High omega-3 index may reduce COVID-19 mortality risk
Photo Cred: Ready Made/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Higher omega-3 blood levels may reduce risk for death from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to new research published in the journal Prostaglandins,...
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson, Novavax release vaccine efficacy results
Photo Cred: Steven Cornfield/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine candidate was 66 percent effective overall at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19, and 72 percent...
Read MoreFauci suggests double masking to prevent COVID-19 spread
Photo Cred: Macau Photo Agency/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said wearing two masks “just makes common sense,” to...
Read MoreCDC issues guidance on new COVID-19 variants
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury As the global number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases surpasses 101,000 worldwide, multiple variants are circulating globally. While information about the characteristics of...
Read MoreGI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection for some patients
Photo Cred: Sora Shimazaki/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury People with problems in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract may be vulnerable to infection after swallowing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to new...
Read MoreReview identifies connection between obesity, metabolic health, COVID-19
Photo Cred: Samuel Ramos/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A new research review published in the journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology highlights the interconnection of obesity and impaired metabolic health with the severity...
Read MoreNSAIDs may exacerbate COVID-19, study suggests
Photo Cred: Mari Monpari/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduced both antibody and inflammatory responses to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in mice, according...
Read MoreWhat integrative practitioners need to know about pandemic insomnia
Photo Cred: Ben Blennerhassett/Unsplash By Catherine Darley, ND In the last six months, there have been a growing number of articles about “coronasomnia,” the insomnia seen during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
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