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Why getting back to normal may actually feel terrifying
After a year of anxiety, anger, and burnout, many people are struggling with returning to pre-pandemic behaviors. Experts weigh in on ways to work through the trauma.
BySharon Guynup
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Doctors are forecasting what some experts are now calling “the fourth wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say the mental health impacts will be “profound and far-reaching,” likely outlasting the physical health impacts, and straining already-stretched mental health systems in the United States and worldwide.
While infections rage on in India and Brazil, case numbers in the U.S., Europe, and many other places have dropped dramatically and restrictions are lifting. But across the globe, many people are feeling lingering psychological effects from what has been a collective traumatic experience.
Zapping Nerves with Ultrasound Lowers Drug-Resistant Blood Pressure
Brief pulses of ultrasound delivered to nerves near the kidney produced a clinically meaningful drop in blood pressure in people whose hypertension did not respond to a triple cocktail of medications, reports a new study led by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian.
In a clinical trial of the procedure, called renal denervation, daytime blood pressure after two months had dropped 8 points compared to a 3-point drop in patients who were treated with a sham procedure. Nighttime blood pressure decreased by an average of 8.3 points in the treatment group versus 1.8 points in the sham group.
COVID vaccines safe for teens, won t impact puberty or future fertility, experts say
Possible side effects of COVID-19 vaccine for teens
Replay Video UP NEXT Children have been routinely vaccinated by medical professionals for more than 100 years. Now, with Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine authorized in children 12 and up, scientists are once again reassuring the public of the shots safety for younger generations. COVID-19 vaccines introduced a new mRNA platform to immunization, but they work the same way other vaccines work to help the body create protection. On a cellular level, scientists say it s impossible for these vaccines to interfere with a person s own genetic blueprint. That means that like all other childhood immunizations, COVID-19 vaccines won t interfere with puberty, or future fertility.
COVID vaccines safe for teens, won t impact puberty or future fertility, experts say
Possible side effects of COVID-19 vaccine for teens
Replay Video UP NEXT Children have been routinely vaccinated by medical professionals for more than 100 years. Now, with Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine authorized in children 12 and up, scientists are once again reassuring the public of the shots safety for younger generations. COVID-19 vaccines introduced a new mRNA platform to immunization, but they work the same way other vaccines work to help the body create protection. On a cellular level, scientists say it s impossible for these vaccines to interfere with a person s own genetic blueprint. That means that like all other childhood immunizations, COVID-19 vaccines won t interfere with puberty, or future fertility.