Health News Loading the player… A frontline worker in New Orleans has walked for the first time one year after contracting a severe case of COVID-19 early on in the pandemic. Peter Woullard, a behavioral health technician at St. Charles Parish Hospital, tested positive for coronavirus on March 31, 2020. Peter Woullard, a frontline worker… Read More »
This article is here to help bring attention to some facts surrounding cardio vs. strength training and hopefully motivate you to add strength training to your regular workout routine. First, let’s define what is cardio and what is strength training: Cardio is any exercise or movement that focuses on elevating the heart rate by moving… Read More »
Washington, March 29: A new study has found that video gamers can significantly improve their esport skills by training for just 10 minutes a day. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘Computers in Human Behavior’. Researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, and the University of Limerick… Read More »
I hear people saying over and over again in interviews their greatest fear is that when restrictions are eased we’ll get another spike of infections and a further lockdown. So how do we dodge them? We’re pinning our hopes on our exemplary vaccination rollout and it is undoubtedly bringing hospital admissions and deaths down. But… Read More »
There are significant gaps in the provision of STI testing services in PrEP programmes, according to research published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society. Analysis of 91 separate programmes showed that 30% were not routinely testing for STIs either before treatment was started or at regular intervals thereafter. Screening rates were higher in… Read More »
Congrats on getting your COVID-19 vaccine! You qualify as fully vaccinated two weeks after your second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, or two weeks after your single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Maybe you’re wondering what you can safely do… Read More »