Spain’s daily virus toll falls again with 523 dead
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Continue reading » Coronavirus health latest: Obese people most likely to be hospitalised with COVID 19
Two New York University studies looked at 8,000 patients, and found being over 65 or having a BMI above 30 were the biggest risk factors for COVID-19 admissions. In one paper, researchers found almost half (46 per cent) of all patients hospitalised with coronavirus were aged 65 or over. The scientists concluded that “advanced age was by far the most […]
Continue reading »New study suggests COVID-19 hopped from dogs to humans. Here’s why you should be skeptical.
The novel coronavirus likely originated in bats, but the pathogen may have then hopped into dogs before infecting humans, a new study suggests. But not everyone agrees with that hypothesis. One expert told Live Science that “there are a lot of weaknesses” in the study and that the data don’t support the study’s conclusions. —Coronavirus in the US: Map & […]
Continue reading »Ultraviolet LEDs prove effective in eliminating coronavirus from surfaces and, potentially air and water
As COVID-19 continues to ravage global populations, the world is singularly focused on finding ways to battle the novel coronavirus. That includes the UC Santa Barbara’s Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC) and member companies. Researchers there are developing ultraviolet LEDs that have the ability to decontaminate surfaces—and potentially air and water—that have come in contact with the […]
Continue reading »Electrospun manuka honey nanofibrous wound dressings
As instances of antibiotic resistance increase in the medical field, scientists are reexamining natural materials for their potential use in medicine. Honey has been used for thousands of years—from the time of Pharaohs—for their effectiveness in treating wounds and burns. Manuka is honey made by bees out of the pollen of Leptospermum scoparium, a type of tea tree native to […]
Continue reading »Type 2 diabetes: The two sexual symptoms warning of the dangerous condition
Type 2 diabetes affects the insulin found in the body and this creates a dire effect on one’s health as everybody needs insulin to live and be healthy. Insulin allows the glucose in the blood to enter the cells and fuel the body. When a person has issues with this, as in the case of type 2 diabetics, the pancreas responds to this complication by releasing […]
Continue reading »Common disease prevention and cancer screening would benefit from genomic risk assessment
Many of the most common causes of death are due to diseases whose onset could be significantly slowed down or whose prognosis could be improved by identifying with increasing accuracy individuals at high risk. In the current system, a considerable number of high-risk individuals cannot be identified in time, as currently available tools measure genetic risk inadequately or not at […]
Continue reading »Coronavirus deaths in Sweden pass 1,000
Sweden on Tuesday reported that more than 1,000 people had died from the novel coronavirus, as a group of experts attacked the authorities’ approach to the crisis. Sweden’s Public Health Agency said it had recorded a total of 11,445 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,033 deaths. And it warned that because not all deaths had yet been reported over the […]
Continue reading »Immunotherapy drug for advanced lung cancer shows promise
Lung cancer spreads to the brain in about one-quarter of patients with an advanced form of the disease. To date, radiation has been the only treatment option, but it comes with toxic side effects. Researchers at Yale Cancer Center (YCC) have found that use of the checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab in place of radiation can extend life with very few side […]
Continue reading »How to end virus lockdowns? Technology, tests, coordination
Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking swiftness pinned their hopes Tuesday on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight social-distancing restrictions that have slowed the pandemic but strangled the global economy. While the European Union looked into creating a COVID-19 smartphone app that could function across the bloc, governors on both U.S. coasts […]
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