Page 4 - Health & Wellness
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September 14, 2021Posted: September 14, 2021Read MoreOcean bacteria and viruses take up residence, but for a limited amount of time.
As an individual initiates their first stride into the piercing cold ocean, our lungs are not the only part of our body greeted by the shock of the drastic change in environment. A brutal battle, invisible to the naked eye, has detrimentally affected...
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September 07, 2021Posted: September 07, 2021Read MoreIs a New and Better Vaccine Coming Soon?
A new player in the field of COVID vaccines could be arriving soon. The trials so far are encouraging for both safety and efficacy. It even has some advantages over the Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J vaccines that have become so familiar to us.
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August 11, 2021Posted: August 11, 2021Read More
Want to lower your risk of contracting a MAP-related malady? Here's how.
Emerging research is implicating Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) as the etiological cause of various diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis...
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August 04, 2021Posted: August 04, 2021Read MoreIs there a correlation between the end of mask mandates and the rise in cases of the common cold and influenza?
The start of the summer is aligning with another new beginning, one in which many around the world make a return to the “New Normal” and relearn what life was like before COVID-19. While some take baby steps...
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August 02, 2021Posted: August 02, 2021Read MoreAntidepressants may be our best bet in treating Ebola
The 2013 to 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa made global headlines and inflamed discussion as the largest single outbreak of this deadly virus. The lack of a vaccine approved for use in humans and the rapid rate of mutation in the Ebolavirus genus create...
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June 03, 2021Posted: June 03, 2021Read MoreAlthough of great concern, vaccination will help
When will the pandemic end? How many more COVID-19 waves will the U.S. go through? Will we go back to “normal” in the fall? All these questions depend largely on one factor: the epidemiology of the variants.
As the virus spreads around the world, variant strains...
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May 21, 2021Posted: May 21, 2021Read MoreHow far do we have to go to reach herd immunity?
First of all we must know that herd immunity is defined as a form of indirect protection from infectious disease that can occur with some diseases when a sufficient...
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April 23, 2021Posted: April 23, 2021Read MoreNanotechnology refers to the manipulation of molecules for large-scale manufacturing purposes. It is a broad field of science, which combines chemistry, physics, energy storage, microfabrication, and molecular engineering.
Recently, it has been popularized by its role in nanomedicine for the COVID-19 vaccine. (1) Currently...
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April 12, 2021Posted: April 12, 2021Read MoreCould this explain why some are more susceptible to COVID-19?
The SARS-CoV-2 virus gains entry to the epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract by way of the ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) receptor. This is the protein to which the viral spike proteins attach in order to gain entry into the cell.
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March 30, 2021Posted: March 30, 2021Read MoreInformation on messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines is frequently in the news due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, since mRNA technology is used in the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. Long before the start of the pandemic, however, researchers have been trying to use this technology to treat cancer.
Colorectal cancer is the third...
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February 17, 2021Posted: February 17, 2021Read MoreCan they assist with COVID-19 immunity?
The idea of probiotics is for centuries something well known in other cultures. Many old cultures count with them in yogurts, kefirs and even something thought to be new but made recently popular by savvy Hollywood stars, called: Kombucha. A group of researchers looked at Malaysian...
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February 05, 2021Posted: February 05, 2021Read MoreThe Gut Microbiome Composition and COVID-19 Related Disease Severity
The gut microbiome refers to a group of commensal or symbiotic bacteria that make up the composition of microorganisms in the human intestines. At any given period in time, most healthy adults may have up to 1,000 different species of bacteria that inhabit...
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January 07, 2021Posted: January 07, 2021Read MoreA novel test for T cells show great promise in detecting immune status
Antibodies often steal the spotlight when talking about immunity, but they are not the only protagonist in the immune system.
T cells are specialized defenders activated in the adaptive...
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December 21, 2020Posted: December 21, 2020Read MoreWhat are the differences and will they work?
COVID-19 has dominated our lives for the better part of a year and yet we are left with more questions than we are answers. One of these questions most frequently brought up is how long will the antibodies be effective after a vaccination is given?
IgG is a specific type...
