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Five ways to keep vaccine cold storage equipment safe from hackers

Electronics in the “cold chain” that health systems use to keep items like COVID-19 vaccines ultra-cold during storage and transport are surprisingly vulnerable to hacking, but there are ways that health systems can protect themselves. A University of Michigan study commissioned by a major health system found that an attacker located near equipment like freezers […]

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Tips to Cope With Lockdown as Cold Weather Arrives

THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 — Isolation may pose mental health challenges for people as they spend more time indoors in the winter during the coronavirus pandemic, an expert warns. Maintaining safe forms of social contact is crucial, especially for people who live alone, according to Frank Ghinassi, president and CEO of Rutgers University Behavioral Health […]

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Cold water may be an effective defense against dementia

Fox News Flash top headlines for October 20 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. After years of anecdotal evidence, scientists have finally nailed down one link between brain health and the “polar bear plunge.” In a study of the blood profiles of regular winter-time swimmers in London, Cambridge […]

Health Problems

Home remedies: high blood pressure and cold remedies

Over-the-counter cold remedies aren’t off-limits if you have high blood pressure, but it’s important to make careful choices. Among over-the-counter cold remedies, decongestants cause the most concern for people who have high blood pressure. Decongestants relieve nasal stuffiness by narrowing blood vessels and reducing swelling in the nose. This narrowing can affect other blood vessels […]

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Home remedies: Why chicken soup when a cold helps?

Chicken soup is the ideal home remedies for colds? For colds, many people resort to home remedies, in order to achieve a relief of symptoms. However, some of the popular home remedies worsen cold. Warm chicken soup is, however, suitable can actually be good for the relief of Cold symptoms. Why, says the professional Association […]

Personal Health

Catheter ablation: atrial fibrillation with heat and cold treat

The heart of the clock, device, medications can help to obtain rate and rhythm. In addition, a non-drug Alternative is gaining in importance, the so-called catheter ablation, is reported by Priv.-Doz. Dr. René Andrié from the heart center, Helios Klinikum Siegburg, Germany, on a training event for pharmacists in Schladming, Austria. More or less happens […]

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Can Emergen-C Actually Prevent a Cold?

If you find yourself reaching for a packet of Emergen-C every time you feel a tickle in your throat, you’re certainly not alone. The fizzy orange power—a mix of vitamins C and B, along with other nutrients—has become a mainstay of medicine cabinets, winter-weather survival kits, travel packing lists, and even wedding weekend goodie bags. […]