Opinion | ‘Medicine Is Not a Stable Thing’: What We Heard This Week
“You’ve got to remember that medicine is not a stable thing.” — Dev GnanaDev, MD, former president of the Medical Board of California, discussing a bill that would grant the state’s licensing agencies specific authority to take disciplinary action against disinformation doctors. “This is the American Medical Association, not the American Hunting Association or the […]
Monkeypox Is Getting A New Name. Here’s Why.
If you’ve been seeing monkeypox in the news recently you might have seen pictures of the condition on darker skin. Though the virus is now evident in other parts of the world, monkeypox has become synonymous with African countries, which is why a new name is being considered for the condition. Advertisement The World Health […]
Physical Therapists Weigh In On The Water Pillows Trending On TikTok
If you’ve entered the sleep tags of TikTok, you’ve likely seen videos about the pain-relieving, better-sleep-inducing, otherwise magical effects of water pillows. The #waterpillow hashtag has racked up over 25 million views and water pillows are often featured on posters’ “Amazon Favorites” videos as a beloved purchase. As the name states, a water pillow is […]
Got Brain Fog Because Of Long COVID? Here’s Why And How To Cope.
If you’ve ever been jet-lagged or pulled an all-nighter before going straight into work or school, you probably know the feeling. Maybe you had a harder time focusing that day, were more irritable and forgetful than usual, or just felt mentally off. Brain fog, a term used to describe feelings of mental fuzziness, affects everyone […]
Preventing the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury: New study points to a potential new treatment that could prevent chronic complications
You’ve been in a car accident and sustained a head injury. You recovered, but years later you begin having difficulty sleeping. You also become very sensitive to noise and bright lights, and find it hard to carry out your daily activities, or perform well at your job. This is a common situation after a traumatic […]
What To Do If You’re Fully Vaccinated And Feeling Helpless Right Now
If you’ve been taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously — you’ve worn your mask, social distanced and gotten fully vaccinated — you might be feeling anxious and angry at the current situation. It’s understandable: You did your part, and yet here we are. States with low vaccination rates, including Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana, are seeing scary […]
What’s This About Delta Being 1,000 Times More Infectious?
You’ve been hearing it a lot lately: the Delta variant is 1,000 times more infectious than the original version of SARS-CoV-2. So where does that figure come from? It’s from a study by the Guangdong CDC in China — published earlier this month as a preprint on both medRxiv and virological.org — that experts are […]