Due to mandated vaccinations in his workplace, Mitchell McConachy, age 25, reluctantly took the jab in 2021. Since then, he has been worrying about adverse events. In 2022, McConachy learned about COVID-19 vaccine adverse events from doctors online and realized his bouts of chest pain and throbbing in his head and wrists might have been attributed to the mRNA shots. He became increasingly concerned that these symptoms might precipitate something more dire. McConachy’s experience echoes one of many vaccinated people who are now concerned about potential vaccine risks. Some people didn’t experience any symptoms, but still worry that misfortune will fall…
Author: Dr. Anna Reynolds
A new poll found that 49% of Republican men said they won’t get vaccinated for Covid-19 and Dr. Vin Gupta said that “will determine the trajectory of this pandemic” to the detriment of all Americans. “All forecasts right now say that we’re going to be past the worst of this with normalcy by say end of June, early July. That, however, is contingent on people actually getting the vaccine to the tune of 75% to 80% of eligible adults by that time period,” Gupta, who works in an intensive care unit, said. “If that’s not the case —if there’s skepticism or…
Dana Voigt had just traveled to Italy and hiked up thousands of stairs. She had felt amazing and had no symptoms of illness. But after returning home, a routine mammogram revealed she had invasive lobular carcinoma—a hard-to-detect cancer that starts in milk-producing glands that turned her life into a whirlwind of information, appointments, and decisions. Dana Voigt in Italy. Dana Voigt Worst of all, while she wanted time to understand and absorb each bit of news, Ms. Voigt felt like her cancer team put her in a game of “beat the clock” that left no time to get a second…
When Toby Gilbert was 6 years old, he started complaining of abdominal pain. The pain became so unbearable that he would cry out that he didn’t want to live anymore. “He would just be in the bathroom saying, ‘Something ripped. Something tore. I think this is the end,’” Toby’s father remembers. Heartbroken and desperate for answers, his parents, Tedd and Lorraine Gilbert, took him to the ER and consulted multiple doctors. Despite undergoing a battery of scans and receiving a range of diagnoses—including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), abdominal migraines, and anxiety—none of the treatments offered any relief. After exhausting their…
Routine GP appointments are set to be suspended over three afternoons while GPs doctors attend training sessions. No routine slots will be available between 12:30 and 18:00 BST at three surgeries on Wednesday, at five practices on Thursday and at a further three surgeries on the following Wednesday. But the affected practices will remain open for patients to book future appointments or collect of repeat prescriptions and test results. Manx Care said anyone who needs a doctor urgently should ring their surgery to speak to an on-call GP, or dial 999 in an emergency. Appointments at Peel, Palatine and Hailwood…
Is my doctor using artificial intelligence to diagnose me during our appointment? Is he recording our conversation to create an AI summary of our visit? The use of AI health care is still new enough that many people may not know what to make of it. Most Americans expressed “significant discomfort” about the idea of their doctors using AI to help manage their care, according to a 2023 survey. But AI is not likely to go away. The use of AI applications in medical care is growing, and it is important for patients to understand the uses that could improve care…
Born at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dr. Jocelyn J. Fitzgerald has deep-rooted ties to her community. She attended the Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Honors College, earning dual degrees in Biology/Neurobiology and Women’s Studies/Women’s Health. Dr. Fitzgerald then pursued her medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, graduating from the Physician Scientist Training Program in 2013. She completed her residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Georgetown University/MedStar Health. Currently, Dr. Fitzgerald serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of…
As you add more ultraprocessed foods to your diet, your risk of a premature death from any cause rises, according to a new meta-analysis of research involving more than 240,000 people. “We looked at the risk of a person dying from eating more ultraprocessed foods between the ages of 30 and 69, a time when it would be premature to die,” said study coauthor Carlos Augusto Monteiro, emeritus professor of nutrition and public health in the School of Public Health at Brazil’s University of São Paulo. “We found that for each 10% increase in total calories from ultraprocessed foods, the…
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More than three million children around the world are thought to have died in 2022 as a result of infections that are resistant to antibiotics, according to a study by two leading experts in child health. Children in Africa and South East Asia were found to be most at risk. Antimicrobial resistance – known as AMR – develops when the microbes that cause infections evolve in such a way that antibiotic drugs no longer work. It has been identified as one of the biggest public health threats facing the world’s population. A new study now reveals the toll that AMR…