Month: January 2022

COVID-19 can cause a wide range of symptoms, with fever, cough and tiredness said to be some of the most frequent. But others, such as gastrointestinal issues, have been increasingly reported as common, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. One "potentially dangerous symptom" is diarrhea, according to John Hopkins Medicine. An estimated 20% of COVID-19 patients are likely to experience diarrhea soon after coming down with the coronavirus, according to the health system. People with compromised immune systems, like those recovering from COVID-19, are at the greatest risk of developing diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms, including vomiting and nausea, John Hopkins Medicine said, citing the CDC. Doct...

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Someone who has a high-carb diet might never move beyond the catabolic state as they will always have a reserve supply of glycogen. However, someone with a low-carb diet and who regularly exercises might move through it very quickly (the “keto diet”, in which you cut out almost all carbs to maintain low blood glucose levels and glycogen stores, works in the same way).  “I would move away from intermittent fasting for fat loss, and if you want to adopt it think about the health benefits,” says Clarkson. How to fast “To fast you have to downregulate the feeling of hunger,” says Clarkson. Hunger is felt when ghrelin, a hormone released from our stomach, triggers the production of two other hormones, called NPY and AgRP, in the hypothalamus. While these three hormones generate feelings ...

SAN DIEGO — Hospitalizations are on the rise for kids with COVID-19, but not necessarily from coronavirus. Dr. John Bradley, director of infectious diseases at Rady Children’s Hospital, said more children are testing positive for COVID-19, but they’re not getting very sick. “The kids are doing OK with the omicron variant,” Dr. Bradley said.  Pediatric patients are tested for COVID as part of the admission process and more and more kids are finding out that they have COVID, even if they’re not sick from it. On average, there are 20 to 25 children in Rady Children’s Hospital at any one time who are COVID positive. Newsom to call for new COVID paid sick leave for Californians after law expired “COVID isn’t the problem,” Dr. Bradley explained. “It’s all...