This article was previously published July 20, 2020, and has been updated with new information. Your body uses vitamins for normal cell functioning; Essential vitamins must be consumed because they cannot be manufactured by the cells. Vitamins are grouped into two categories: fat soluble and water soluble.1 The fat soluble types get stored in fatty… Read More »
On June 25, the FDA added new warnings for both vaccine providers and recipients over cases of heart inflammation from the Pfizer and Modern Covid vaccines. The warnings came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met and confirmed a “likely association” between myocarditis and pericarditis and… Read More »
KHN senior correspondent JoNel Aleccia discussed grief among the estimated 46,000 children in the U.S. who lost a parent to covid-19 on NBC News NOW on Tuesday. KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney discussed one family’s reckoning with racism after a police shooting on NPR/WBUR’s “Here & Now” on Monday. California Healthline editor Arthur Allen discussed… Read More »
With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against covid-19, health providers are starting to see the consequences of a year of pandemic-delayed preventive and emergency care as they find more advanced cancer and rotting and damaged teeth, among other ailments. Dr. Brian Rah, chair of the cardiology department at Montana’s Billings Clinic, was… Read More »
A recent study showed that personalized cancer vaccines designed to fight melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, maintain their effects on the immune system years after inoculation — another step in efforts to harness the immune system as an ally in the fight against cancers of all kinds. The work, led by researchers from… Read More »
The Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines appear to be exceeding even the most optimistic expectations. New data released by Public Health England (PHE) shows that a single shot of either vaccine reduces the chance of needing hospital treatment by more than 80 percent. For most people, getting a jab will cause only mild and short-lived side… Read More »
Download a free upgrade of Internet Explorer. Irritable bowel syndrome IBS. Impact on the composition of the faecal flora by a new probiotic preparation: preliminary data on maintenance treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis. Register for account. However, more bacteria does not equal to more health benefits. Ingestion of probiotics in any form, such as… Read More »