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Unique Namibian trial finds smart interventions reduce malaria transmission by 75%

04/27/2020 Health News

A trial by scientists at the Wits Research Institute for Malaria (WRIM), in collaboration with Namibian, UK, and US researchers demonstrates how mass drug administration and vector control can help eliminate malaria. A vector refers to an organism that transmits infection, as mosquitos infected with parasites transmit malaria to people. The researchers published their findings in the prestigious journal The […]

Saliva samples preferable to deep nasal swabs for testing COVID-19

04/27/2020 Health News

As testing for the novel coronavirus continues to scale up, a new study finds that saliva samples are a “preferable” indicator for infection than the deep nasal swabs now widely used. The study led by the Yale School of Public Health—and conducted at Yale New Haven Hospital with 44 inpatients and 98 health care workers—found that saliva samples taken from […]

New guidance to support psychological needs of nursing staff during COVID-19 pandemic

04/27/2020 Health News

,Researchers from the University of Southampton and University of Surrey have developed new guidance to support the psychological and mental health needs of nursing staff at the frontline of the fight against COVID-19. Published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing, researchers identify the stressors and challenges nurses face during the COVID-19 pandemic and have developed guidance offering strategies for nursing […]

New understanding of asthma medicines could improve future treatment

04/27/2020 Health News

New research has revealed new insights into common asthma aerosol treatments to aid the drug’s future improvements which could benefit hundreds of millions of global sufferers. Lung diseases such as asthma are a major global health burden, with an estimated 330 million asthma sufferers worldwide. The most effective treatments are through direct inhalation of medicine to the lungs. However, generating […]

Study finds no overall survival benefit, but improved quality of life with talazoparib in BRCA-mutated breast cancer

04/27/2020 Health News

New data from the Phase III EMBRACA trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found the PARP inhibitor talazoparib did not demonstrate a statistically significant overall survival (OS) benefit for patients with metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer and mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes. Most patients included in the study went on to receive subsequent systemic […]

How to get rid of visceral fat: Woman reveals exercise regime that banished her belly fat

04/27/2020 Health News

Visceral fat is invisible to the naked eye. No matter if you have a slim build, or a bigger frame, the fat can damage a person’s health. Fortunately, regardless of your size, visceral fat is extremely receptive to exercise. With each pound that is shredded off somebody’s weight, the level of visceral fat reduces. One woman, Aly, 25, from New […]

Big fall in COVID-19 deaths in France

04/26/2020 Health News

Credit: CC0 Public Domain France reported a big fall in its coronavirus toll on Sunday, with 242 deaths in 24 hours, a drop of more than a third on the previous day. The epidemic has now claimed 22,856 lives in the country since the beginning of March, health officials said. The number of deaths in hospitals—152—was the lowest daily toll […]

Canada’s reopening won’t depend on immunity: Trudeau

04/26/2020 Health News

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that Canada’s approach to reopening its economy from the coronavirus shutdown would be “cautious” and not depend on the development of widespread immunity in the population. “I don’t think there are any of the plans that hinge on certain people or individuals being immune or having immunity to COVID-19,” he said at a daily […]

Hair loss treatment: The ‘most effective’ remedy to boost hair growth – how to make it

04/25/2020 Health News

Hair loss is inevitable – every day strands fall out. But there is a way to boost hair growth. What is it, and how can it be done? On average, people lose between 60 to 100 hairs a day, according to trichologist Anabel Kingsley. Kingsley specialises in the medical practice concerned with the hair and scalp. The hair has distinct […]

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