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A randomized trial tested whether vitamin D3 could help people with COVID-19 recover better or avoid severe outcomes. The answer, at least for the acute phase, was no. People who took vitamin D did not have fewer healthcare visits, hospitalizations, or deaths compared to those who took a placebo. In other words, vitamin D did …
What is the story behind COVID and long-term heart risks? Oh yes, folks, it’s COVID again. Although it hasn’t really gone away, has it? It’s still here, it’s not as bad, and we’ve gotten used to it. That said, researchers are still in the trenches trying to figure out the after effects of COVID, one …
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 …
You might have heard someone mention a nasal spray for COVID. I’ve heard people talk about it here and there, though not in much detail. Lucky for me and my podcast listeners, DR. Hector Aguilar-Carreno came on Causes or Cures to discuss his and his team’s research on a nasal spray for COVID. His and …
Natural Immunity, kids and COVID is currently a hotly debated topic. Before I jump into who came on my latest podcast to discuss this, I just want to clarify a few things: I put Natural Immunity in the title, because that will make the blog more SEO-friendly. So its use here is strictly an SEO …
Asthma and COVID- what’s the scoop? Is asthma a serious risk factor for COVID? The news coverage on this topic has been somewhat confusing as researchers try to determine the exact association. I had a personal interest in this association, because I have asthma. I was diagnosed with asthma after some mysterious lung virus in …
Immune amnesia: What’s that? On Episode 88 of my health and wellness podcast, Causes or Cures, I chatted with Dr. Guillermo Barrios Morales about his new research that modeled the effects of Measles-induced Immune Amnesia, while another infectious disease outbreak is happening simultaneously. For example, COVID-19. In the podcast he dives into deeper detail on …
COVID vaccines, transmission, death & public health policy: The CDC recently published a study as part of its MMWR to assess how well the COVID-19 vaccines and boosters impacted case numbers, deaths, and incident rate ratios (IRR) during the pre-Delta time period, Delta emergence (June ’21), Delta dominance (July-Nov’21) and during the emergence of Omicron …
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 …
Fluvoxamine for COVID, what? Fluvoxamine is a cheap, generic, oral drug that is classified and used as an antidepressant. That said, recent trials have tested its use as early, at-home treatment for COVID-19 and so far, the results look extremely promising. So promising that an application was recently submitted to the FDA for emergency use …
By: Eeks Black Fungus in COVID patients in Arkansas: In a recent CDC MMWR it was reported that in September of 2021, 3 doctors notified the Arkansas Department of Health of many patients with mucormycosis following a bout of COVID-19. What the heck is mucormycosis ? Also called black fungus in the general public and …
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 …
