Tag: Mind & Body

Why Do I Always Wake Around 3 a.m.?

There is a frustrating and all-too-common phenomenon that plagues many a sleeper. It goes something like this: Falling asleep is no problem, but in the early morning hours, one wakes up agitated and restless. This can last up to an hour or two before finally falling back asleep. Upon rising is the feeling of being…


EU: Vaccine Targeting Omicron COVID-19 Variant Could be Approved Within 3-4 Months If Needed

The European Union drug regulator said Tuesday it will be prepared to approve a new COVID-19 vaccines targeting the Omicron variant within three to four months. European Medicines Agency (EMA) executive director Emer Cooke told the European Parliament that the EMA is prepared if pharmaceutical companies need to modify the existing COVID-19 vaccines for them…


US Regulators Working to Probe Potential Impact of Omicron Virus Variant

U.S. drug regulators are working to explore how the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus affects vaccines and other products, the acting head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday. “The agency is working as quickly as possible to evaluate the potential impact of this variant on the currently available…


COVID-19 Infections Among Vaccinated More Common, Severe in Immunocompromised: Study

Breakthrough COVID-19 cases are more common and severe in people with weakened immune systems, according to a new study. Breakthrough infections are those that occur in vaccinated people. Immunocompromised vaccinated people were three times more likely to contract COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, according to researchers, who published their findings in…


How to Determine Good Medicine From Bad Medicine

The explosion in health care options now available to the average North American can be daunting. But with a framework for what constitutes good medicine, bad medicine and everything in between, you should be able to dispel some of this uncertainty. To get a complete picture of both good and bad medicine, one has to…


Living on Spanish Time

The way I viewed time changed in 2007 when I quit my desk job, threw some essentials in a large suitcase, and moved 5,000 miles east to a town I’d never heard of in southern Spain. I arrived in Jaén with only one real responsibility: teach English. But I brought my own to-do list, of…


Australian Man Fined $8,000 for Advertising Ivermectin, Zinc to Treat COVID-19

An individual has been fined three times totalling $7,992 (US$5,710) by Australia’s drug regulatory body for allegedly advertising ivermectin and zinc lozenges to treat COVID-19. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has previously warned consumers and advertisers about illegally promoting ivermectin in relation to COVID-19. “The individual allegedly claimed, on their website, that ivermectin and zinc…


How My Family Beat COVID-19

My family contracted COVID-19 in mid-summer of 2021. We fully recovered within 2 1/2 weeks and haven’t experienced any long-term symptoms, or what’s commonly referred to as long COVID. Others haven’t been as fortunate. As of November, according to a report from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, between 3 million and 10…


Portugal Probes Local Transmission of Omicron at Soccer Team

LISBON, Portugal—Portuguese health authorities on Monday identified 13 cases of omicron, the new coronavirus variant spreading fast globally, among members of a top soccer club and were investigating whether it was one of the first reported cases of local transmission of the virus outside of southern Africa. The Ricardo Jorge National Health Institute said that…


WHO Warns Omicron Variant Poses ‘Very High’ Global Risk as First Cases Detected in North America

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning countries that the Omicron CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus variant poses a “very high” global risk, even as scientists with the body acknowledge little is known yet about the strain. “Omicron has an unprecedented number of spike mutations, some of which are concerning for their potential impact on the trajectory…