Severe Asthma and Lung Cancer: What’s the Link?

May 22, 2023 – Did you know that cutting-edge research is highlighting the link between heavily symptomatic asthma and lung cancer?  About 25 million Americans have asthma,  a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that makes the inner lining of your lungs swell. Between 5% and 10% of Americans with the disease have severe asthma. Severe asthma is categorized by needing … Read more

Swallowed Razors, Magnets, and More: New Advice for Doctors

May 17, 2023 – Two new studies suggest that even when a person swallows something as potentially harmful as a razor blade or a magnet, a doctor’s best course of action may be to let nature takes it course. Some adults who show up to the emergency department after swallowing a razor blade, a battery, … Read more

New Moms Breastfed Longer During Pandemic

By Cara Murez  HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, when shelter-in-place orders were ongoing, new moms tended to breastfeed their babies about two weeks longer than usual, new research shows. “Stay-at-home policies enabled parents to continue breastfeeding at home instead of returning to the workplace,” said study … Read more

Geographic Atrophy: An Expert’s Perspective

By Sharon Solomon, MD, as told to Keri Wiginton  Geographic atrophy (GA) is an advanced dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Up to 20% of folks with AMD may get it. While we see GA across all populations and races, it’s more common in older folks who have a family history of AMD and … Read more

Manufactured Crisis — HPV, Hype and Horror

Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published December 8, 2018. The HPV vaccine Gardasil was granted European license in February 2006,1 followed by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval that same year in June.2 Gardasil was controversial in the U.S. from the beginning, with vaccine safety activists questioning the quality … Read more