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Hong Kong reports ‘first case’ of virusreinfectionCoronavirus: One in eight hospital caseswere ‘caught on-site’Hong Kong scientists are reporting the case of ahealthy man in his 30s who became reinfected withcoronavirus four and a...Thousands of patients are likely to have beeninfected with coronavirus in UK hospitals, a studysuggests. The King’s...Having some caffeine in pregnancy ‘isfine’While mums-to-be and women trying for a babyshould limit their caffeine intake, a couple of cups oftea or coffee a day...Coronavirus: Dr Anthony Fauci warnsagainst rushing out vaccineThe top US virus expert has warned against rushingout a Covid-19 vaccine before it has been proven tobe safe and effective. Speaking...Florida healthcare worker, 41, may loseboth of her HANDS after developingblood clotsA Florida healthcare worker may lose her handsafter a long and arduous five-month battle againstthe novel coronavirus. Rose...Drug trials can offer hope but as Wendy’sstory reveals, the pandemic has evenstolen thatLast chance: Wendy’s family has started afundraiser to pay for private treatment There havebeen many moments...The magnet in your neck that stops youSNORINGMagnets are the latest technology to be tested as atreatment for snoring. The pull of two magnets isbeing used to keep...Is ‘fake’ milk fit for drinking?Supermarket chiller cabinets are awash with newproducts to pour into your coffee and over cereal.But are these ‘new’...Antibodies that may protect againstCOVID-19Yang Wang, MD, PhD, deputy director for productdiscovery at MassBiologics and associate professorof medicine, and colleagues...Why eating at your screen could bemaking you FATA sandwich at your desk, eaten in bites as you typeon the keyboard. Tea and biscuits while absorbedreading the newspaper. Pudding...Expert says new rules on buyinglaxatives are a ‘disaster’ for IBS patientsThey’re the over-the-counter remedies relied uponby hundreds of thousands of Britons to easedigestive problems, but now...Mothers-to-be urged to avoid caffeine asstudy finds there is NO safe level ofconsumptionMothers-to-be urged to avoid caffeine as study findsthere is NO safe level of consumption ‘and even lowlevels of...From cancer and Covid to dementia,BAME patients are shamefully more atriskMoise Roche says that if ever he thought he waslosing his memory and had dementia, there’s ‘noway’ he’d see a doctor...Living at higher altitudes associated withhigher levels of child stunting“More than 800 million people live at 1,500 metersabove sea level or higher, with two-thirds of them inSub-Saharan...Heart repair factor boosted by RNAtargetingcompoundA new study from Scripps Research ChemistMatthew Disney, PhD, shows that by targeting anessential biomolecule that surges...People can make better choices when itbenefits othersHumans are often motivated by self-interest.Participants in one study, for example, learned agame faster when they earned...In one cancer therapy, two halves aresafer than a wholeThe study, published today in the Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences, suggests thatsplitting immunotoxins into...Machines rival expert analysis of storedred blood cell qualityFor years, labs have used expert microscopicexaminations to assess the quality of stored blood.How viable is a unit by...Patient monitoring systems for sepsisAugust 24, 2020 – Automated patient monitoringsystems (PMSs) have been designed to reducedelays in diagnosis of sepsis...Online searches for ‘chest pain’ rise,emergency visits for heart attack dropamid COVID-19Mayo Clinic researchers looked at Google Trendsdata for Italy, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S., reviewingsearch terms such...Optical illusions explained in a fly’s eyesIt turns out that flies are fooled by optical illusions aseasily as humans. “It was exciting to find that fliesperceive...How men and women network impactstheir labor market performanceA new paper in The Economic Journal, published byOxford University Press, develops a theory of how
people’s social...Research shows potential to improvepaints, coatingsBINGHAMTON, NY — New research fromBinghamton University, State University of New Yorkcould lead to more environmentally...Cutting surgical robots down to sizeMedia Contact Minimally invasive laparoscopicsurgery, in which a surgeon uses tools and a tinycamera inserted into small...Most adults with lupus or common typesof arthritis have similar risks of gettingadmitted to hospital as other COVID-19patientsMost adults with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) are not at increased risk of hospitalizationfrom COVID-19 due to medications...Spot the best ways to beat bad skin: Ourexpert guide is here to helpProblem skin isn’t just a worry for teenagers —spots affect half of over-25s, many of whom get theirfirst outbreak...Babies exposed to pollution ‘have worselung function as children’CAUSE CHILDREN TO HAVE A LOW IQ:Researchers at the University of California, SanFrancisco, found in May 2019 that children...Coronavirus patient treated with HIV drugsaw heart rate drop dangerously lowA HIV drug combination used to treat somecoronavirus patients could cause their hearts to slowdown or stop completely,...Donald Trump ‘could fast-track OxfordUniversity’s Covid-19 vaccine’Britain ‘will be first’ to get doses of OxfordUniversity’s Covid-19 vaccine if it works, Number 10confirmed...New technique to prevent imagingcyberthreats proposed by Ben-GurionUniversity researchersBEER-SHEVA, Israel…August 25, 2020 —Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negevhave developed a new artificial...University of Ky study leads to potentialfor new treatment approach toAlzheimer’sIMAGE: Donna Wilcock, of the Sanders-BrownCenter for aging in her lab on August 14, 2019. viewmore Credit:...Treating COVID-19 could lead toincreased antimicrobial resistanceThe use of antibiotics in people with COVID-19could result in increased resistance to the drugs’benefits among the...At last I know what’s wrong with meSelf-employed plasterer Andrew Hill was having upto 60 seizures a week since falling from scaffoldingon to a concrete...Nose cells that help us detect odors arekey entryway for coronavirus, new studyfindsIs this why COVID-19 patients lose their sense ofsmell? Nose cells that help us detect odors are keyentryway for coronavirus,...Thousands of clinical trials to find drugsfor cancer and heart disease havestopped due to Covid-19Thousands of trials to find new treatments fordiseases including cancer and heart disease havebeen halted because of the...Britain announces Covid-19 victims forMondayOnly one Covid-19 victim whose death wasannounced by NHS England over the past weekwas under the age of 40, according to...Global gut health experts guide growth ofsynbioticsThe next wave of gut-health supplements, known assynbiotics, essentially combine pre- and probiotics.To keep research and...Are antivitamins the new antibiotics?Antivitamins are substances that inhibit thebiological function of a genuine vitamin. Someantivitamins have a similar chemical...Having a doctor who shares the samerace may ease patient’s angstIn a study recently published in the academic journalPain Medicine, and led by Steven R. Anderson,recent psychology Ph.D....Each human gut has a viral ‘fingerprint’An analysis of viruses in the guts of healthyWesterners also showed that dips and peaks in thediversity of virus types...Excessive fructose consumption maycause a leaky gut, leading to fatty liverdiseaseDeveloping treatments that prevent intestinal barrierdisruption, the authors conclude in a study publishedAugust 24, 2020...Inflammatory bowel disease linked to animmune cell run amokIn a new study, published August 21, 2020 inScience Immunology, an international team ofresearchers, led by scientists...
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