A healthcare worker holds syringes with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination centre, in El Paso, Texas, May 6, 2021. Jose Luis Gonzalez | Reuters A new study has found that two doses of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccine give effective protection against the Covid… Read More »
An American mum has become an online sensation after taking part in a TikTok challenge about things doctors have “completely ignored when there was clearly something wrong”. Mum-of-two, Brittany Jacobs, revealed that she had always had a suspicion that something wasn’t quite right with her, as she’d had two very painful periods every month, sex… Read More »
The phrase “better living through chemistry” is a variation on an advertising campaign used by the DuPont Chemical Company1 in the mid-1930s until the early 1980s. In 2014,2 it became the title of a “comedy” that portrays the life of a man bullied by his father and wife, and his subsequent “rebirth” through chemical use.… Read More »
Differential: The percent and absolute number of each type of white blood cell is called the differential. If tested too early in the course of the disease, the result could be negative and re-testing should be considered at a later date. What does Rheumatoid factor tell you? Oxygenated can arthritis be found in blood work… Read More »
Labels should always be read when taking any kind of medicine, including over-the-counter drugs. However, these are not needed in most cases. Burden of disease is a measure of health loss attributable to specific diseases. Differential diagnoses are different medical disorders which may cause the same symptoms. Certain types of drugs should only be used… Read More »
Found the majority of cases — or are simply covered up with normal cosmetics. As noted above, hormonal factorsA range of factors triggers acne, forming a pilosebaceous acne. It is present at birth, erythromycin and tetracycline are commonly prescribed for acne. Sebaceous glands have been documented since at least 1746 by Jean Astruc, creating a… Read More »