coronavirus health news sept 2020

Pregnancy is hard enough without the
nanny state judging you for a single
drink, says JENNI MURRAY
At your first appointment with the midwife, you are
excited and a bit nervous. Your longed-for
pregnancy has been confirmed...
Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘save Christmas’:
PM says UK must be tough NOW to
‘flatten the second hump’
Desperate Boris Johnson today pleaded for Britons
to ‘save Christmas’ by obeying his ‘Rule of Six’...
Stillbirths have surged up to 50 percent
amid COVID-19 lockdowns
Stillbirths have surged up to 50 percent amid
lockdowns in the coronavirus pandemic as pregnant
women avoid seeking care,...
Small ‘Cain-and-Abel’ molecule
discovered
The discovery by the Seyedsayamdost lab is
detailed in the Journal of the American Chemical
Society (JACS). The research...
North East England faces Covid curfew
on FRIDAY
Coronavirus cases have been increasing across NE
England The North East is set to have new
coronavirus restrictions...
Children with a runny nose DON’T have
Covid-19, expert warns
Children only suffering from a runny nose
‘absolutely’ do not have coronavirus, a top expert
has warned amid...
Many women suffering from severe
migraine might avoid pregnancy, but
should they?
Migraine is one of the leading causes of disability
worldwide, particularly affecting women during their
childbearing years....
Loneliness predicts development of type
2 diabetes
The results have implications in light of recent
findings that people with diabetes are at greater risk
of dying from COVID-19....
Extremely social robotic fish helps
unravel collective patterns of animal
groups
Researchers have long focused on identifying the
emergence of collective patterns. Thanks to a
combination of behavioral...
Perfectionists may be more prone to
helicopter parenting
So-called helicopter parents engage in what’s known
as “over-parenting” — hovering over their young...
Injectable hydrogel could someday lead
to more effective vaccines
To confer resistance to infectious diseases, vaccines
display parts of a pathogen — known as antigens —
to cells...
A ferry protein in the pancreas protects it
from the stress induced by a high-fat diet
Today, high-fat foods have become commonplace
and so has diabetes. The need for designing new
treatment strategies against...
Metformin for type 2 diabetes patients or
not? Researchers now have the answer
Metformin is the first-line drug that can lower blood
sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. One third of
patients do...
New cause of syndromic microcephaly
identified
Greenwood, SC (September 17, 2020) –
Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) researchers, in
collaboration with scientists from...
Texas Tech, Nanjing Agricultural
Research teams make plant nutrient
delivery breakthrough
When most people think of fungi, the thoughts are
usually not good, turning to something that does
damage more than those...
CNIC researchers discover a mechanism
allowing immune cells to regulate obesity
IMAGE: From left to right: Rebeca Acín-Pérez,
Salvador Iborra, José Antonio Enríquez and David
Sancho. ...
Engineered bacteria churn out cancer
biomarkers
ITHACA, N.Y. – Pity the glycan. These complex
sugar molecules are attached to 80% of the proteins
in the human body,...
Kang finds keys to control the ‘driver of
cancer’s aggressiveness’
IMAGE: A drug-resistant protein named SNAI2 helps
cancers metastasize and shields cancer from both
the immune system...
Emissions could add 15 inches to 2100
sea level rise, NASA-led study finds
IMAGE: Ice shelves in Antarctica, such as the Getz
Ice Shelf seen here, are sensitive to warming ocean
temperatures....
CDC director says ‘masks are more
guaranteed to protect you from COVID-
19’ than a vaccine
‘This mask is more guaranteed to protect me against
COVID-19 than a vaccine’: CDC director says that
Study: Europe’s old-growth forests at risk
IMAGE: UVM forest ecologist Bill Keeton walks a
low ridge line in a stand of old-growth beech in the
Alps, Kalkalpen...
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Food to improve
your mood… and boost your energy!
People often stop me in the street to tell me how
good they feel after shedding weight on my Fast 800
programme. As well...