Health & Wellness Contents Archive

Battling #COVID19 and misinformation in #Ecuador 🇪🇨’s Amazon region is all in a day’s work for Indira Vargas, a 30-year-old Kichwa woman.⁣⁣ ⁣ She has been working as a volunteer at a community radio station “La Voz de la Confeniae” throughout the pandemic, communicating the importance of COVID-19 vaccinations to 11 indigenous communities.⁣⁣ ⁣ "People didn’t want to get vaccinated, they feared they would die in two years, that women would become infertile, that the vaccines were made to kill our elders. There was so much rejection,” recalls Indira.⁣⁣ ⁣ This is when Indira and the rest of the radio station, in coordination with opspaho, got to work on producing radio spots focused on awareness-raising and myth-busting.⁣⁣ ⁣ This technology was a novel way of cutting outbreaks in places where health services are extremely limited – the radios have since helped with other emergencies, including felled trees and lethal snake bites.

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As #SARSCoV2 jumps between animal species, it stockpiles mutations that can change its behavior, transmissibility, or ability to evade vaccines and immune defenses in as-yet-unknown ways, @smjyoti reports. https://t.co/hx7TEnN8lu #MedicalNews

FDA warns companies, including Amazon, for selling mole and #skintag removal products that have not been approved by the agency. https://t.co/gEtW5mbVtF #DermTwitter

Minerals and salts can form tiny rocks in your kidney. You usually feel like you have to go often but don’t make much pee. The stones might come out on their own, or you might need surgery. https://t.co/3hW8B2EiI2 https://t.co/9cvmCTblMu

Chisel out your upper abs (and much more!) with these core moves. https://t.co/Uhe9eff937

President Joe Biden continues to test negative for COVID-19 but has a lingering effect of the virus, namely a cough. https://t.co/sjlINEBm9M

Women are more likely to be experience disorganization, anxiety, and social problems. https://t.co/llwiQPvEgc

We've got a full moon in Aquarius coming on Thursday, August 11, and depending on your sign, there are a few things to know. 🌕 https://t.co/Bae499rW0m

A new study indicates the chemical perfluooctane sulfate (PFOS), which is used in numerous consumer and industrial products, has been linked to the most common type of liver cancer. https://t.co/sYdVihdtvt https://t.co/2EZxUnKfaX

As a way to get into the best shape of his life while on tour, Zac Brown of @zacbrownband built an entire gym in a tractor trailer. Care to take a peek inside? https://t.co/kgQyUrbfdB

Men with #PTSD have an increased risk of developing #Parkinsons disease. https://t.co/eydBd0UVgH #NeuroTwitter