Damar Hamlin had a heart attack that could have killed him on the field.

Heart Attack Signs Are Different for Men and Women: Study

The World Health Organisation recently said that heart attacks and strokes are responsible for 85% of deaths. This shows how important it is to know the signs of a heart attack so that you can get medical help right away and possibly save lives. But it’s important to know that heart disease shows up differently in men and women and has different risk factors for each.
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Did vaccination lower the number of early babies caused by COVID?

Did vaccination lower the number of early babies caused by COVID?

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by two sociologists found that mothers in California who had COVID19 had a higher chance of giving birth before they were due. This was in the early stages of the pandemic. The risk went from 7.1% for mothers who were not infected with COVID19 to 8.3% for mothers who were. This is a difference of only 1.2%, but the authors say it is “roughly equivalent to in utero exposure to high-intensity wildfire smoke for 20 days.”
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