Early symptoms of viral infections and allergies can be similar, though allergies can cause itchy eyes, which is less common in viral infections. Also, fevers tend to signify infections. Credit:…
Tag: Syndromes
What happens in our body when we encounter and fight off a virus like the flu, SARS-CoV-2 or RSV?
Credit: Shutterstock Respiratory viruses like influenza virus (flu), SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can make us sick by infecting our respiratory system, including the nose, upper…
Are you at risk for hepatitis?
Electron micrograph of the Hepatitis A virus (HAV). Credit: CDC/Betty Partin Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. The five main strains of the hepatitis virus are referred to as types…
Hypnosis shows promise to ease pain of spine injuries
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hypnosis is effective in helping people with recent spinal cord injuries learn coping strategies to fight chronic pain, a new study shows. Almost 90% of study…
How a combination of COVID lawsuits and media coverage keeps misinformation churning
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another day. Over the course of the pandemic, lawsuits came from every direction,…
Consumer Health: What is glioblastoma?
Glioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 More than 14,490 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, and 10,000…
Florida county reports its 7th case of locally contracted malaria
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A southwest Florida county has document a seventh case of malaria, state authorities said. The Florida Department of Health reported a new locally acquired case of…
Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests, finds review study
(A) Illustration of the three cup sniffing experiment with the first author’s Great Pyrenees (photo credit: Todd Dickey). (B) One of the second author’s COVID-19 scent dogs sniffing a test…
Atypical infections in chronic sinusitis: Thinking outside the box
CT-scan in a sagittal section showing a mucosal swelling and obstruction of the maxillary sinus due to anaspergilloma (Contrast medium enhancement). Credit:Oncoscience (2023). DOI: 10.18632/oncoscience.576 A new research perspective was…
How infection rates changed on the day a lockdown or similar measure was introduced
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using an approach based on computer vision technology, researchers can work back from COVID-19 mortality data to see how infection rates changed on the day a…
