Dr. Siegel on race to treat coronavirus symptoms Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel on what can be done to protect people before a vaccine is approved. A Chicago woman who last month became the nation's first COVID-19 patient to undergo a double lung transplant said Thursday that she woke up days later, unaware about the surgery and unable […]
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High blood pressure is a common condition that affects more than a quarter of all adults in the UK. You could be at risk of hypertension if you regularly have smelly urine, it’s been claimed. High blood pressure – which is also known as hypertension – puts extra stress on blood vessels and vital organs. The condition could lead to […]
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In a report in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics researchers at Augusta University and PerkinElmer Genomics describe a cheaper, rapid, and accurate pooling strategy for the RT-PCR-based detection of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples. This assay has a significant impact on large-scale population screening in the wake of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive strain on […]
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(HealthDay)—Delayed treatment of upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) with antibiotics is associated with an increased risk for hospital admissions, according to a study published online June 29 in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Tjeerd Pieter van Staa, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, and colleagues evaluated the clinical safety of delayed antibiotic prescribing for URTI using electronic […]
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(HealthDay)—Nirsevimab prevents respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated lower respiratory tract infections in healthy preterm infants, while maternal RSV fusion (F) protein nanoparticle vaccination did not meet the prespecified criterion for efficacy, according to two studies published in the July 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. M. Pamela Griffin, M.D., from AstraZeneca in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and colleagues randomly assigned […]
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To determine immunity to SARS-Cov-2 and the effectiveness of potential vaccines, the amount of neutralizing antibodies in the blood of recovered or vaccinated individuals must be determined. A traditional neutralization test usually takes two to three days and must be carried out with infectious coronaviruses in a laboratory complying to biosafety level 3. A Swiss-German research team from Bern and […]
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Chocolate consumption lowers heart risk Chocolate has not just the reputation to be healthy. However, in recent years, scientific studies have shown that the consumption of the popular Snack can have positive effects on the body. A new study shows that chocolate consumption is good for the heart. At least once a week chocolate to eat is associated with a […]
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Does the thought of creepy crawlies scattering across your body keep you awake at night? The cheeky buggers bite, leaving your skin inflamed and itchy. The idea of the sneaky bugs latching onto your skin to suck your blood is a disturbing notion – but it happens. Have I been bitten? Medical News Today stated that bed bug bites produce […]
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New approach to tackling hair loss and baldness If the hair is thin, many of them feel Concerned extremely uncomfortable. For a long time, therefore, hair growth agents, which counteract the hair loss and balding. A newly identified microRNA may be the key to success. The discovered microRNA (miRNA) promotes hair regeneration, and a promising candidate for the drug could […]
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At Aldi sold: callback for pickles The company I. Schroeder KG. (GmbH & Co) of Hamburg has started a recall for the product “pickle barrel (deli pickles),” the brand of the monastery garden. Reason for action: In the article fragments of Glass could be included. Sold pickled cucumbers at Aldi. The company I. Schroeder KG. (GmbH & Co) from Hamburg, […]
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