08 January 2023

Welcome to 2023!

Wishing you and your loved ones a healthy & successful new year!

Leading US research by Stanford School of Medicine has found SARS-CoV-2 traces in a number of locations across the body for patients who died from or with Covid-19.

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The UK government has announced a trial of mRNA therapeutics for cancer & other accute conditions will commence in September 2023.

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A decades-old theory which proposes a link between microbial infection and Alzheimer’s disease is again front and center. Multiple clinical trials are testing the effectiveness of antiviral and antibacterial drugs to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients.

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Wastewater sampling by Malaysia’s Ministry of Health detected SARS-COV-2 in 96% of flights with research conducted across more than 300 international and domestic originating aircrafts.

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Did you know that the same virus that causes chickenpox also causes shingles? It's called the varicella zoster virus. Chickenpox is usually a milder illness that affects children, whereas shingles results from a reactivation of the virus later on in life.

Watch 'Chickenpox and Singles - Same Virus!'

The shingles vaccine is effective at reducing the chance of painful body & face rashes (known as shingles) and long term nerve pain called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). If you have had the chickenpox in the past then the varicella zoster virus remains in your nerve cells and could reactivate causing shingles.

Watch 'How the Shingles Vaccine Works'

For the next Carbon Health Healthcare Q&A we are joined again by Dr. Aaron Weinberg to answer your questions about aortic aneurysms.

Watch 'Aortic Aneurysm Q&A - with Dr. Weinberg'

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