As the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic approached, governments feared there would not be enough ventilators—machines that ‘breathe’ for patients when they cannot do so themselves—to help all those who needed one. Now, researchers from King’s College London and Imperial College London have developed a theoretical model for how one ventilator could be used to treat two patients. They […]
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(HealthDay)—Resilience helps alleviate COVID-19-related worries as well as anxiety and depression, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in Translational Psychiatry. Ran Barzilay, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and colleagues developed and deployed a brief online resilience survey that asked questions about self-reliance, emotion regulation, interpersonal relationship patterns, and neighborhood environment […]
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Men with untreated high blood pressure have poorer penile blood flow than those with normal blood pressure, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2020. The differences disappeared with blood pressure medication. The results provide reassurance to men concerned about the effects of blood pressure-lowering medications. Hypertension (high blood pressure) affects more than one billion people worldwide and is […]
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People may report a reduced feeling of responsibility when they comply with orders in situations of asymmetric power, such as hierarchies. Previous research has shown that complying with orders reduces the sense of agency, that is, the feeling that you are the author of your own actions and thus responsible for the outcomes. Obeying orders also reduces the brain’s processing […]
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Since COVID-19 began its menacing march across Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and then across the world, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has taken a “whatever works” strategy to ensure its replication and spread. But in anew study undergoing peer review, University of Illinois researchers and students show the virus is honing the tactics that may make it more successful and more […]
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Dr. Dipender Gill from St George’s, along with researchers from the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit (part of the University of Cambridge) and University Hospital Wales in Cardiff, have published an editorial piece in the British Medical Journal today titled “Are we underestimating seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2?” In this article, the researchers provide reasons why surveys of how far the novel […]
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An international collaboration between leading respiratory scientists, immunologists and clinicians, led by Centenary UTS Center for Inflammation, has completed the first comprehensive review of all relevant animal and cellular models of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19. The review, published in Mucosal Immunology, aims to provide a head-to-head comparison of existing disease models, including in the background of predisposing chronic diseases, and […]
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Ed Sheeran's family "Photograph" has a new member! Early Tuesday morning, the singer, 29, and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, 28, announced the birth of their baby girl in a sweet message on Instagram — revealing that their new bundle of joy was born the week prior. "Ello! A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I […]
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Vitamin B12 performs a number of pivotal roles in the body and these roles are responsible for both physical and mental processes. Take its role in supporting the nervous system. The nervous system transmits signals between the brain and the rest of the body, including internal organs. As the National Institutes of Health (NIH) puts it: “The nervous system’s activity […]
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Flu season comes around like clockwork every year, and sooner or later everyone gets infected. The annual flu shot is a key part of public health efforts to control the flu, but the vaccine’s effectiveness is notoriously poor, falling somewhere from 40% to 60% in a typical year. A growing body of evidence suggests that a history of exposure to […]
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