Category: health

A Family’s Harrowing Experience With RSV

Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is so common that nearly 100% of children have been infected by age 2. Most people, including infants, develop only mild cold-like symptoms. However for some, RSV can be severe and even life threatening. Many people are surprised to learn that RSV is the leading cause of hospitalization in infants….


Institutional Corruption and a Pandemic of Misinformation: Previous Proponent for COVID-19 Jabs Calls for Global Stop

In a recent study, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a leading British cardiologist and previously a proponent for the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, declared the global pandemic a pandemic of misinformation and called for a global stop of COVID-19 vaccinations. “What has become clear with regard to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines is that we have a…


How Potassium Helps to Treat High Blood Pressure

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Nearly half—47 percent—of all Americans have high blood pressure, costing about $131 billion each year in direct medical costs Many who have hypertension don’t have it under control, which affects your microvascular system, triggering damage to your eyes, kidneys, heart, and sexual performance By ensuring that you have enough potassium in your daily…


ALS Drug Wins FDA Approval Despite Questionable Data

WASHINGTON—A much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease won U.S. approval Thursday, a long-sought victory for patients that is likely to renew questions about the scientific rigor behind government reviews of experimental medicines. The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals based on results from one small, mid-stage study in which patients with…


COVID mRNA Jabs and Testing Kicked Off This Industry of Drug Development: Here’s What You Need to Know

As we know, there are three major categories of medicines according to their sources, including natural medicines, chemically synthesized drugs, and biological therapeutics. Among them, biological therapeutics (aka. biologics) are drugs developed and manufactured through biotechnology, such genetic engineering, cell engineering, and protein engineering. Two major categories of biopharmaceuticals have been small molecule- and protein/antibody-based…


CDC Expects US Monkeypox Cases to Decline or Plateau Over Next 4 Weeks

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it has “moderate confidence” that daily monkeypox cases in the United States will plateau or decline in the coming weeks but an increase is possible. In its third technical report on the monkeypox outbreak, the CDC said cases likely peaked in August and that…


Messenger RNA Technology Fast-Tracked for Treating for Heart Conditions

An Australian government research fund has granted $1.7 million (US$1.1 million) to target three major cardiovascular diseases using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, accelerating the use of gene therapy’s treatment of diseases beyond COVID-19. Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, one of Australia’s oldest medical research organisations focused on heart disease, welcomed the grant from Medical Research…


Messenger RNA Technology for Heart Disease Fast-Tracked

An Australian government research fund has granted $1.7 million (US$1.1 million) to target three major cardiovascular diseases using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, accelerating the use of gene therapy’s treatment of diseases beyond COVID-19. Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, one of Australia’s oldest medical research organisations focused on heart disease, welcomed the grant from Medical Research…


A New View of Nerve Pain

For people with a type of chronic pain called trigeminal neuralgia, touch from everyday activities like face-washing, eating, or tooth-brushing can cause agonizing pain that can be hard to treat. Trigeminal neuralgia is a type of neuropathic pain, which is caused by damaged or irritated nerves. In this case, pain arises from insults to the…


Study Shows Adequate Sunlight Exposure May Protect Against Autoimmune Disease

According to a recent study done at the University of California – San Francisco, exposure to the sun can protect youngsters and young adults against multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases.  The scientists found that exposure to the sun’s UV rays increases vitamin D and might help prevent autoimmune diseases. Though parents have certainly been warned…