New research suggests that housing insecurity—high housing costs or unsafe living conditions that prevent self-care and threaten independence—may have negative effects on kidney health. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of Kidney360. Previous studies have indicated that housing insecurity may contribute to delayed healthcare visits and may compromise individuals’…
Recall: In this toy dangerous germs lurk – Naturopathy naturopathy specialist portal
Dangerous germs in children’s toys discovered The Federal office for consumer protection and food safety, as well as the Dutch toy manufacturer, Idea Vending B. V. to warn of a child’s toy, from a contaminated liquid can leak out. As a result, the risk of a serious infection there. The…
You Might Gain Weight During Isolation — Here’s Why It Doesn’t Matter
Diet culture is such a pervasive phenomenon that even during a completely unprecedented time in many of our lifetimes, people are still worried about weight gain. There are two sides to this coin: those who make jokey remarks about how “fat” they’re going to get during isolation without considering the…
Celebrities We Lost to Coronavirus in 2020
Chef Floyd Cardoz died on March 25 at Mountainside Medical Center in New Jersey as a result of complications from coronavirus, a spokesperson for his Hunger Inc. Hospitality Group confirmed to PEOPLE. He was 59. The famed chef was admitted to the hospital for symptoms a week before his passing…
Trump calls it a COVID-19 fix. Now lupus patients can’t get their drug
Before Aisha Kelley headed to the pharmacy last week, she heard from a fellow lupus patient that she might have trouble getting her prescription filled. Her medication, hydroxychloroquine, sold by the brand name Plaquenil, keeps her body from turning against her. It is considered the most important drug for lupus…
China’s control measures may have prevented 700,000 COVID-19 cases: study
China’s control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic may have delayed the spread of the virus to cities outside of Wuhan by several days and, by interrupting transmission nationwide, prevented more than 700,000 infections across the country, according to an international team of researchers. The findings,…
Is 6 feet enough space for social distancing?
By now, you’ve probably heard that to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, people need to adopt social distancing measures — including remaining at least 6 feet (about 1.8 meters) apart from anyone they encounter outside their homes. Where does that number come from? And how should you be applying it in…
Coronavirus testing is ramping up. Here are the new tests and how they work.
Getting tested for coronavirus in the U.S. has been difficult to impossible for many people, starting with technical difficulties with the kits initially developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and continuing with shortages in swabs, reagents and other parts of test kits. But despite these problems,…
AMA offers new tools to help doctors navigate COVID-19
On this National Doctors Day, as the U.S. attempts to express gratitude even close to commensurate with the sacrifices and heroism shown by frontline medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Medical Association is making available some new resources for physicians. WHY IT MATTERS To help private-practice physicians manage…
Bridging generational divides can help people of all ages fight COVID-19
Much of the media narrative about COVID-19 has stated that those at risk of catching the virus are older adults and that young people are not obeying quarantine guidelines and are risking lives of older people, says Paul Nash, who is currently researching the prevalence and effects of ageism in…