Any sign of illness and you might have a shock-horror moment of thinking: ‘…Is it Covid?’ One negative lateral flow later and you’re relieved, but still feel rotten and order a PCR test. But then that comes back negative, too. It’s the ‘super cold’, or so it’s been dubbed. In arming ourselves with hand gel, isolation and masks, other illnesses […]
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An epidemic of meningitis has been declared in northeastern DR Congo, where 129 people have died, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. A total of 261 suspected cases have been recorded so far, amounting to a “high case fatality ratio of 50 percent,” the WHO’s Africa branch said in a statement. “Confirmatory tests carried out by the Institut […]
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Living unmedicated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, Eugenia Hunter has a hard time recalling how long she’s been staying in the tent she calls home at the bustling intersection of San Pablo Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland’s hip Uptown neighborhood. Craft coffee shops and weed dispensaries are plentiful here and one-bedroom apartments push […]
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Some of the different risk factors that have been associated with an increased risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or mortality include comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, where to buy cheap haldol australia without prescription and chronic respiratory diseases. To date, few studies have looked at other risk or protective factors associated with symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19. […]
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A rare set of immune diseases called clonal mast cell activation disorders (cMCADs) may be associated with strong immunity to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the pathogen responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). An intriguing new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv* reports a year-long study in patients with cMCADs from all over […]
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Giving transdermal nitroglycerin to stroke patients in the ambulance within 3 hours of symptom onset was not shown to be of any benefit in the MR ASAP trial. The trial involved both patients with ischemic stroke and those with hemorrhagic stroke. In contrast to a previous randomized trial, RIGHT-2, there was no sign of harm with nitroglycerin at 90 days among […]
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If you’re deeply missing your gym time amid the pandemic and would give anything for a bit of professional guidance in your at-home workouts (beyond some very helpful videos), you may be itching for some pointers from a personal trainer. Okay, maybe you didn’t think of it as something you wanted when they were asking you to “drop and give […]
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Stem cell transplants do not lead to changes in the DNA of the donor cells. That's according to a new study, which provides important evidence for the safety of this procedure. The researchers also found clues that an anti-virus drug could cause DNA changes. In exceptional cases, the drug could even contribute to the development of cancer. More research is […]
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Sign language, like spoken language, supports infant cognitive development in hearing infants, according to a groundbreaking new study by Northwestern University researchers. Cognitive developmental scientists from Northwestern University discovered that observing American Sign Language (ASL) promotes cognition in hearing infants who had never been exposed to a signed language. For 3- and 4-month-old infants, sign language offers infants a cognitive […]
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday that scientists had told the government that at this stage the C.1.2 coronavirus variant detected locally was not a threat. The C.1.2 variant was first identified in May and has now been seen in all of the country’s nine provinces. It contains some mutations that are associated in […]
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