Today’s vaccine-weary Americans will be on the receiving end of an important message from their doctors this fall (if they haven’t heard it already). The message is this: Don’t skip your flu shot this year — and seniors, please ask for a special extra-strength kind. After flu hit historically low levels during the COVID-19 … Read more
Doctors say now is a good time to think about scheduling a flu shot WSB Atlanta When should I get my flu shot? Livescience.com When to get the flu shot: Vaccine expert getting his in October Insider Why Flu Shots Are Especially Important This Year TODAY View Full Coverage on Google News Source link
This vagina designer is a cut above. Dr. Umberto Tozzi — who specializes in labiaplasty, a surgery aimed at reducing a woman’s labia minora or the flaps of skin on either side of the vaginal opening — has operated on over 300 women in his career. And the “down there” doctor’s handiwork is improving the … Read more
A woman has shared her concern online after reading notes from her family doctor that she felt were “rude.” In the post on the popular discussion site Mumsnet, user Ispy9 explained that a year ago she was suffering from anxiety and depression and visited her doctor for support. During the COVID outbreak and the immediate … Read more
From daily news to what our friends have been up to, from celebrity gossip to recipes to make for dinner, virtually anything can be learned on the internet. Sometimes, however, we forget to take things with a pinch of salt and remind ourselves that not every piece of information that lives in the virtual world … Read more
If you drink alcohol, you’ve probably seen — or overlooked — warning labels on the back of bottles. But those labels haven’t been updated since the late 1980s. Now, researchers say they don’t adequately advertise alcohol consumption’s biggest potential health consequence: cancer, including breast cancer. In a perspective article in the New England Journal of … Read more
It’s more critical than ever to get a flu shot this year, say Bay Area infectious disease experts. Two-plus years of the COVID-19 pandemic have created conditions — including lower influenza vaccination rates and less natural immunity than in the pre-pandemic period — that could make the upcoming flu season one of the worst in … Read more
Flu shots help protect against hospitalization and death. (Photo: Getty Images) Fall season usually means the start of people wearing cozy sweaters, sipping pumpkin spice lattés — and getting the flu. It’s something most people haven’t had to deal with for the past couple of years because of the pandemic. During the 2020-2021 flu season, … Read more
The CDC estimates 95 million people nationwide have had COVID-19 at least once. But there are still some people who say they haven’t gotten the virus yet. Is that pure luck, maybe super immunity or is it something else altogether? “I don’t know how it happened,” said Andrew Bangent, Pennsylvania resident. Andrew Bangent and his … Read more
A half dozen patients in Germany have been functionally cured of lupus — for now, at least. Their doctors used a blood-engineering technique that’s usually reserved for fighting aggressive cancers (CAR-T). It’s unlikely that such a technique could become widespread for lupus-sufferers, because of the cost and lab work required for each patient. Loading Something … Read more
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This woman’s doctor allegedly shrugged off her ailments and said “laziness” was the answer — but it turns out she had cancer. When Courtney Nettleton, a 21-year-old from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, found herself feeling “uncontrollably” tired and sleeping 14 hours every day over the summer of 2021, she feared something was wrong. “I was told … Read more
Science is finally overtaking baldness. There is an age-old remedy for hair loss that is back in style – and its effects have been spectacular for many men and women alike. Minoxidil, a key ingredient in foams such as the brand Rogaine, is being popularized in oral pill form—like it was before scalp-rubbing treatments in … Read more
TOPEKA – After the first confirmed positive case of monkeypox was identified in Kansas over the weekend, doctors are confident the risk to the public will remain low. On Saturday, health officials in Kansas and Johnson County announced — based on laboratory testing — the state’s first estimated case of monkeypox in a Johnson County … Read more