And for once, no buts to end this item. According to a new study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session has shown that moderate alcohol intake – no more than one alcoholic drink for women and two for men per day – was associated with a lower risk of dying […]
If you suffer a heart attack, that is. So you know, of course, that heart attack present with chest pain because every hospital-based or medical TV show that has included an episode with someone having a a heart attack (is there any such show that hasn’t?) has given dramatic evidence of the most common symptom […]
According to some new research presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session roughly 20 % of adults (in the US although it’s very probably much the same up here) with high blood pressure (HBP) are taking a drug for some other problem that could be raising their blood pressure. And what […]
You gotta love this. Futura Medical, a British medicines manufacturer, has asked European regulators to approve a new over-the-counter treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED), a non-medicated gel that was originally used as a placebo in a trial for ED drugs, but which worked just as well as the drug that was being tested. And the […]
According to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) 6,789 Canadians have reported contracting COVID-19 after receiving a first dose, and although that sounds like bad news, it’s actually quite the opposite. It’s brilliant news. That’s because roughly 2/3 of those cases occurred within 14 days of the first vaccine dose, which is when we know that […]
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the next generation of coronavirus vaccines – and yes, there will be at least one next generation, and likely several, since it’s unlikely that this virus will just disappear one day – are likely to come in the form of pills or nasal sprays. Which would […]
According to several news reports, the US FDA will likely approve the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in teens early next week, and if the US does approve the use of coronavirus vaccines in teens, Canadian health authorities, who have proven to be quite comparatively hesitant in this pandemic fight and have often lagged […]
In this case, that lesson comes from fish oils, a food source that nearly everyone agrees can offer substantial health benefits, especially against cardiovascular disease. But there is fish oil, and there is fish oil, so although eating more fish – along with everything else in a fish that helps keep it together – is […]
A recent new (US) Centers of Disease Control and Prevention data, report established that 92 % of Americans are returning for their 2nd coronavirus vaccine shot, which, if you ask me, is about as good a return you can get for a mass vaccination program like this. In other words, that should be reported as really good […]