Film Shows How One Hospital Battled the Pandemic
July 1, 2021 — For New Yorkers, March 11 to May 2, 2020, was most definitely the worst time of the pandemic. Nearly 19,000 people died of COVID-19 in New York City during those weeks, which translates to over 350 deaths per day and more than one death every 5 minutes. No one experienced […]
What Happens to Our Bodies During Sex
The sexual response cycle is how experts describe what’s going on inside your body that makes you feel and respond the way you do during sex. Back in 1966, sex researchers William Masters, MD, and Virginia Johnson came up with the term. They defined four stages, or phases, of this cycle: Phase 1: Excitement. As […]
Long-Haul COVID Brings Long Road to Recovery
June 30, 2021 — Thoughts of getting sick were the furthest thing from Paul Garner’s mind when symptoms of COVID-19 upended his life. “It knocked me sideways,” says Garner, a public health doctor specializing in infectious diseases. He says he never dreamed he would become a high-profile COVID-19 case documenting his struggle for a medical […]
Best Blood Sugar Meds for Type 2 Diabetes
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — You have type 2 diabetes, and you are already taking an old standby drug, metformin. But you still need help controlling your blood sugar levels. Which medication would be the best? New research pitted several diabetes drugs against each other and came up […]
Almost All U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Now in the Unvaccinated
Vino K. Palli, MD, MPH, emergency medicine, internal medicine and urgent care, founder and CEO, MiDoctor Urgent Care, New York City. Hugh Cassiere, MD, medical director, Respiratory Therapy Services, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY. Stuart C. Ray, MD, professor of Medicine and Oncology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore. […]
Huge Number of Hospital Workers Still Unvaccinated
Tim Oswalt, Fort Worth, TX. Rob Stephenson, MD, chief quality officer, JPS Health Network. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Houston. Lawrence Gostin, JD, director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Jeff Grainger , spokesperson, AdventHealth Orlando. Gallup: “COVID-19 Vaccine-Reluctant in U.S. Likely to […]
Pacemaker That Dissolves Away After Use
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are reporting early success with a temporary heart pacemaker that simply dissolves when it’s no longer needed. So far the work has been limited to animals and human heart tissue studied in the lab. But experts said the early findings are “exciting” […]
Ethical Consumerism: What You Should Know
If you’ve ever chosen a brand of coffee because it’s “fair trade certified,” switched from a big bank to a local credit union, or bought clothes or books from a locally owned store instead of a big national chain at the mall or online, you’ve engaged in what’s known as “ethical consumerism.” What exactly is […]
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Sales Boomed During Pandemic
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Think the sex lives of Americans took a hit during the pandemic? Think again. New research finds there’s been a jump in sales of erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs, especially Cialis (tadalafil), in the United States over the past year. “We saw a huge spike […]
Shortage of Mental Health Beds Keeps Kids Trapped Inside ERs
By Martha Bebinger, WBUR Friday, June 25, 2021 (Kaiser News) — One evening in late March, a mom called 911. Her daughter, she said, was threatening to kill herself. EMTs arrived at the home north of Boston, helped calm the 13-year-old, and took her to an emergency room. Melinda, like a growing number of children […]