One of the world’s oldest medicines is now being tested to potentially fight one of the newest diseases.
Colchicine was first used as a health remedy by the ancient Greeks more than 2,000 years ago. It is an extract of the crocus flower.
The Greeks used it as a laxative. Six centuries later, the Byzantines discovered that colchicine eases the inflammation of gout.… Read More
By now most of us know the main symptoms of COVID-19: a fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
But doctors are noticing something strange in older coronavirus patients. They may have none of these signs.
Instead, some show an entirely different range of symptoms.[1]
Doctors have found that older coronavirus patients may just feel “off” at first. Their behavior may change.… Read More
If you have weight issues, you may have joked that you get heavier merely by looking at food. Of course, that’s impossible.
But a new study shows that simply breathing can actually cause you to pack on weight.[1]
The study was published in the journal Environment International. It found that breathing a certain kind of pollution can trigger obesity.… Read More
The news from the labs has not been good…
Hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug once thought to be the best hope for a coronavirus treatment, was found to have serious drawbacks.
A study using 368 Veterans Affairs patients showed that using hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 sufferers didn’t reduce the need for ventilators. And it was associated with higher risk of death.[1]
Another study found hydroxychloroquine led to potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythms in coronavirus patients.… Read More
The disease spread quickly, killing thousands of Americans a day.
Doctors had no effective treatments. There was no vaccine.
Parts of the country were locked down. The economy ground to a halt. Politicians were divided on whether to enforce quarantines or go about business as usual.
The year was 1918. Spanish flu was ravishing the nation. Although today’s COVID-19 crisis seems unprecedented, it’s not.… Read More
Most of us understand by now that COVID-19 is a disease of the lungs. It kills by destroying lung function.
But what you may not know is that our lungs are not only under assault from the coronavirus…a second factor is at work here. The air we breathe is also damaging our health.
Two new studies reveal that air pollution in the U.S.… Read More