Antibiotics before age 2 associated with childhood health issues, study finds
Photo Cred: Lisa Fotios/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Antibiotics administered to children younger than 2 are associated with several ongoing illnesses or conditions, ranging from allergies to obesity, according to a...
Read MoreStudy presents early details of brain damage in COVID-19 patients
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A new spectroscopic imaging-based study of neurological injury in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients has been reported by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)...
Read MoreOxford COVID-19 vaccine in older adults safe, provokes immune response
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The University of Oxford novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine showed similar safety and immunogenicity results in healthy older adults to those seen in younger...
Read MoreImpact of pathogens on the seminal microbiome
Photo Cred: Edward Jenner/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP A few months ago, a patient contacted me because he had just arranged a private semen analysis for himself and the...
Read MoreWHO advises against use of remdesivir for COVID-19
Photo Cred: Marcelo Leal/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The antiviral drug remdesivir is not suggested for patients admitted to hospital with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) regardless of how severely ill they...
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#97 – How nutrition shapes the immune system
Geri Brewster RD, MPH, CDN, joins Integrative Practitioner editor, Katherine Rushlau, to discuss the influence of nutrition on the immune system and how the health of the microbiome can impact...
Read MorePfizer, BioNTech to submit emergency use request to FDA
Photo Cred: Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and BioNTech announced today the companies would submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency...
Read MoreCDC urges Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
Photo Cred: Craig Adderley/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged Americans in its latest guidance to avoid travel during the Thanksgiving holiday and...
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