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Vitamin E deficiency can cause muscle weakness, numbness, coordination issues, and more. You are particularly at risk for vitamin E deficiency if you have Crohn’s disease or cystic fibrosis. Good sources of vitamin E are sunflower seeds, peanut butter, and almonds. Visit Insider’s Health Reference library for more advice. Vitamin E is a nutrient that …

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Memberships: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Division of Guideline and Rapid Recommendation, Cochrane China Center, MAGIC China Center, Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (XZ, QS, Y. Zhou, HT) Department of Medicine, Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, Oslo, Norway (POV) Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, …

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I am a principal scientist and infectious disease expert at Abbott. Since the start of the pandemic, my team was part of the development of many of our COVID-19 testing – including BinaxNOW – and tracking the virus and its variants. COVID differs from other types of respiratory viruses like the flu in the sense …

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STATEN ISLAND, NY — A new study found certain personality traits are linked to mild cognitive decline later in life. The research, published Monday in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, focused on three major personality traits — conscientiousness, neuroticism and extraversion — and analyzed how they affect people’s ability to stave off mental …

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Israeli scientists say a special food supplement containing zinc, copper and chemicals that are found in fruit may help fight viruses, after they managed to inhibit virus replication in lab tests. “We have a mixture of ingredients, each of which is already approved by the FDA as a food supplement, and together appear very capable …

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A large outbreak of meningococcal disease—a potentially deadly infection—has been reported among gay and bisexual men in Florida, according to health officials, who are urging people in these populations to get vaccinated against the disease. Officials with the Florida Department of Health (opens in new tab) said on April 7 that the number of cases …

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