One of the world’s oldest medicines is now being tested to potentially fight one of the newest diseases.
Colchicine was first used as a health remedy by the ancient Greeks more than 2,000 years ago. It is an extract of the crocus flower.
The Greeks used it as a laxative. Six centuries later, the Byzantines discovered that colchicine eases the inflammation of gout.… Read More
If you have weight issues, you may have joked that you get heavier merely by looking at food. Of course, that’s impossible.
But a new study shows that simply breathing can actually cause you to pack on weight.[1]
The study was published in the journal Environment International. It found that breathing a certain kind of pollution can trigger obesity.… Read More
The news from the labs has not been good…
Hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug once thought to be the best hope for a coronavirus treatment, was found to have serious drawbacks.
A study using 368 Veterans Affairs patients showed that using hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 sufferers didn’t reduce the need for ventilators. And it was associated with higher risk of death.[1]
Another study found hydroxychloroquine led to potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythms in coronavirus patients.… Read More
There’s one reason: It causes acute respiratory distress syndrome or ARDS.
What makes coronavirus so dangerous? Why does it kill so many more people than other viruses like the flu?
If you get COVID-19 and you can avoid ARDS, chances are you’ll survive. But patients who get ARDS often don’t make it.
One study found that 45% of COVID-19 patients who develop ARDS die.… Read More
When you go in for a checkup, one of the first things they do is take your blood pressure. If your numbers are over 130/80, chances are you’ll be prescribed a hypertension drug.
But if you are older, taking the medication could send you to an early grave.
That may sound alarmist. But it’s exactly what scientists found in a major new study of 415,980 people.… Read More
It’s easy to be depressed about our coronavirus-infested world.
Many of us have lost our jobs. We’ve seen our investments tank. We wake up each morning fearing that this will be the day that we or someone we care about will get sick.
It’s natural to be sad. But new research shows there’s something you can do about it.
The study was published in the journal Health Psychology.… Read More