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Racial disparities in the the U.S. coronavirus epidemic extend to children, according to two sobering government reports released Friday. One of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports looked children with COVID-19 who needed hospitalization. Hispanic children were hospitalized at a rate eight times higher than white kids, and Black children were hospitalized at a rate five times higher, […] When temperatures soar or one has a fever, it’s perfectly normal to sweat. However, sometimes sweating for no reason could be a major warning sign of something far more sinister. Sweating more than usual could in fact be a sign of heart problems and should not be ignored. Pumping blood through clogged arteries takes a lot more effort from the […] Preventing the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 is key to slowing the pandemic. People who have symptoms or who have suspected or known exposure to the virus, should practice self-quarantine or self-isolation. But what do the terms mean, and which should you do? Dr. Clayton T. Cowl, a pulmonologist and chair of Mayo Clinic’s Division of Preventive, Occupational […] For the second time in a decade, a New Hampshire woman has a new face. Carmen Blandin Tarleton, whose face was disfigured in an attack by her ex-husband, became the first American and only the second person globally to undergo the procedure after her first transplant began to fail six years after the operation. The transplant from an anonymous donor […] A large-scale analysis of the clinical characteristics of Alport syndrome in Japanese patients has revealed that the effectiveness of existing treatment with ACE inhibitors and/or angiotensin receptor blockers (RAS inhibitors) varies depending on the type of mutation in the syndrome’s causal gene (COL4A5). RAS inhibitors are widely administered to patients with chronic kidney diseases as they are known to preserve […] Biting into a square of her favourite chocolate, Barbara Reed felt a tingle at the back of the tongue. She noticed a tiny mouth ulcer – something she’d never really had before. Born in Switzerland but now living in Norfolk, Barbara loved the creamy sweet treat so didn’t want to miss out and she went to a pharmacist for some […] Stretch marks are also known as Striae and are a form of scarring on the skin. Overtime, these marks may diminish, but will never disappear completely. Sometimes stretchmarks could signal a medical condition including either a pelvic disorder or breast cancer. Pelvic disorders Women who have stretch marks on their body may face triple the risk of having a pelvic […] A hospital nurse for 33 years, Nanette Miller would call her husband Frank at the end of each shift to let him know she was coming home. On Dec. 7, 2018, the phone call came with a somber declaration: “I can’t do this anymore.” Miller had to help on another hospital floor that day. She didn’t know how to get […] Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, Ph.D., Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and Ludmila Belayev, MD, LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology and Neurosurgery, has unlocked a key fundamental mechanism in the communication between brain cells when confronted with stroke. They report that DHA not […] Experts have cast doubt on the notion that people adapted to breathing the rarefied air at high altitudes are less susceptible to severe COVID-19 as a result. A recent analysis found that, compared with lowland areas, there is a lower incidence of severe COVID-19 in Tibet and parts of Bolivia and Ecuador that are more than 2,500 meters above sea […]
US reports show racial disparities in kids with COVID-19
Heart attack: Do you sweat like this? The unknown warning sign of the dangerous condition
What’s the difference between quarantine and isolation?
A US first, New Hampshire woman gets second face transplant
Alport Syndrome: Research highlights link between genotype and treatment effectiveness
Woman's tongue rebuilt using pieces of her arm after tiny ulcer was cancer
Stretchmarks: When your stretch marks could signal these two worrying conditions
WVU expands pioneering Alzheimer’s treatment to wider region of the brain
Researchers discover key to dialogue between brain cells to protect against stroke
Claims that high altitudes protect against COVID-19 ‘speculative'
