High cholesterol: Can you feel that? The ‘painful’ sign in your legs – expert
High cholesterol: Nutritionist reveals top prevention tips We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You…
Read MoreStudy explores neurologic complications in pediatric COVID-19 cases
In a recent study published in the Journal of Pediatrics, researchers evaluated neurologic complications in pediatric cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Study: Neuro-inflammatory disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. Image Credit: L Julia/Shutterstock COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory…
Read MoreVitamin B12 deficiency: Can you smell that? The odorous symptom hinting at low levels
Dr Dawn Harper on signs of vitamin B12 and vitamin D deficiency We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties…
Read MoreHow better ventilation can help ‘covid-proof’ your home
For two years, you beat the odds. You masked, kept your distance, got your shots. Now, despite those efforts, you, your child, or someone else in your home has come down with covid-19. And the last thing you want is…
Read MorePollution killed 9MILLION people in 2019, major report reveals
Pollution killed 9MILLION people in 2019 – the equivalent of one in six deaths, major report reveals Pollution was responsible for nine million deaths in 2019, experts say Air, chemical and water pollution accounted for one in six deaths worldwide…
Read MoreAre these Sennheiser earbuds the best running headphones of all?
Strong Women editor Miranda Larbi puts Sennheiser’s new wireless sport headphones to the run test to see just how good they really are. I’ve been running with the same pair of headphones since 2017. They’re a weightless, over-the-ear number with…
Read MoreLacking Vaccines, North Korea Battles COVID With Antibiotics, Home Remedies
SEOUL (Reuters) – Standing tall in bright red hazmat suits, five North Korean health workers stride towards an ambulance to do battle with a COVID-19 outbreak that – in the presumed absence of vaccines – the country is using antibiotics…
Read MoreWHO: China’s COVID plan is ‘unsustainable’ due to omicron
The head of the World Health Organization said China’s extreme approach to containing the coronavirus is unsustainable because of the highly infectious nature of the omicron variant, but that it’s up to every country to decide what policy to pursue….
Read MoreAs U.S. COVID-19 cases rise, so does demand for antivirals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Rising COVID-19 cases are driving up the use of therapeutics, with Pfizer Inc’s oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid seeing a 315% jump over the past four weeks, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill…
Read MoreAlbuterol-Budesonide Combo Offers Better Rescue Therapy for Moderate to Severe Asthma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with uncontrolled moderate to severe asthma, a fixed-dose combination of albuterol and budesonide gives better as-needed relief than albuterol alone, a large international study shows. Over 24 weeks, the combination lowered the risk…
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