Photo: Iryna Imago (Shutterstock) Although telemedicine has been around for years, it has gone from be a lesser-known healthcare option a lifeline for many people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you wanted to do a virtual checkup with your doctor to ask about possible symptoms of COVID, or if your …
Read More »Doc wears 6 masks to demonstrate that the oxygen level will be fine
Wearing a mask is not dangerous and will not affect your breathing. A doctor tested this, recording himself and monitoring his blood oxygen level, while putting on six masks. As mask tips and mandates have become commonplace to stop the spread of the coronavirus, a medical myth has spread that …
Read More »Doctor who survived COVID-19 baffled by public contempt :: WRAL.com
By JAY REEVES, Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Dr. Michael Saag spends much of his time treating patients who are fighting for their lives and working with colleagues who are overwhelmed and exhausted by the relentless battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. But he enters a different world when he walks …
Read More »Doctors caution that antibody tests should not be used to determine when to return to work
National laboratory companies are offering antibody tests as part of their return-to-work offers, but doctors caution that these tests should not yet be used to determine whether it is safe to return to the office. “There is no perfect antibody test at this time to determine an individual’s immunity to …
Read More »Coronavirus pandemic: emerging post-Covid-19 diseases in children – health
In recent weeks, a multisystemic hyperinflammatory condition has emerged in children in association with previous exposure or infection to SARS-CoV-2. A new case series published in the journal Radiology examines the spectrum of imaging findings in children with the post-COVID-19 inflammatory condition known in the US as Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome …
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