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By Jancee Dunn Last year, my husband Tom received this memorable text from his father: “FYI, getting brain surgery tomorrow. Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.” This was the first we had heard about his brain surgery. When Tom phoned his dad and asked why he wasn’t told sooner, my father-in-law had a clear explanation: He’d...
By Kevin Bass As a medical student and researcher, I staunchly supported the efforts of the public health authorities when it came to COVID-19. I believed that the authorities responded to the largest public health crisis of our lives with compassion, diligence, and scientific expertise. I was with them when they called for lockdowns, vaccines,...
Following the collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin at a U.S. National Football League game last month, cardiac arrest has been in the headlines. Mayo Clinic pediatric cardiologist Dr. Michael Ackerman explained what a cardiac arrest is. “Sudden cardiac arrest or SCA is an electrical heart attack,” Dr. Ackerman said. “There’s a lot of...
By Anahad O’Connor Five years ago, a group of nutrition scientists studied what Americans eat and reached a striking conclusion: More than half of all the calories that the average American consumes comes from ultra-processed foods, which they defined as “industrial formulations” that combine large amounts of sugar, salt, oils, fats and other additives. Highly...
By Advisory Board staff In 2014, Ezekiel Emanuel — a prominent health policy expert, medical ethicist, and oncologist — wrote an infamous article in The Atlantic called “Why I Hope to Die at 75.” Now, just 10 years from his 75th birthday, Emanuel speaks with The Sunday Times’ Helen Rumbelow to explain why he will likely maintain his...
By Marty Makary Long Covid is real. I have reliable patients who describe lingering symptoms after Covid infection. But public-health officials have massively exaggerated long Covid to scare low-risk Americans as our government gives more than $1 billion to a long Covid medical-industrial complex. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims that 20% of...
By Kristen Rogers You may know that being adequately hydrated is important for day-to-day bodily functions such as regulating temperature and maintaining skin health. But drinking enough water is also associated with a significantly lower risk of developing chronic diseases, a lower risk of dying early or lower risk of being biologically older than your...
The Covid-19 pandemic is over, according to Christian Drosten, Germany’s top virologist, . “The disease is now past the pandemic stage and we are experiencing the first endemic wave with Sars-CoV-2 this winter,” Drosten told the Tagesspiegel newspaper. “After this winter, the immunity in the population would be so broad and resilient that the virus...
By Priyanka Runwal A sedentary lifestyle eventually takes a toll on health but snapping out of prolonged inactivity can be daunting. Now, however, there may be a simple way to ease into more activity. A recent study suggests that short bursts of vigorous activity every day — climbing stairs, carrying a heavy load of groceries,...
By Sarah Newey There are “no limits” to the potential of mRNA technology to treat conditions as varied as cancer, malaria and cystic fibrosis, according to one of the masterminds behind the platform. In an interview with the Telegraph, Prof Katalin Karikó – a researcher who pioneered the use of mRNA, which was used to...
By David Robert Grimes For purveyors of snake oil, January is an especially lucrative month. Fresh from our festive excesses, our bodily insecurities are readily exploited by those looking to make a quick buck from a worthless ware. Recent months has already seen the unedifying sight of a Kardashian pushing a “flat-tummy” shake to her...
By Addy Bink and Alix Martichoux As with any virus, the symptoms of COVID have changed, and a new study shows they have, again, changed slightly. Virus symptoms can change for a number of reasons, like vaccines and new variants. When the BA.5 omicron subvariant became the dominant strain in the U.S., for example, COVID...
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