Category: COVID-19
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The Relation Between COVID, Long COVID and Your Gut Microbiome
A vast combination of microorganisms live in our gut, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Collectively, we refer to this as the microbiome. One role in particular the microbes in our gut play is supporting immune function. In this article you will understand the intricate interplays between the microbiome and acute COVID as well as Long…
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Natural Treatments for Long COVID
Long COVID can be a quite debilitating condition that affects the body in many different ways. In this article we will look into some possible mechanisms where long COVID could come from, and what we can do to treat naturally the multiplicity of symptoms it can cause in our body.
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What is Happening with COVID-19? Myths and Facts
The pandemic has affected the life of all of us in very dramatic ways. While dealing with that crisis, we have seen much of conflicting advice, changes in polices, questionable statements, and a counterreaction in the population leading to a widespread distrust and all kinds of conspiracy theories. What are the facts? What are the…
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What You Ought to Know about the COVID-19 Vaccines
On December 2 the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency of the United Kingdom gave temporary authorization for the application of the Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. Between 8 and 15 of December the first dose of the vaccine was applied to 137,897 people in the country.((Covid vaccine: More than 130,000 vaccinated in UK in…
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Effective Treatment of COVID-19
In the beginning of March the Brazilian doctor Luiz Cristiano Maciel Cardoso published a video on Facebook and declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Supposedly he had found out that the cancer drug flutamide would be an effective treatment and declared that he has conquered the pandemic with this miraculous treatment option. On March…
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Can Vitamin D Prevent COVID-19?
In the beginning of last year, I was reading the news that a Chinese hospital in Shanghai was successful in treating COVID-19 patients with high doses of vitamin C. Not much attention was given to the subject, but evidence is increasing recently that vitamin D supplementation could be crucial in the prevention and treatment of…