shortness of breath. But older adults may display other symptoms not typically associated with COVID-19, according to a Kaiser Health News report. These include more …
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