Category: Health News

Heart Inflammation Risk Higher From Moderna Vaccine Than COVID-19 for Those Under 40: Study

The risk of a form of heart inflammation is higher for people under 40 after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine versus contracting COVID-19, according to a new study. Researchers found 15 excess cases per 1 million people who received a second dose of the vaccine compared to 10 extra cases of myocarditis following a positive COVID-19…


What Every New Parent Needs to Know About RSV

While COVID-19 and influenza continue to make headlines, another contagious respiratory virus has been spreading at an alarming rate, one which can be severe and even life-threatening to infants and toddlers. Indeed, respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is so common that nearly 100% of children have been infected with the virus by age two. It’s…


Fauci Predicts Omicron Will Become Dominant Variant in US

The Omicron virus variant will become the dominant variant in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday. “It is going to be dominant in the United States, given its doubling time,” Fauci told CNN. In some countries, the percent of COVID-19 cases that Omicron causes is doubling every two days, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director…


Progesterone for Miscarriage Prevention

When a woman is pregnant, she is truly eating for two. Every food, medication, supplement and drug affects her growing baby. Her body also produces different levels of hormones to support the pregnancy. Each month, a woman’s body cycles through a variety of hormones that regulate the buildup of blood in the uterus to support…


First FDA-Approved Eye Drops to Counter Age-Related Blurry Near Vision

The first-ever eye drop approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to combat symptoms of presbyopia, or age-related blurry near vision, is now available by prescription nationwide. Pharmaceutical company Allergan, owned by AbbVie, announced the development on Dec. 9. The company says its eye drops, “Vuity,” or pilocarpine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution 1.25 percent, is now the…


This One Thing Is Connected With Almost Every Cardiac Death

According to the World Health Organization, ischemic heart disease and stroke were the top two causes of death across the world in 2016.1 Although there have been dramatic declines in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), ailments in this category continue to remain major causes of loss of health and life.2 In the U.S., the CDC’s Division for…


Aussie Healthcare Workers Could Wear Bluetooth ID Tags in New Contract Tracing Trial

The future of COVID-19 contact tracing could see healthcare workers wear electronic ID tags while they work, according to trials underway at Monash University and healthcare provider Alfred Health. Researchers are currently trialling the use of Bluetooth-powered tags at the infectious disease ward at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Mehmet Yuce, associate professor of the…


Pfizer Bets on Arena’s Promising Bowel Disease Treatment in $6.7 Billion Deal

Pfizer Inc. said on Monday it would buy drug developer Arena Pharmaceuticals for $6.7 billion in cash, to add a promising treatment candidate that targets diseases affecting the stomach and intestine. The $100 per share offer is double the last closing price of Arena’s shares, which surged 92 percent to $95.90 in premarket trading. This…


Omicron Highlights Vaccine Limitations

The latest installment in the COVID-19 saga is a variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus dubbed omicron. Labeled a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO), omicron was first reported at the end of November, and quickly triggered worry and restrictions across the globe. Omicron was first noticed in South Africa, but cases are…


Scientists Claim They May Have Discovered the Cause of Alzheimer’s

Researchers said that they may have discovered the molecular-level cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists at the University of California—Riverside, in recent findings, said that the key to understanding Alzheimer’s may have to do with “tau” proteins that likely caused neurofibrillary tangles—which are found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. Previously, researchers have suggested that amyloid plaques, which are…