CR shows you how to use them and tells you which products to stay away from By Perry Santanachote When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission News of stores running out of hand-sanitizing gels and...
by Mark Price The Food and Drug Administration just pointed out something about bottles of hand sanitizer people are hoarding during the coronavirus pandemic: They have an expiration date. It’s likely few notice the fine print while grabbing handfuls off shelves in recent weeks. It’s hard enough just to find a bottle lately. Should we...
Processed carbohydrates have become a staple of the American diet, and the consequences are wreaking havoc on our bodies. I stood in the supermarket a couple of years ago examining the Nutrition Facts label on a box of breakfast cereal and realized that it did not tell me all I needed to know about what...
Most cases of COVID-19 are mild, but mild does not mean symptom-free. Most people with COVID-19 develop a fever, and even some of those with mild symptoms develop pneumonia. The symptoms vary depending on the severity of illness. People with any symptoms of COVID-19 or any other illness should stay home until they are symptom-free....
Many people find it difficult to get clear skin. The methods for getting clear skin will vary, depending on the person’s skin type. In general, people struggling with acne or blemishes have skin that is dry, oily, or a combination of the two. Numerous skin care tips exist for different skin types, and there are...
Dr. Alison Webb took her 81-year-old father out of assisted living, to live. Coleen Hubbard took her 85-year-old mother out of independent living, to die. With the coronavirus moving through facilities that house older adults, families across the country are wondering “Should I bring Mom or Dad home?” It’s a reasonable question. Most retirement complexes...
In this Tuesday, March 31, 2020 file photo, neighbors line up for free food staples outside Santa Ana primary school in Asuncion, Paraguay, part of an already existing food program through the Education Ministry, as people stay home from work amid the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. According to research released on Wednesday, April 1,...
Smoking is obviously a bad habit. It reduces your life expectancy, ruins your teeth, causes bad breath and actually makes you weaker. Not to talk about the greater cancer risks and a potential of facing problems in bed. But can smoking be bad for you in terms of increasing the risk of catching SARS-CoV-2? This...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ozanimod, an immune-modulating therapy invented at Scripps Research, for the treatment of adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. The drug is also in advanced clinical development for adults and children with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. In patient studies supporting ozanimod’s New Drug Application, those...
AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY In a new study, researchers found that half of the patients they treated for mild COVID-19 infection still had coronavirus for up to eight days after symptoms disappeared. The research letter was published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Time Kinetics of Viral...
