Months ago, in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, we advised you to take vitamin D.
At the time, because COVID-19 was so new, there were no studies showing that vitamin D was effective against it. But vitamin D had a strong track record against the flu and other viral respiratory illnesses. Therefore, researchers believed it was likely to work against coronavirus as well.… Read More
When the coronavirus outbreak began, we were told that a fever and cough were the two main signs that you were infected.
But as the pandemic continued, doctors began reporting other symptoms that seemed surprising. Some patients had toe lesions. Others lost their sense of smell. Seniors often had mental issues.
Now, as the U.S. tops 1.5 million COVID-19 cases, doctors are discovering even more symptoms that had not been previously associated with the illness. … Read More
Cell phones are “ideal vehicles” for spreading coronavirus.
That’s the conclusion of researchers who completed a major new analysis of how the devices transmit germs.
Researchers from Australia’s Bond University reviewed 56 studies focused on contamination of cell phones by pathogens including viruses. The data was extensive…gathered from 24 countries between 2006 and 2019.[1]
Professor Lotti Tajouri was the study author.… Read More
Nobody likes wearing a face mask.
They are hot, stuffy, and they make it difficult to breathe. They can fog up your glasses. You constantly have to adjust them to make them comfortable. In doing so, we wreck their effectiveness by contaminating them with our hands.
But face masks are a fact of life during the pandemic. We’ll have to wear them in public for months, maybe even years.… Read More
A major new study on brain aging has good news and bad news…
The bad news is that your brain starts to decline much earlier than previously believed, in your late 40s.
The good news is that you can prevent and even reverse this decline by eating fewer carbohydrates.
The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.… Read More
The condition of your lungs has never been more important.
The coronavirus attacks the respiratory system. That means the strength of your lungs may determine if you live or if you die if you get COVID-19.
When people are infected, the virus travels to the mucus membranes before spreading to the lungs. To control the infection, the body responds with inflammation in the lungs.… Read More