Tag: News & Discoveries

10 Doctor-Recommended Ways to Improve Your Overall Health

While investing in your health and wellness can sound like an overwhelming goal, doctors say that there are easy, tangible steps you can take to feel your best and better protect your health. “It is always the right time to consider your personal goals, and how you can make positive health choices,” says American Medical…


‘Low-Value’ Medical Tests and Procedures

At what point does the best quality care lose its value? That’s a question a new report by the American Heart Association (AHA) has attempted to answer. These days, there are several diagnostic tests and procedures that can offer plenty of information to both patients and doctors. But are they worth it? Just because humans…


Approval Still out on Latest Statin Guidelines

Statins have long been a controversial medication in the health world. While some studies say they’re effective at reducing cholesterol and the risk of cardiovascular disease, others highlight the harms and adverse effects that can come with taking the drugs. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), which delivers recommendations on statin use, recently drafted guidance…


Pool Therapy Beats Physical Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain

News briefs Aquatic (pool) therapy and physical therapy are two treatments that can reduce pain. But which is better for chronic low back pain? A small randomized trial published online Jan. 3, 2022, by JAMA Network Open suggests that buoyancy has the edge. Researchers took a group of 113 people with chronic low back pain,…


Lone Star Tick Carrying Heartland Virus Found in Georgia: Researchers

Lone star ticks carrying a virus that could potentially prove fatal to humans have been discovered in Georgia, a new study reported Wednesday. The Heartland virus is an emerging infectious disease that can cause symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, fatigue, muscle or joint pain, headache, nausea, and a loss of appetite, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…


Why Blue Light Is Bad for Kids: Blue Light Glasses & How to Protect Children From Digital Screens

There are few things that children of the 21st century like to hear less than being told they need to put the phone or tablet away. The average American kid (or teenager) would happily scroll or click away until the moments before they go to sleep, if left to their own devices (see what happened when this family did an…


More Data Finds Pfizer Vaccine Less Protective in Children 5 to 15 Years With Omicron

New data suggests that two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine do not provide very much protection from infection for children 5 to 15 years against the Omicron variant of the CCP virus, according to new data published in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The CDC…


More Data Finds Pfizer Vaccine Less Protective in Children 5 to 15 With Omicron

New data suggests that two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine don’t provide very much protection from infection for children 5 to 15 years old against the Omicron variant of the CCP virus, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The CDC…


Groundbreaking Conference Reveals Health Risks of Seed Oils

Medical doctors, researchers, and other experts spoke on March 3 at the “Future of Fat” virtual summit, the first-ever meeting dedicated exclusively to the harmful effects of oils made from vegetables or seeds, including canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, and sunflower oil. Such oils have been linked to heart disease, diabetes, weight…


Dr. Peter McCullough: Findings From Early COVID-19 Vaccine Studies Potentially Alarming

How safe are COVID-19 vaccines? Should everyone be taking them? Are people who get vaccines more likely to get COVID-19? Can genetic material in the vaccines be incorporated into the human genome? These are some of the unknown questions that researchers around the world are currently investigating. With more initial findings and hypotheses now released…