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While we’re starting to see some good news in the pandemic battle, including decreasing case numbers and hospitalizations after months of darkness, not everything is good news when it comes to COVID-19. In fact, experts increasingly warn of new strains that could be more contagious and even make the vaccines that have been rolled out less effective. And as someone who went through the original Covid strain (along with my…
Pain, burning, urgency — each of these symptoms will sound familiar if you’ve ever suffered from a urinary tract infection. And the likelihood is, you have. In fact, every year 150 million people suffer from an infection of the urinary tract or bladder, commonly called a UTI. And a whopping 60 percent of women are diagnosed with a UTI sometime during their lifetime, with many suffering again and again. And…
It’s spring… finally! Warm days, getting outside, and planning to see friends again outdoors. For me, having fresh flowers in the house is one of the best ways to bring the feeling of the season indoors. But, with two cats in the house, I have to make some careful choices about the flowers I bring in, and where I place them. Some of the most beautiful spring flowers, those that…
Pain, burning, urgency — each of these symptoms will sound familiar if you’ve ever suffered from a urinary tract infection. And the likelihood is, you have. In fact, every year 150 million people suffer from an infection of the urinary tract or bladder, commonly called a UTI. And a whopping 60 percent of women are diagnosed with a UTI sometime during their lifetime, with many suffering again and again. And…
Do you know someone whose heart attack seemed to “come out of the blue? I think most of us do. While it’s hard to understand how someone can be perfectly fine one day and suffer a major heart event the next day, it happens. Cardiologist Dr. Elizabeth Klodas explains how, why and what’s lurking below the surface that even a stress test can miss — and how to help guard…
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be a difficult disease to manage, in part because a lot of the medications used to treat its symptoms cause harsh side effects. Taking daily NSAIDs to manage the inflammation that comes with RA can cause heartburn, belching and bleeding of the stomach lining. While steroids relieve symptoms quickly, they can damage bone health and cause high blood pressure, weight gain and high blood sugar. And…
Cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in every four deaths. Every 36 seconds, someone dies of heart disease. Coronary artery disease, also called coronary heart disease, is the most common type of heart disease. There are many ways to protect your heart. The foods you eat (and don’t eat), the amount of exercise you do, whether you smoke, all have a…
We’ve known for a while that your blood type could make you more likely to get COVID-19. A study from China released early on in the pandemic identified people with type A blood as having a significantly higher risk of contracting COVID-19, while people with type O blood had the lowest risk. What wasn’t clearly understood at that point was why people with type A blood were more at risk.…
There’s no doubt about fiber’s role in a healthy diet. Yet, when we think of fiber, most of us only consider what it does for the gut, like keeping us regular or stopping the bloating. However, the truth is that adding fiber to your diet has been proven to have far-ranging effects that go well beyond the gut, including guarding against obesity, warding off heart disease and even lowering the…
For newly appointed Danish scientist Henrik Dam, it was an exciting day in the laboratory. Henrik and his team were in the middle of checking his latest test trial: what happens when baby chicks are fed a fat-free, cholesterol-free diet? What they discovered was terrifying. The baby chicks had severe blood-clotting issues. It got so bad that when the chicks would start bleeding, there would be no end in sight…