Pediatricians assure parents who like the convenience of giving their children the COVID-19 and Influenza vaccines that combining vaccinations is safe.
Newly developed COVID-19 medications work by preventing the virus from replicating once it is inside the body. Researchers believe this may make them very effective against virus variants.
Researchers continue to thoroughly examine the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus to discover how contagious it is, how severe it is, and how it affects those who have already been vaccinated.
Weight-loss surgery is known to help reduce the risks of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, but recent studies have shown that these procedures can also help battle liver disease.
The COVID vaccine debate may have caused a kind of vaccine exhaustion among parents that makes them less likely to get their kids a flu shot. But the flu is more dangerous in kids than COVID, and a flu shot offers the best protection against the side effects of influenza.
Traumatic injuries from battle wounds or lifesaving but destructive surgery can severely affect a person’s mobility and quality of life. Now new technology is allowing surgeons to literally grow back muscle fibers and help trauma and disease victims get back to walking and running again.
Mobile stroke units have high-tech equipment on board that can accurately assess a stroke patient’s condition and treat the cause of the stroke, limiting the risk of long-term disability.
Celebrating the holidays safely means getting as many people in the family vaccinated as possible and keeping unvaccinated children away from immunocompromised family members.
