Covid Saliva Testing - Cheaper is Better
Saliva testing for Covid-19 may just be better than nasal swabs and cheaper too. It's preliminary, but Yale University has published a letter inThe New England Journal of Medicinethat showed saliva testing from the mouth picked up more positive Covid-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swab testing. The patients they studied were already hospitalized and had tested positive for Covid-19. They re-tested them with nasal and saliva tests and found at 1 to 5 days after diagnosis 81% of saliva samples were positive compared to 71% of the nasal swabs. And at 6-10 days after diagnosis, 76% of the saliva sampl...
Source: EverythingHealth - September 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Covid-19 and Convalescent Plasma
This week, President Donald Trump announced the emergency use authorization (EUA) for convalescent plasma to be used to treat Covid-19. The "groundbreaking therapy" was announced at the White House after he accused the deep state at the FDA of delaying approval of therapeutics to hurt his re-election campaign. Folks, this is politics getting mixed up again with science. The real question is: Is convalescent plasma effective in treating Covid-19?Health experts are saying the early results are promising but we don't yet know if it works. Convalescent plasma is taken from the blood of people who have recov...
Source: EverythingHealth - August 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Your Blood Type Doesn't Affect Covid-19
We are at least eight months into the Covid-19 new pandemic and we are quickly learning about this virus and how it affects our bodies. A few weeks ago there were reports that a person ' s blood type might protect them from getting the infection. We now know this is not true. But first, a quick tutorial on human blood type.Each of us inherits our blood type that is carried by an antigen on our red blood cells (RBC). The RBC is the largest quantity of blood cells in our body and is mainly designed to carry oxygen to our tissues. Each of us is either Type A, Type B, Type AB or Type O with a protein ...
Source: EverythingHealth - August 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Your Blood Type Doesn't Affect Covid-19
We are at least eight months into the Covid-19 new pandemic and we are quickly learning about this virus and how it affects our bodies. A few weeks ago there were reports that a person's blood type might protect them from getting the infection. We now know this is not true. But first, a quick tutorial on human blood type.Each of us inherits our blood type that is carried by an antigen on our red blood cells (RBC). The RBC is the largest quantity of blood cells in our body and is mainly designed to carry oxygen to our tissues. Each of us is either Type A, Type B, Type AB or Type O with a protein th...
Source: EverythingHealth - August 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Don't Believe Mr. Pillow Guy
I ' m rather disappointed that I even need to write this blog. But this is the age of " Anti-Science " and it seems there are a lot of impressionable people - people who would believe a Mr. Pillow huckster- about how to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. So let me spare you reading and give you the cliff notes to this blog:DO NOT TAKE OLEANDRIN TO PREVENT OR CURE COVID-19.Nerium Oleanderis a highly toxic plant. I grew up with Oleander bushes as yardscapes because they produced lovely flowers, could be trimmed into hedges and grew like weeds. But even I knew, as a child, that they were poisonous and all pa...
Source: EverythingHealth - August 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Don't Believe Mr. Pillow Guy
I'm rather disappointed that I even need to write this blog. But this is the age of "Anti-Science" and it seems there are a lot of impressionable people - people who would believe a Mr. Pillow huckster- about how to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. So let me spare you reading and give you the cliff notes to this blog:DO NOT TAKE OLEANDRIN TO PREVENT OR CURE COVID-19.Nerium Oleanderis a highly toxic plant. I grew up with Oleander bushes as yardscapes because they produced lovely flowers, could be trimmed into hedges and grew like weeds. But even I knew, as a child, that they were poisonous and all parts ...
Source: EverythingHealth - August 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Five Conditions That Are Risky for Covid-19
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Source: EverythingHealth - July 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
I Have Gout - Now What?
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Source: EverythingHealth - July 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Why I Don't Check Covid Antibodies in Patients
We are (at a minimum) 5 months into the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic that has upended all of our lives. We have been told " testing, testing, testing " is needed and will be our way out to get back to normal. There is still massive confusion about testing so let ' s try and make some sense out of it.First some definitions:The Covid-19 nasal or throat swab test- This is the test that we are promised " Anyone can get " and most of the time it will reliably diagnose Covid infection. These tests are now provided in labs, drug stores, drive through testing and some specialized medical offices. Becau...
Source: EverythingHealth - July 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Why I Don't Check Covid Antibodies in Patients
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Source: EverythingHealth - July 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Burn Care. What You Should do at Home
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Source: EverythingHealth - July 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 is Dead
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Source: EverythingHealth - May 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Covid Fatigue...the Good and the Bad
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Source: EverythingHealth - May 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
Antibody Testing for Covid- Not So Fast
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Source: EverythingHealth - May 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
The Hype About Coconut Oil Benefit Is False
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Source: EverythingHealth - May 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs
