Kota Kinabalu: High blood sugar, or glucose, levels that lead to glucotoxicity can cause a massive oxidation effect. It can happen in the arteries, brain or nerves. Sugar causes the blood vessels to get stiff and develop oxidation, resulting in plaques, clots and potentially a stroke.  It also affects the eye pressure, causing glaucoma, and the lens, causing cataracts.

WASHINGTON: Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.

WASHINGTON: Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine in children but the shots may not be available until November.

Is the delta variant of the coronavirus worse for kids?.

WASHINGTON: New U.S. studies released Friday show the COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death even as the extra-contagious delta variant swept the country.

WASHINGTON: What changed with the full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin).

Can I get ‘long COVID’ if I’m infected after vaccination?.

Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.

NEW YORK: How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last?.

KINARUT: Taiji can help strengthen the heart and lungs if one has the patience and persistence of doing the exercise in the long run.