COVID-19 vaccines are effective at reducing severe illness and hospitalization, study finds
Photo Cred: Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury People who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), after one or two vaccine doses had significantly lower...
Read MoreTreating “frozen shoulder” Traditional Chinese Medicine
Photo Cred: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM Also known as adhesive capsulitis, frozen shoulder is so named because there can be greatly limited movement in the joint, in...
Read MoreGlobal eradication of COVID-19 likely feasible, experts say
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The global eradication of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is likely feasible, more so than it is for polio, although considerably less so than...
Read MorePossible Traditional Chinese Medicine formula for post-traumatic stress and addictions
Photo Cred: Bundo Kim/Unsplash By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the body and mind have always been thought of an inseparable continuum. As a result, physical,...
Read MorePatients with COVID-19 may experience self-inflicted lung injury
Photo Cred: Cottonbro/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The impact of high breathing efforts on the lungs of patients suffering with acute respiratory failure due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been...
Read MoreStudy links COVID-19 pandemic to reduced access to gender-affirming care
Photo Cred: Brett Sayles/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A survey offered to transgender and nonbinary people across six continents and in thirteen languages shows that during the first months of the...
Read MoreNew research looks at how immune system reacts to COVID-19 variants
Photo Cred: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood By Katherine Shagoury In a new study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers from the University of Sydney looked at how the immune...
Read MoreTraditional Chinese Medicine specific approach to liver health and disease
Photo Cred: Cottonbro/Pexels By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM While most practitioners recognize the liver’s role in helping to remove toxins from the body, it’s often forgotten that the liver performs...
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