Summary: COVID-19 infection has been linked to a range of lasting neurological and psychological disorders, including depression, memory problems, and Parkinson’s-like disorders, within the first year following infection. Source: WUSTL If you’ve had COVID-19, it may still be messing with your brain. Those who have been infected with the virus are at increased risk of … Read more
Summary: Early-to-midlife infections that require hospital care are associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease later in life, a new study reports. Source: PLOS Infections treated with specialty hospital care in early- and mid-life are associated with an increased subsequent risk of Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s diseases (PD), but not amyotrophic … Read more
Humans have used honey for its antimicrobial properties for millennia, and science has only recently been catching up. Researchers recently demonstrated in the laboratory that mānuka honey could help us treat one of the most aggressive and drug-resistant lung infections. “The use of this potential treatment combining amikacin and mānuka honey shows great promise as … Read more
As the world continues its fight against COVID-19 and the ever-spreading monkeypox virus, it seems like another disease is taking hold. According to a study in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, “tomato flu” was first identified in India on May 6 and has so far infected 82 children, all under the age of 5. Tomato … Read more
Well, here we go again. Once more, the ever-changing coronavirus behind COVID-19 is assaulting the United States in a new guise—BA.5, an offshoot of the Omicron variant that devastated the most recent winter. The new variant is spreading quickly, likely because it snakes past some of the immune defenses acquired by vaccinated people, or those … Read more