Rectal pill may give days-long protection against HIVCould a quick-dissolving pill placed in the rectum prove to be an effective and safe “on-demand” way to prevent HIV infection among sexually active men and women?Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio The experimental form of PrEP is designed to be placed directly into either the rectum or the vagina.
To understand this, the researchers studied 254 people who had a mild COVID-19 infection. On average, the patients were 41 years old and had COVID-19 three months earlier.Health and Fitness Even Mild COVID Might Change Your Brain Could your smartwatch interfere with your pacemaker? If you’re one of the millions of people with a pacemaker or an implantable defibrillator to help control abnormal heart rhythms, certain health-tracking devices may do more harm than good.
Zhirong Yang, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shenzhen, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study involving U.K. Biobank participants aged 40 to 69 years with no history of dementia. The association between regular use of laxatives, defined as self-reported use in most days of the week for the last four weeks, and incidence of dementia was examined.
The only plant-based beverage that contains a similar enough nutrient content that it can be included in the dairy group in the federal government’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans is fortified soy milk. “Fortunately, there are things that people can do on their own, either in place of a professional mental health professional or while waiting in line to see someone either virtually or in person,” said James Maddux, professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology and senior scholar in the Center of the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
Those who have symptoms of a respiratory tract infection can collect a sample from their noses using a nasal swab and then swirling that in a vial of test solution.
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