Within a year of a COVID-19 coronavirus infection, patients have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including deadly strokes and heart attacks, report scientists at Washington University in St. Louis in the journal Nature Medicine. Even those who have had mild to moderate COVID-19 have an increased risk of developing circulatory problems, the scientists said.…
Skin symptoms have become more common in people infected with the omicron strain of coronavirus, said British epidemiologists led by Professor Tim Spector, who are studying the diverse signs of coronavirus infection as part of the ZOE Covid Study project. According to experts, the symptoms of the omicron strain are often similar to those of…
Which foods are good and which are bad for COVID-19? The scientific director of the Federal Research Center for Nutrition and Biotechnology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Viktor Tutelyan shared his opinion on this. In an interview with “Izvestia”, the specialist noted that when infected with a coronavirus, the body needs vitamins to…
At what time of day is it correct to be vaccinated against coronavirus? Vera Sukhova, a general practitioner and gastroenterologist shared her opinion on this question. According to Prime news agency, the vaccination, according to the specialist, is better in the morning, because human immunity reacts to the vaccination as to the virus and begins…
An additional booster dose of any of the three FDA-cleared emergency use-approved anti-coronavirus drugs is safe and induces the desired immune response. This was confirmed by scientists at the US National Institutes of Health, who published preliminary results of their research in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study involved 458 people who were…
The Omicron strain of the coronavirus is spreading much faster than previous strains, and this is due to the survivability of the new strain of the virus. Researchers from Kyoto Medical University (Japan) have found that omicron can live on plastic objects and human skin much longer than previous strains of the virus. According to…
According to a study by Hong Kong experts published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, the Pfizer vaccine triples the risk of developing carditis, a dangerous inflammation of the heart. According to the study, in the selected group of patients vaccinated with the American mRNA vaccine Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2), there were significantly more people with…
Stress causes the body to produce cortisol, the so-called stress hormone, an excess of which is bad for both health and mood, endocrinologist Alyona Barredo (Russia) warns. According to her, against a background of constant stress increases the risk of gaining weight, problems with the reproductive system, blood vessels and gastrointestinal tract. Cortisol, according to…
Divorce has a worse effect on men’s health, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ. The study authors wanted to understand how divorce or single lifestyle affects the level of inflammatory markers. They analyzed blood samples from 4,835 Copenhagen Biobank participants, men and women 48-62 years old, as well as data on…
The omicron strain may be more infectious, but less dangerous than the delta strain. This conclusion was reached by scientists from the University of Liverpool, whose research preprint was published on the BioRxiv platform. To find out how dangerous the new strain is and how severe the disease is when infected with it, biologists at…
