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Covid: 82% of positive rapid tests ‘were correct’

Of those, 3,034 – or 18% – came back negative, suggesting the individual concerned and their household had been self-isolating for no reason. Under the current rules, a negative re-test would mean their quarantine period would be considered over immediately. BBC News – Health

Liver Damage Is Off the Charts

Rates of alcoholic liver disease have soared 30% in the last year at the University of Michigan’s health system, a rise doctors blame on higher amounts of alcohol intake during the pandemic.1 Anecdotal reports suggest some patients increased drinking to a bottle of wine or five to six drinks daily from March 2020 to March… Read More »

A Cure for Allergies? Chicagoland Pediatrician May Have The Key

Advertisements Itching and watery eyes, perhaps so swollen that it’s actually scary. Ragged and wheezy breathing. Sneezes so constant the shoulders and back begin to ache. For those with environmental allergies, this is their reality for most of the year, from spring until the first frost. When you’re the parent of a child who suffers… Read More »

These Are the 5 Surprising Secrets to a Happy Home

A happy home is one of the most important things we can have in our lifetimes. It’s a place that we can go to at the end of the day to relax, be comforted, and feel safe. Our homes have kind of crossed a new boundary this year though. They’re now spaces we occupy, pretty… Read More »