5 Signs Your Symptoms are COVID, Say Doctors
By Leah Groth of ETNT Health |
5 Signs Your Symptoms are COVID, Say Doctors
During the winter months there are a number of illnesses circulating during any given year, most commonly the cold and flu. However, this year, with COVID-19 in the mix, it can be difficult to distinguish one from the other. Additionally, coronavirus infections range dramatically in severity. There is a wide spectrum of disease spanning from asymptotic individuals to hospitalized and critically ill, Darren Mareiniss, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College – Thomas Jefferson University, tells
Eat This, Not That! Health. This means that it is important to pay attention to any and all signs of illness you might be experiencing, and if they seem like they could possibly be COVID-19, you should consider isolating or taking a test. During this surge, the following viral symptoms should be highly suspicious for
A Main Line Neurologist Studies the Intersection of Faith and Science
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Dr. Andrew Newberg may be a pioneer in his field, but he also understands that, when it comes to spirituality and the brain, it’s OK to say, “I don’t know.”
As a child, Dr. Andrew Newberg peppered his father with some serious questions about the concept of reality. “But he was very good at throwing it back at me,” Newberg recalls.
So he would have to find the answers on his own. In the months between his graduation from Haverford College and heading to medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, Newberg often meditated as he walked. Then he’d simply sit and think. Some of what he experienced he can’t explain to this day. It led directly to his studies on the impact of religious and spiritual experiences on the brain. This unconventional field is known as neurotheology, and Newberg is one of its pioneers.
You were exposed to COVID-19. Does everyone in your house have to quarantine?
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
A man wearing a face mask bicycles along Broad Street, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP
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Your kid’s school calls. They’ve been exposed to COVID-19. You know to keep them home for 14 days. But does the whole family need to quarantine? What happens if you were exposed at work, and you live with other people? Should the entire household stay home?
There are countless scenarios where one person might be directly exposed to the coronavirus while everyone else in the household was not. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t explicitly address this topic, which leaves many wondering what to do, including a reader who asked about the topic through our Curious Philly platform. Curious Philly is where readers ask us questions and reporters hunt do
Pandemic is turning us into couch potatoes
‘Any motion is better than just sitting around’ By CNN staff | December 15, 2020 at 2:33 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 5:55 PM
(CNN) – One of the side effects of the pandemic for many is a sedentary lifestyle.
Combine social isolation, working from home and binge-watching TV, it all adds up to Americans sitting for hours longer each day when compared to their pre-pandemic lifestyles.
Because of that, people are reporting new aches and pains, which doctors are directly linking to our inactivity.
“Muscles weaken a lot with just a little bit of inactivity and when muscles are weak … joints don’t work so well,” according to Dr. Angela Smith, a professor of orthopedics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
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