Blooming Wellness
Dr. Eek's Health & Wellness Blog
Is there a link between COVID boosters and Influenza-like illness? Questions around COVID boosters are far from settled and folks around the globe are studying them. A new study led by Dr. Philipp Kohler turned up an unexpected finding: among healthcare workers, COVID vaccine status was linked with influenza-like illness (ILI) and lost workdays. You …
Did you ever wonder why some people don’t get sick from COVID? I think we all have. Or we’ve all witnessed the scenario where a family gets hit with COVID but one person in the house doesn’t get any symptoms. What’s their secret?!? Well, as it turns out, it may be in their genes. In …
What is the link between healthy lifestyle factors and risk of Long COVID? Secondary to COVID, Long COVID, or symptoms that persist after recovery from COVID, has become its own major health issue. I’ve talked to a few friends who recovered from COVID and say they have fatigue, difficulty breathing or “brain fog” and even …
The first real-time prediction of COVID Vaccines has been created by a team of researchers in Hong Kong. I was lucky to talk to one of the lead researchers, Professor Maggie Wang, on my Causes or Cures Podcast. Obviously, durability of COVID vaccines and how well they work against, what seems like, an endless army …
Another model for COVID vaccines- what did this one show? A recent study published in JAMA assessed how effective the COVID-19 vaccines were in the US during the vaccine rollout across a portion of the pandemic (October1’2020- June 30’2021) Researchers at Yale University’s Center for Infectious Disease Modeling built a predictive model that included transmission …
By: Eeks Prental exposure to COVID and Neurodevelopment Issues: A preprint study (not yet peer-reviewed) shows that prenatal exposure to COVID-19 may lead to neurodevelopment issues in the baby. Obviously wait till this is peer-reviewed before you run with it, but it’s still interesting research to consider. What happens when there is prenatal exposure to …
On Episode 77 of my Causes or Cures podcast, Dr. Nikolai Petrovsky joined me to discuss his new vaccine for COVID-19. Most people are focused on the mRNA vaccines ( Pfizer-BioNTech & Moderna) or the viral-vector vaccines, like J&J, but many researchers and companies are working on protein subunit vaccines for COVID-19. Unlike the mRNA …
COVID Vaccines and Consistent Data Points: COVID-19 is one heck of a virus. I thought we’d be out of it by now, but nope. Despite rolling out vaccines across the globe ( at least in rich countries), cases are still surging. Why are cases surging? Take your pick, but my feeling is that it’s one, …
A question I hear a lot: How much immunity from one dose of COVID vaccines (Pfizer & Moderna) are you getting? (Keep in mind the date I am writing this post, as this information may change wtih time.) In other words, how effective are the 2-dose mRNA shots (Pfizer and Moderna) after just 1 dose …
What’s the scoop on the new COVID vaccines? Dr. Andrew Fleming, an infectious disease doctor here in NYC, recently came on my Causes or Cures podcast to discuss the new vaccines. He has done research on antibody responses to COVID-19 and knows the specifics of the vaccine trials. Listen, I get people being anxious about …
