Drinking Black Tea May Lower Blood Pressure
A new study shows that people who drank three cups of black tea a day lowered their blood pressure levels by an average of 2 to 3 points. That [...]
Hepatitis A outbreaks investigated in Ireland
Two outbreaks of hepatitis A virus (HAV) with 17 infections are under investigation in Ireland. A total of 21 patients have been identified during a three-month period in Dublin, [...]
Bird flu outbreak prompts warning about future pandemics
There have been outbreaks of the H5N8 strain of avian flu in Russia and India recently and a Canadian scientist says that highlights the urgent need to develop [...]
How Bubonic Plague Reshaped The Streets Of Mumbai
On a leafy uphill road in Mumbai's Bandra suburb, a fire burns at a Catholic shrine. Garlands adorn a cross and statues of saints below it as pedestrians [...]
Numbers In The New CDC Report DESTROY The Case For Mask Mandates
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report Friday in which it quietly admitted that the mask mandates in America were allegedly responsible for less than a [...]
mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines: An Incredible Feat of Genomic Technology
In December 2020, less than a year after the SARS-CoV-2 virus was identified, two COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were approved for use in the United States under an [...]
Teens’ mental health claims skyrocket in pandemic
Mental health insurance claims for US teens roughly doubled early in the COVID-19 pandemic over the same period in 2019, according to a Fair Health report released yesterday. The white [...]
3 Ways Your Brain Actually Improves With Age
Our culture is not, to put it mildly, very positive about aging. We're fascinated with those, like Jennifer Lopez and Tom Brady, who seem immune to the years, obsess [...]
Protect your brain from stress
It's not uncommon to feel disorganized and forgetful when you're under a lot of stress. But over the long term, stress may actually change your brain in ways [...]
Midlife ADHD? Coping strategies that can help
Trouble staying focused and paying attention are two familiar symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a common health issue among children and teens. When ADHD persists through early adulthood [...]
COVID-19 not transmitted via food: FDA statement
According to a statement last week from Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Janet Woodcock M.D., there is no credible evidence of food [...]
Foodborne outbreak illnesses, deaths increase in Europe
The number of people getting sick and dying in foodborne outbreaks in Europe went up in 2019, based on figures from the annual report on zoonoses. Salmonella was behind [...]
