The Medical Advisor

A  study  (published in August 2022) demonstrated that people who used a normal saline nasal irrigation were 19 times less likely to require hospitalization for treatment of COVID-19 than the national rate of hospitalizations. You may be familiar with nasal irrigation when it's referred to as using a Neti Pot. According to a 2009 article in the American Family Physician, 2  nasal irrigation has been an adjunctive therapy for upper respiratory conditions and is currently prescribed after nasal and sinus surgeries. 3  Nasal irrigation with a neti pot instills normal saline into your nasal passages with a small device that resembles a teapot. After inserting the end of the pot in one side of your nose, the solution moves around the sinuses and out the other nostril. For example, by flushing out pollen in the nose and sinus cavities, it helps to manage the symptoms of mild to moderate allergic rhinitis. ...

Data from a study 1   published in April 2022 in JACC: Heart Failure reveals that people with Type 2 diabetes who used omega-3 supplements had a lower incidence of hospitalization with heart failure. Heart failure is a form of heart disease in which the heart experiences ventricular dysfunction. The heart is separated into four chambers. The bottom two chambers called the ventricles, pump blood to the lungs or the body. 2  When there is left ventricular failure, a person experiences fatigue and shortness of breath. With right ventricular failure a person may experience abdominal and peripheral fluid buildup. Heart failure can affect one or both sides of the heart. Experts believe there are more than 15 million new diagnoses of heart failure globally each year. 3  In the U.S., more than 600,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Additionally, it's estimated that 10 times that number of Americans currently have heart failure. Despite advances in drug therapy, the prognosis ...