Month: June 2021

Hypertension, aka high blood pressure, can be incredibly deadly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is one of the biggest risk factors for heart disease and stroke, the two leading causes of death for Americans. Unfortunately, it is very common, with tens of millions of adults estimated to be suffering from it. What exactly is it, what is the number one cause, and what can you do to avoid it? Read on to find out what experts say—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You Have "Long" COVID and May Not Even Know It. ShutterstockGbolahan Okubadejo, MD, NYC area spinal and orthopedic surgeon, explains that blood pressure is defined as the force of your b...

Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday added a warning to patient and provider fact sheets for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to indicate a rare risk of heart inflammation. For each vaccine, the fact sheets were revised to include a warning about myocarditis and pericarditis after the second dose and with the onset of symptoms within a few days after receiving the shot. Myocarditis is the inflammation of the heart muscle and pericarditis is the inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart. Health officials said the benefits of receiving the vaccine still outweigh any risk....

Patrick Doherty volunteered for a new medical intervention of gene-editor infusions for the treatment of genetically-based diseases. Patrick Doherty hide caption toggle caption Patrick Doherty Patrick Doherty volunteered for a new medical intervention of gene-editor infusions for the treatment of genetically-based diseases. Patrick Doherty Patrick Doherty had always bee...

Share on PinterestExperts say you should do a full-body check for ticks on yourself, children, and pets after hiking or camping. Johner Images/Getty Images Experts are expecting an increase in Lyme disease cases this year as people return to the outdoors. They note that ticks generally live in grassy and bushy areas, so they recommend people stay in the middle of trails when hiking. They also advise doing a full-body check for ticks when you return home and carefully remove any you see on your skin. Dr. Neal Shipley warns the United States will see an uptick in Lyme disease this year. Yes, he did mean to make that pun. That’s because experts are expecting an increase in tick-borne illness this summer for many reasons. “First, people have spent the last 12 to 15 months staying indoors ...

Like millions of Americans, Kevin was vaccinated against Covid-19 in March to protect himself. But the Tuesday after visiting bars with friends over a rainy Memorial Day weekend in Provincetown, Mass., he had a running nose and some congestion. “I thought it was typical springtime allergies in New England,” said Kevin, 42, who spoke on the condition that his last name not be used. The symptoms worsened to headaches, body aches and sleepless nights. His doctor told him that it might be the flu but suggested a coronavirus test. The result was positive. “You don’t think it will be you,” said Kevin, who isolated in his Provincetown townhome for 10 days. “At the end of the day, the vaccination still worked,” he said. “I didn’t get as sick as people who got Covid prior to the vaccinati...

If musical instruments were people, trumpets would be super spreaders. When a trumpeter blows into the mouthpiece, tiny respiratory droplets, known as aerosols, travel out of the musician’s mouth, whiz through the brass tubing and spray into the air. During a deadly pandemic, when a musician might unwittingly be exhaling an infectious virus, that poses a potential problem for orchestras. And the trumpet is not the only musical health hazard. “Wind instruments are like machines to aerosolize respiratory droplets,” said Tony Saad, a chemical engineer and expert in computational fluid dynamics at the University of Utah. A simple but radical change — rearranging the musicians — could significantly reduce the aerosol buildup on stage, Dr. Saad and his colleagues reported in a new study, which...

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