Moderna filing today for FDA emergency authorization
Photo Cred: Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Biotechnology company, Moderna, announced today it would be applying for emergency use authorization with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its...
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 MoreLasting fatigue common after COVID-19 infection, study finds
Photo Cred: Doğukan Şahin/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury More than half of people with acute novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection continue to have persistent fatigue 10 weeks after their initial illness, according...
Read MoreDexamethasone as COVID-19 treatment less effective with diabetes patients
Photo Cred: Cottonbro/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The widely available steroid dexamethasone may not benefit diabetes patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to new research published in the Journal...
Read MorePfizer, BioNTech announce vaccine candidate success in early analysis
Photo Cred: RF._.studio/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and BioNTech announced this morning that its vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90 percent effective in preventing the...
Read MoreHigh-fat ketogenic diet could prevent, reverse heart failure, study finds
Photo Cred: Jenna Hamra/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury High fat or ketogenic diets could prevent or reverse heart failure caused by a metabolic process, according to a new study from Saint...
Read MoreClinical trial shows hydroxychloroquine ineffective protecting healthcare workers
Photo Cred: Artem Podrez/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Taking 400 milligrams of hydroxychloroquine once or twice weekly did not prevent the development of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in healthcare workers better...
Read MoreLarge report highlights safety, effectiveness of fecal microbiota transplantation
Photo Cred: Gustavo Fring/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) led to a cure of Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection in 90 percent of patients across 20 North American...
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