DR ELLIE CANNON: Could pills for Lyme disease actually be making it worse? I’ve just finished a second round of antibiotics to treat Lyme disease, but I am still experiencing symptoms such as burning skin, muscle pain and shivers. Are the antibiotics making things worse – or is Lyme disease not the problem after all? […]
Pool/Getty Images By Cassidy Anthony/Aug. 25, 2021 11:32 am EDT Dr. Anthony Fauci didn’t become the prolific medical professional that he is today overnight. It took years of training and studying — as well as some hand-to-hand combat with a few life-threatening public health crises — that helped him become the government’s top infectious diseases expert. In […]
Dr. Makary blasts CDC as most political in history Fox News contributor says CDC is making recommendations based on ‘discretion’ not ‘science’ Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Marty Makary called out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Biden appointee Rochelle Walensky as “the most political CDC in history,” after recent guidance has led critics […]
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Now for the good news about booze! Moderate drinkers are at less risk of heart attacks than teetotallers (if you are having red wine, that is) Frank Sinatra, famous for his heavy drinking, once said: ‘Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but The Bible says: ‘Love your enemy.’ And that neatly encapsulates […]
My face pain even makes shaving agony… could acupuncture fix it? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions For two years, I’ve suffered with trigeminal neuralgia, a most annoying and painful condition that makes it a struggle even to brush my teeth, shave and eat. It began after a tooth extraction. My GP prescribed the nerve […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a higher-dose naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray (Kloxxado) for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose, as manifested by respiratory and/or central nervous system depression. Kloxxado delivers 8 mg of naloxone into the nasal cavity, which is twice as much as the 4 mg of […]
The country isn’t back to normal yet, but we’re slowly getting there. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently relaxed guidelines for people who are fully vaccinated, saying it’s okay for them to do certain activities maskless, provided they are around other fully vaccinated people. Wearing a face mask in public is still […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo, where the deadly Ebola virus first emerged in 1976, has begun a countdown to the official end of its latest outbreak, this time in the east of the country, health authorities said Tuesday. The last patient to be treated for Ebola tested negative for a second time on Sunday, triggering […]
It’s no secret that Dr. Anthony Fauci and the former president are not exactly best friends. Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January, Fauci has not held back about what it was like to work for the Donald Trump administration as part of his White House Coronavirus Task Force. Fauci told The New York […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s lives, and Dr. Anthony Fauci is no exception to that. The infectious disease expert was thrust into the international spotlight first as a member of Donald Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force and now as President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor. While many people have turned to Fauci for […]
