A new laboratory study involving mice has found a link between a commonly used erectile dysfunction drug and abdominal aortic aneurysms. This new information has prompted scientists to indicate that additional research is needed to determine if the medication may have the same effect on people. The medication in question, sildenafil, is commonly used to treat pulmonary hypertension...
Experts say most people are not contagious 10 days after a positive COVID-19 test. Getty Images New guidelines from the CDC say people can leave isolation after having COVID-19 for 5 days if they wear a mask.The guidelines also say a person can resume their regular routine 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19.Experts say people are usually...
If you’re trapped in COVID isolation right now, you’re making muffins. If that’s literally true, good for you, and I can recommend these. But I’m talking metaphorically. Right now, the infection you’re nursing, and the contagious risk it carries, is—hear me out—raw batter in an oven. You really, really don’t want to remove it too soon.Yes, we are...
Experts say at-home COVID-19 test kits may be more available starting next week. Ljuba Photo/Getty Images There’s a shortage of at-home COVID-19 test kits while the demand for them is skyrocketing.Experts say supply chain issues created the backlog.Federal officials are approving test kits from more manufacturers, so it’s expected that drugstores and other outlets will have more test...
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images With Omicron surging in the United States, many people are taking COVID-19 tests to see whether they test positive. Most people will take either a rapid antigen or PCR test.Though the PCR test is considered to be the most accurate, there is a time and a place for an antigen test as...
A&J Fotos/Getty Images A small pre-print study found that Omicron variant COVID-19 infections may be better detected by saliva swabs, since the variant infects and replicates more efficiently in the bronchus. SARS-CoV-2 infects the upper respiratory tract, which includes the mouth, nose, and throat. Scientists are still uncovering why some people may have more of the coronavirus in their nose...
Experts say you should focus on the overall physical and mental health benefits of exercise. Oscar Gutierrez Zozulia/Getty Images Many people make weight loss one of their New Year’s resolutions.Experts caution that exercise alone is not an effective way to shed pounds.They say that’s because working out may not burn as many calories as people think.In addition, people...
When I was a kid, my dad did something on family vacations that perplexes me to this day: He ran. Every day, at least four or five miles, rising before the sun and before anyone else was awake. He wasn’t training for anything. He wasn’t trying to lose weight. There was no specific goal, no endpoint, no particular...
When a health-care system crumbles, this is what it looks like. Much of what’s wrong happens invisibly. At first, there’s just a lot of waiting. Emergency rooms get so full that “you’ll wait hours and hours, and you may not be able to get surgery when you need it,” Megan Ranney, an emergency physician in Rhode Island, told...
A new study is the first ever to examine parent sleep deprivation as an outcome of school start times. This new research looked at parents of middle and high school-aged kids and found the parents got more sleep when their children’s school started later than usual. The study was conducted by National Jewish Health, which partnered with the...
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