Infections Requiring Hospitalization Can Lower Your IQ, Study Finds

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To the already long list of reasons to avoid a hospital stay, a new study adds one that will make you think – or potentially impair your ability to think. Researchers have uncovered a strong correlation between hospitalized infections and lower IQ scores. The study used an enormous amount of tracking data […]
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