“So, being pregnant and delivering in a pandemic … what’s that gonna look like?” That question, sent to me by a colleague who is both a registered nurse and an expectant mother, stopped me in my tracks. As an OB-GYN physician, I naturally focus on the science of health care. Her email reminded me of the uncertainty expectant mothers now […]
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At least 11 people have died from COVID-19 in New Orleans nursing homes in the past week, just after the deaths at a Seattle nursing home weeks ago showed the extreme danger of the virus in nursing home settings. Nursing homes provide care for 1.3 million Americans every day in the U.S. Under normal circumstances, these residents are more vulnerable […]
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A father from Chicago created an indoor obstacle course for his daughter to complete during the coronavirus pandemic. Personal trainer Brian McCabe has been posting workouts online for adults, but he's also encouraging parents to keep their children active. A video posted on Facebook shows McCabe's three-year-old daughter Ayaana crawling under an easel, jumping through a ladder drawn on the […]
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‘I feel I had to self-censor. And that’s not the point of therapy. It’s meant to be a place where you’re open to getting to the root of your problems’. 27-year-old Ahmed has had 13 cognitive behavioural therapy sessions, but he feels he’s had to hide or understate parts of his Muslim identity. He, of course, has no radical tendencies, […]
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Coronavirus infections – Many dispense with protective measures The Federal Institute for risk assessment (BfR) has been recorded in a “Corona-Monitor,” the fears and Anxieties of the population about the new Coronavirus. It was also clear that almost a third of the population is taking, as yet, no protective measures. In the face of the haunting reminders of policy and […]
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The Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said lives were at risk from unauthorised kits after seeing the findings of our investigation on Friday. Last week Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty was among many scientists cautioning that wrong results could mean Britons spreading the virus. He said: “One thing worse than no test is a bad test.” Kits – priced […]
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Coronavirus outbreak in Germany: 397 people have already died, 54.212 are infected with the Coronavirus. Worldwide more than 500,000 cases were registered. Meanwhile, the US experienced with over 115.500 cases, most of the Corona cases worldwide. All the information about the Corona-crisis you will find in the News Ticker of FOCUS Online. In an Interview with the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" […]
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This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 — also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 — isolated from a patient in the US. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name, crown-like. Credit: NIAID-RML Russia is to completely […]
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What is the role of the Vitamin D Receptor in Diabetes plays? A special Receptor seems to be a potential therapeutic target in the prevention and treatment of Diabetes present. This knowledge could protect against the development of Diabetes and the progression of the disease caused damage to the pancreas cells to counteract. In the current investigation of the Universitat […]
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain With families across Europe confined to their homes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, fears are rising of a surge in domestic violence. From Berlin to Paris, Madrid, Rome and Bratislava, associations that help victims of domestic violence have sounded the alarm after Europe overtook China to become the epicentre of the pandemic. “For […]
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