While we might often take our sense of touch for granted, for researchers developing technologies to restore limb function in people paralyzed due to spinal cord injury or disease, re-establishing the sense of touch is an essential part of the process. And on April 23 in the journal Cell, a team of researchers at Battelle and the Ohio State University […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over 2.5 million confirmed cases worldwide and nearly over 170,000 deaths as of April 21 according to the World Health Organization. Early identification of potential patients and diagnosis followed by isolation are critical for controlling the current pandemic and flattening the curve. This study describes a novel method that may enable decentralized facilities to […]
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Colorectal cancer is estimated to cause more than 53,000 deaths in the US in 2020, making it the second most common cause of cancer death. This death rate, however, has been steadily dropping, likely due to better cancer screening programs such as colonoscopy. During colonoscopies, clinicians excise colorectal polyps and visually examine them on histopathology slides for neoplasia. Detecting cancer […]
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Muslims will begin the holy month of Ramadan from today, meaning they’ll be fasting from sunrise to sunset every day. This is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when fasting is mandatory for all adult Muslims who are not acutely or chronically ill, travelling, elderly, pregnant, breastfeeding, diabetic, or menstruating. This is also the first Ramadan unde the lockdown conditions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. That […]
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In the midst of a global pandemic, conspiracy theorists have found yet another way to spread dangerous disinformation and misinformation about COVID-19, sowing seeds of doubts about its severity and denying the very existence of the pandemic. Since March 28, conspiracy theorists—”coronavirus deniers” —have been using the hashtag #FilmYourHospital to encourage people to visit local hospitals to take pictures and […]
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Overreaction is rarely useful, and in the case of the human immune system, it can be outright deadly. When the body overreacts to an infection, the result is sepsis—a life-threatening condition that frequently leads to acute organ dysfunction, including deterioration of the heart and blood vessels, which make up the cardiovascular system. A major indication that the cardiovascular system is […]
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Spain said Thursday 440 people died in the past 24 hours from the new coronavirus, a slight increase for the third day running, bringing the overall death toll to 22,157. The country has suffered the third-highest number of deaths in the world from the pandemic after the United States and Italy, with infections now more than 213,000 cases, health ministry […]
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The Coronavirus pandemic, the world will continue to be in respiratory: Significantly more than two million people worldwide are already infected with the Virus 147.496 of them in Germany. All the News about the Coronavirus-crisis you will find in the Ticker from FOCUS Online. In a government statement, Merkel has criticized the actions of the individual Federal States in the […]
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I watched movies (*cough* Contagion.) I listened to podcasts (shout out to Rich Roll!) From what food would freeze well to when I’d next see my rellies, I prepped for every possible outcome. I even Googled “how to build a bunker” (better safe than sorry, hey?) The downside to being a next-level nervous Nelly (aside from, you know… it preventing […]
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Does coronavirus cause deadly blood clots too? Doctors report rise in COVID-19 patients dying of heart attacks and pulmonary embolisms despite being put on blood thinners Between 20 and 40% of coronavirus patients at Emory University are developing blood clots, doctors there have said Coronavirus’s protein spike may let it attach to blood vessels and wreak havoc on them as […]
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