Month: December 2021

While it’s often a time of overindulgence, here we’re sharing some essential ideas on how to reduce waste this winter It’s a season for giving, but showing someone you care doesn’t have to cost the Earth. How often do you realise you’ve gotten carried away, and stocked the cupboards with enough festive snacks to last
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CUTHBERT, Ga. — Lacandie Gipson struggled to breathe. The 33-year-old woman with multiple health conditions was in respiratory distress and awaiting an ambulance. About 20 minutes after the emergency call, it arrived. Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, Georgia The Cuthbert home where Gipson lived was less than a mile from Southwest Georgia Regional
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Yoga added to conventional therapy for vasovagal syncope (VVS), when patients faint after a sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure, can reduce symptoms and improve quality of life, new research suggests.  A small, open-label trial conducted in New Delhi, India, showed that participants practicing yoga reported an improvement in VVS symptoms after only
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A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 swab test at a testing site at Tropical Park in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Several southern U.S. states, including Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida, have confirmed cases of the omicron Covid-19 variant as the highly mutated strain takes
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Sun exposure was linked to a lower risk of pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS), a case-control study showed. Spending 30 minutes to 1 hour outdoors daily during the most recent summer was associated with 52% lower odds of developing pediatric MS compared with spending less than 30 minutes outside per day (adjusted OR 0.48, 95% CI
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Adapted with permission from the American Heart Association. Most young people under the age of 21 who developed suspected COVID-19 vaccine-related heart muscle inflammation known as myocarditis had mild symptoms that improved quickly, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. Myocarditis is a rare but serious condition that
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“When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.”– Jack Kornfield December offers great opportunities for learning about how our intercultural world celebrates.  Among celebrations during this month are: Hanukkah (Jewish) Christmas Day (Christian) Boxing Day (Australian, Canadian, English, Irish) Kwanzaa (African American)
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Coronaviruses pose a major threat to the global healthcare systems and include zoonotic pathogens such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-1), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-2) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS). Coronaviruses enter the host cells using the viral spike (S) protein with the fusion peptide (FP) of the S protein
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Health profoundly improves once a person stops smoking. In this video Mayo Clinic Physicians provide examples of healing that occurs once a person stops smoking and the many benefits to staying tobacco-free. Patients describe how much better they feel now that they have stopped smoking. For more information, go to http://www.mayoclinic.org/ndc-rst/
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Posted on December 9, 2021 by Admin “After all that you’ve done in life, there’s still plenty of life to live. Each day, I continue to embrace life, pursue purpose and be open for adventure. It’s not always easy, but when I reflect over each experience, it’s always worth it.”  The quote above is from
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. While the total volume of surgical procedures in the US plummeted by nearly half during the first wave of COVID-19 amid recommendations to cancel elective procedures, the rates rebounded to levels previously seen in 2019 by the fall and winter of
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During COP26, Cancer Research UK’s long-standing partner ScottishPower held an exclusive event, ‘Air Pollution and Cancer’, at their head office in Glasgow, the host city of the global climate summit. Our chief clinician, Professor Charlie Swanton, delivered the keynote speech and ScottishPower’s CEO of UK Retail, Andrew Ward, discussed a new area of interest for
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The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the spotlight on infectious disease doctors. They’ve acted as public health messengers, conveying the importance of interventions such as masking, social distancing, and vaccination, and answering questions about viral evolution and transmission. They’ve established infection protocols to keep medical teams afloat during the public health emergency. While that has made
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A new medication has been added to the treatment options for children with moderate-to-severe asthma. In a late-stage clinical trial, the biologic agent dupilumab reduced the rate of severe asthma attacks and improved lung function and asthma control for children ages 6 to 11. The findings of the international multicenter Liberty Asthma VOYAGE trial, reported
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Most developed countries have enacted mass vaccination schemes to protect their population against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, as the vaccines were developed quickly, not much information is available on the safety or efficacy of these vaccines for those with diseases such as HIV. Study: High seroconversion rate and SARS-CoV-2 Delta neutralization in PLWHIV vaccinated
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