Steven Li, MD
Steven Li is a medical professional with a passion for lifelong learning and spreading truth to the world. He specializes in the fields of health and science.
Waning Immunity From COVID-19 Vaccines Versus Natural Immunity
How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last, and how often are boosters needed? Does getting an infection or getting a vaccine afford better protection against reinfection and severe disease? Constantly evolving conditions and new...
Trends in the Monkeypox Public Health Emergency
Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO), the highest alert level previously only granted to COVID-19, Polio, the Ebola outbreak of 2014, and the...
The Relationship Between Sleeping Less and Gaining Weight
About half of all Americans report feeling sleepy during the day between three and seven days each week, and 35.2 percent of all adults report sleeping 7 hours or less each night. Over the past...
How Coffee and Gummy Candy Inspired Innovative Carbon Monoxide Delivery in Treatment of Gut Diseases
Normally thought of as a poison, carbon monoxide (CO) is a “colorless, odorless, tasteless gas produced by burning gasoline, wood, propane, charcoal or other fuel.” At high concentrations, CO can build up in the blood,...
How Does Xanthan Gum Alter Our Gut?
Many who live in industrialized countries may not have heard of xanthan gum by name, but have likely consumed it. Found in several processed foods such as soups, ice cream, and fruit juices, in personal...
Blue Spaces Are Associated With Happiness, Research Shows
Stress levels, anxiety, and depression have been on the rise in recent years due to factors such as the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic, travel restrictions, and constant policy changes. Scientists from Malaysia and Australia...
Vitamin D Effective for COVID-19: Meta-Analysis
On Jan. 17, the Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy journal conclusively found that COVID-19 patients supplemented with vitamin D “demonstrate fewer rates of ICU [intensive care unit] admission, mortality events, and RT-PCR positivity.” Contributors to...
Cost-Effective Exercises for the Elderly: A Systematic Review
In the Experimental Gerontology journal on Jan. 25, 2022, 15 studies about exercise programs in older adults were published. Twelve reported cost-effective results. The paper was authored by researchers from multiple universities and departments in...
Global Food Prices Nearing Record High
Due to supply chain delays, the labor shortage, and pandemic-related disruptions, prices of foods such as meats, seafood, and produce shot up by 9 percent in 2021, according to data from IRI, a Chicago-based market...
Major Study Shows Regular Use of Ivermectin Effective in Preventing COVID-19
Scientists from Brazil, the United States, and Canada found that regular use of ivermectin as an agent for prevention “significantly reduced COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality rates.” The new study was published on Jan. 14,...
69 Percent of UK Omicron Cases in Fully Vaccinated
Omicron Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases continue to balloon, affecting fully vaccinated and boosted individuals at a much higher rate than the Delta variant. Based on data through Dec. 20 published by the UK Health...
Heart Inflammation, Death of 26-Year-Old From Pfizer Vaccine, Says New Zealand Ministry of Health
On Dec. 20, the New Zealand Ministry of Health released a statement regarding three reports of people who potentially died from myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, after receiving the Pfizer Comirnaty Coronavirus Disease...