coronavirus health news aug 2020

Imaging scans of those diagnosed with alcohol use
disorder (AUD) taken one day to two weeks after
their last drink reveal...
The findings, published in the journal Stem Cell
Reports, pave the way for using stem cells to
understand and treat a range...
Mosquito immune system mapped to help
fight malaria
Published today (27 August) in Science, the findings
offer opportunities for uncovering novel ways to
prevent mosquitoes...
Stereocenters rendered dynamic in one
succinct step
The research demonstrates the ability of photoredox
catalysis to take traditionally static stereocenters
and render them...
NASA sees wind shear still battering
tropical storm Iselle
IMAGE: On Aug. 28 at 2:40 a.m. EDT (0640 UTC)
the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s
Terra satellite revealed...
Tungsten isotope helps study how to
armor future fusion reactors
IMAGE: ORNL researchers used natural tungsten
(yellow) and enriched tungsten (orange) to trace the
erosion, transport...
Cellular energy audit reveals energy
producers and consumers
IMAGE: Gladstone scientists Ken Nakamura (left)
and Neal Bennett (right) screened the human
genome to discover how...
Risk of heart attacks halves in patients
with diabetes in 15 years
Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: Dramatic
reductions in the risk of heart attacks in patients with
diabetes...
Can people with heart disease exercise
safely?
Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: The first
recommendations on sports and physical activity in
all types of...
What happens when babies with heart
defects become adults?
Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: More than
90% of babies born with heart defects survive into
adulthood. As...
Heart rhythm disorders are best managed
when patients are listened to
Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: Atrial
fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder
and increases...
How to treat the most common heart
attacks
Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: One in five
patients die within a year after the most common
type of heart...
Coronavirus: Obesity ‘increases risks
from Covid-19’
Being obese doubles the risk of hospital treatment
from Covid-19 and increases the risk of dying by
nearly 50%, a global...
Boris Johnson hires personal trainer
Harry Jameson
Boris Johnson has hired personal trainer Harry
Jameson to lose weight, after acknowledging he
was “too fat” when...
Scientists target coronavirus immunity
puzzle
A new effort is under way to understand how the
immune system responds to coronavirus. Scientists
from 17 UK research centres...
Coronavirus cases continue to level off in
England
Cases of coronavirus are still levelling off in
England, according to data from swab tests of
thousands of people in random...
Children without COVID-19 symptoms
may spread the virus for up to THREE
weeks, study finds
Children without COVID-19 symptoms may spread
the virus for up to THREE weeks, study finds
Researchers looked at 91 children...
Vaping companies took advantage of
pandemic offering frees roll of toilet
paper or hand sanitizer
Vaping companies took advantage of the
coronavirus pandemic by offering products that were
in short supply, a new study suggests.
Researchers...
Poll finds those aged 40 to 60 are more
‘glass half-full’ than younger people
Middle-aged people are the ‘most optimistic’: Poll
finds those aged 40 to 60 are more ‘glass half-full’...
High blood pressure could ruin your love
life
High blood pressure could ruin your love life: Men
with untreated hypertension ‘are almost twice as
likely to suffer...
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Ban
gossiping at the school gates? Never…
King Canute famously (and apocryphally) took his
throne to a beach and commanded the incoming
tide to halt. This week, Education...
Care homes ‘bribed’ to take coronavirus
patients
Care home managers feel ‘pressured’ into accepting
coronavirus patients into their facilities as they are
offered...
Thousands of physiotherapists, dentists
and even vets will be trained to give
Covid-19 injections
Prior Zika virus infection increases risk of
severe dengue disease