Disease

The goal is noble.

Join ACSH directors of bio-sciences and chemistry Cameron English and Dr. Josh Bloom as they break down these stories on episode 15 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

The current regulatory mantra is:

In the mood for some yuks? Good. We can thank Steve Whelan, a member of the ACSH board of trustees, and the widower of our founder, the late Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.

President Biden’s bout with COVID-19 is illustrative of the debate currently raging about “Paxlovid rebound” — the recurrence of symptoms and of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 after a seemingly successful five-day treatment course of Paxlovid.

   

Sometimes it feels as if it’s March 2020 again.

All sensation goes through four stages or processes; let’s go through them in turn. Transduction

        The Omicron variant appeared in December 2021, and the 2nd booster vaccination program began in April 2022, but outcome trends were essentially unaffected. [1]

Chronic pain is a growing problem for many Americans, especially musculoskeletal pain. “Plant-derived” non-opioid alternatives [1] have been proposed to lessen the adverse impacts of long-term opioid use.