Drinking green tea may help with food allergies
Research findings suggest gut microbes can effect allergic immune responses. Tasuku Ogita who has recently joined Shinshu University is an expert on teas and their effects on gut bacteria. In this study, his team looked at green tea and the…
Read MoreMore COVID-19 tests arrive, but bottlenecks persist
(HealthDay)—U.S. pathology labs are now awash in COVID-19 tests, with more than two dozen rapid tests on the market thanks to expedited approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, infectious disease experts say. Despite this, laboratories are still struggling…
Read MoreCancer mutation in dual role
Analyses of cell signals provide insight into the origin of severe inflammatory symptoms that appear in various types of blood cancer and point to possible therapeutic approaches: In around one-fourth of patients suffering from juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), there is…
Read MoreElectronic health toolkit brings nonopioid treatments to low-income chronic pain patients
A new study by integrated primary care researcher and physician Paula Gardiner, MD, finds that an interactive website can bring proven, effective nondrug treatments like mindfulness, meditation and yoga to chronic pain patients who may not otherwise have access to…
Read MoreHow buildings, masks can be barriers to coronavirus
Joe Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and director of its Healthy Buildings program, suspects that broader airborne transmission of the coronavirus is likely, and thinks certain precautions indoors and…
Read MoreCoronavirus cases recorded in Europe pass 750,000
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than 750,000 coronavirus cases have been recorded across Europe, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources at 1100 GMT. That accounts for more than half of the cases identified worldwide so far, although…
Read MoreRisk based approach will optimize socioeconomic recovery
In a recent editorial, the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. James J James states that there are currently two potential public health crises in the US. The first, COVID-19, we are all too aware of and are currently in the throes of attempting…
Read MoreCoronavirus symptoms: Do your eyes look like this? The warning symptom of COVID-19
Coronavirus cases in the UK have been reported to be “moving in the right direction” the government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has said. The latest news in terms of cases in the UK sits at 55,242 people being tested positive for…
Read MoreWhat It’s Like to Have a ‘Mild’ Case of COVID-19
COVID-19 symptoms can vary widely in different people, ranging from deadly pneumonia to a loss of smell, or even no symptoms. Many people report mild symptoms initially before more severe fever and coughing. While 80 percent of cases are estimated…
Read MoreDon’t Rely on Supplements to Treat or Prevent COVID-19
Doctors warn that relying on supplements — and taking too much of them — may do more harm than good. Many vitamins and minerals can impact overall immunity but no single one can solely influence immunity. Want to add a…
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