Now that there are authorized and recommended vaccines to prevent COVID-19 in the United States, here are 8 things you need to know about the new COVID-19 Vaccination Program and COVID-19 vaccines.
1. The safety of COVID-19 vaccines is a top priority. The U.S. vaccine safety system ensures that all vaccines are as safe as possible. Learn how federal partners are working together to ensure the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.
The Immune System – The Body’s Defense Against Infection - To understand how COVID-19 vaccines work, it helps to first look at how our bodies fight illness. When germs, such as the virus that causes COVID-19, invade our bodies, they attack and multiply. This invasion, called an infection, is what causes illness. Our immune system uses several tools to fight infection. Blood contains red cells, which carry oxygen to tissues and organs, and white or immune cells, which fight infection.
The first home test for COVID-19 that doesn’t require a prescription will soon be on U.S. store shelves. U.S. regulators Tuesday authorized the rapid coronavirus test, which can be done entirely at home. The announcement by the Food and Drug Administration represents another important though an incremental step in efforts to expand testing options. Regulators granted emergency use for a similar home test last month, but that one needs a doctor’s prescription.
The holiday 2020 season may look different but that doesn’t mean you can’t still celebrate, including with your loved ones. This is the year for shopping online — which has already seen a huge increase and continues to be the safest way to buy things for yourself and others. Though the U.S. in particular is experiencing a new COVID-19 surge this holiday season, there are ways to create new and safe holiday traditions for 2020.
A foam roller also called a styrofoam cylinder, may help you reduce pain, tender spots, and stiffness in your neck and upper back. Keep the following tips in mind when you use a foam roller to stretch your muscles or perform a self-massage. Roll Out Your Knots - Slowly roll the foam roller until you find a tender spot or trigger point. Then apply gentle, steady pressure to that spot until the pain subsides, but no longer than 60 seconds.
Accurate Diagnosis and Powerful Pain Relief - Epidural injections are commonly used to diagnose and treat conditions such as a herniated disc or spinal stenosis, which can cause pain in the back, leg, neck, or arm. An epidural injection may include a numbing medicine that helps determine the source of the pain and a corticosteroid medication to reduce inflammation. Physicians at National Spine & Pain Centers, with specialized training in pain management, can accurately diagnose, target, and relieve the source of your pain to help you return to an active lifestyle.
The FDA has authorized Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in people 16 years of age and older, a historic step toward ending the coronavirus pandemic. The first doses could be given as soon as next week. The much-anticipated emergency use authorization– the first such approval in the United States was greeted with optimism by infectious disease and pulmonary experts, although unanswered questions remain regarding use in people with severe allergies, safety in pregnant women, and how smooth distribution will be.
When red-hot sciatica pain sears down your leg, using ice therapy can be uniquely effective in immediately soothing the pain. The key is to know when and how to use ice therapy for the best results:
Use Ice Therapy as Soon as Your Pain Starts - Ice or cold therapy is recommended when your sciatica is acute or flares up. Cold therapy typically works by Increasing your tolerance to pain and slowing down the speed at which your nerves send pain signals to the brain; Acting locally, as opposed to taking oral pain-relieving medications, which have a body-wide (systemic) effect
Acupuncture is a complementary medical technique that has proven to be effective for chronic back, neck, shoulder, and joint pain, as well as osteoarthritis and headaches/migraines. As one of the oldest healing practices in the world, acupuncture dates back thousands of years as a form of traditional Chinese medicine. Practitioners stimulate specific points on the body—most often by inserting hair-thin needles into the skin. We combine modern technology of the West with the ancient wisdom of the East to provide you with acupuncture treatments as a natural way to relieve pain and improve your health.
Chronic pain can be caused by many different factors. Often conditions that accompany normal aging may affect bones and joints in ways that cause chronic pain. Other common causes are nerve damage and injuries that fail to heal properly. Some kinds of chronic pain have numerous causes. Back pain, for example, may be caused by a single factor or any combination of these factors: Years of poor posture, Improper lifting and carrying of heavy objects, Being overweight, which puts excess strain on the back and knees, A congenital condition such as curvature of the spine, Traumatic injury, Wearing high heels, Sleeping on a poor mattress, No obvious physical cause, Ordinary aging of the spine (degenerative changes)
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