Coronavirus has led to the public distancing themselves from others and self-isolating – extreme measures to try to hinder the contagious infection. But what happens if you catch it? How can you make a speedy recovery? A senior GP Dr Clare Gerada revealed three things that helped her to recover from the deadly virus. Speaking to MailOnline, she spoke about […]
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A new study published last month in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases has found that one in six persons with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experience a substance use disorder in their lifetime. “The rates of IBD in Canada are among the highest in the world,” says lead author Heather Carney, a third-year pharmacy student, who was supervised by Dr. Kaarina Kowalec, assistant […]
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You haven’t been feeling great, and your symptoms align closely with those that indicate that you might be infected with COVID-19: a fever, dry cough, and shortness of breath. It may be time to see your family doctor, and get him or her to sign off on the test that will determine if you’ve actually got the virus. What should […]
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Randy Cron, M.D., Ph.D., is an expert in a dangerous immune reaction to some infections, called cytokine storm syndrome. “Cytokines are inflammatory immunologic proteins that are there to fight off infections and ward off cancers,” said Cron, a University of Alabama at Birmingham professor of pediatrics and medicine. “But when they are out of control, they can make you very […]
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As information about the coronavirus pandemic rapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from CDC, WHO, and local public health departments and visit our coronavirus hub. Health experts are […]
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The mayor of New York City is considering issuing a “shelter in place order” amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic. This follows similar actions take in San Francisco and other Northern California counties. It will require people to stay home for all but “essential” business, travel, or activities. On Tuesday, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said in a news […]
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COVID-19 is an emerging risk for which the consequences are still unknown. That the virus could have potentially catastrophic health and economic consequences means that we must adopt a precautionary approach. Thus far, public health officials have focused on learning about the virus and containing it as best as they can. As we learned in our study of the 2009 […]
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As the nation adjusts to the threat of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, it’s only natural to worry whether a cough or aches and pains could be signs you have become infected by the virus. Dr. William Petri, a professor of medicine and immunologist at the University of Virginia Medical Center, explains when you need to call your […]
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(HealthDay)—Cities that have experienced significant outbreaks of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) have similar winter climates, according to a study published online March 9 on the open-data site SSRN. Mohammad M. Sajadi, M.D., from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues examined seasonal variation in COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2. The researchers note that community transmission of COVID-19 occurred […]
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A major challenge in neuroscience lies in understanding how molecular and circuit differences in the brain synergistically contribute to sex differences in behavioral phenotypes. Sex differences in the brain may arise from the identity, distribution and relative abundance of cell types. The cannabinoid 1 receptor (CB1R), the main receptor for cannabinoids and endocannabinoids (eCB), is the most abundantly expressed G […]
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