HEALTH
HEALTH · 07. agosto 2020
Former first lady Michelle Obama said on her podcast Tuesday she's suffering from a "low-grade depression," which she attributes to coronavirus quarantine, the mental health toll of racism and the "hypocrisy" of the Trump administration. "These are not, they are not fulfilling times, spiritually," she told journalist Michele Norris during The Michelle Obama Podcast. "I know that I am dealing with some form of low-grade depression. Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial...
HEALTH · 31. luglio 2020
The U.S. government will pay $2.1 billion to the drugmakers Glaxo and Sanofi for the production of COVID-19 vaccines for up to 50 million people, tests and treatments, the companies announced Friday. It’s the largest grant that’s been given under the Trump administration’s “Operation Warp Speed,” the White House initiative focused on producing an accessible coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. The deal covers 100 million vaccines, at two per person, at a cost of about $42 per...
HEALTH · 28. luglio 2020
According to new research published in the preprint server medRxiv* in July 2020, the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) among outpatients in clinical trials, without high-risk factors for cardiac arrhythmia, is safe, with gastrointestinal side-effects being the most common side effects and no fatal adverse outcomes. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues all around the world, with over 630,000 deaths so far, scientific research has focused on finding effective medications against the virus. A strong...
HEALTH · 26. luglio 2020
A lot of people are curious to know if they can sleep shortly after eating a meal. Most people think it's bad to go to bed right after you eat. Logically, this makes senses to us. If we have something in our stomach our bodies will have to digest it and make falling asleep next impossible. Also, let's not forget the potential weight gains that come along with late night snacking (is it a myth?). Well, turns out you're absolutely right for thinking this. Eat your grandma's famous meat and mash...
HEALTH · 23. luglio 2020
Dr. Cynthia Kudji Sylvester and Dr. Jasmine Kudji started their next medical journey together on July 1 at The LSU Health System Dr. Cynthia Kudji Sylvester vividly remembers the day 31 years ago when she knew she was going to become a doctor. It was 1989 and she was visiting Ghana — the West African country her family left when she was just 2 — when a female stranger who needed urgent help approached the then-19-year-old.
HEALTH · 18. luglio 2020
The founder of a McKees Rocks drug rehab center pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of supplying heroin to addicts and five counts of tax fraud, according to an announcement from the U.S. attorney’s office. David Francis, 69, of McKees Rocks, founded Next Step Recovery Housing, a rehab facility, and has been in jail for more than two years following an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2017.
HEALTH · 17. luglio 2020
DETAILS Misleading: Death count reporting is a lengthy and complex process. Death estimates for a given week often change over time as more cases are reported, and data gathered by different institutions may not use the same reporting methods. As a result, conclusions about a potential decline in deaths during the last two weeks, which are based on incomplete data, cannot be drawn without acknowledging these factors. Inadequate support: It takes at least four weeks to reach an accurate report...
HEALTH · 16. luglio 2020
Video-conferencing services like Zoom Video Communications Inc. ZM, -1.45% aren't the only tech tools seeing a rise in use since the outbreak of COVID-19. Some 41% of Americans used a fitness app for the first time during quarantine and over half (56%) are so confident in their home workouts that they plan to cancel their gym memberships, according to a survey of 2,000 people from Freeletics, a provider of AI-based fitness and lifestyle coaching.
HEALTH · 11. luglio 2020
Claim: Schools will require a deadly COVID-19 vaccine for returning students, and those vaccines will contain RFID chips. It's been four months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. As scientists around the world race to find a vaccine to bring back life as we knew it, misinformation about how that highly anticipated drug might affect students is inspiring confusion and concern online. “The covid-19 vaccine will be mandatory in order to go back too (sic)...
HEALTH · 09. luglio 2020
The Texas Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "Because of the Coronavirus we fear that many people in Texas who have mesothelioma were at initially diagnosed with COVID-19-not mesothelioma. Mesothelioma and the Coronavirus have almost identical symptoms-such as pneumonia, high fever-and shortness of breath. If you, your husband or your dad has just been diagnosed with mesothelioma anywhere in Texas it could be in a more advanced stage and we are appealing to you to call 800-714-0303 for direct...