Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are launching a clinical trial in patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 but who are not sick enough to be hospitalized. The trial is investigating whether the antidepressant medication fluvoxamine, which is currently used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), can be repurposed for COVID-19. The drug is […]
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Negative Corona Tests offer no security The common Tests for the detection of acute infection with the new Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can mediate in case of a negative test result is a false sense of security and thus, indirectly, have a significant impact on the containment of the pandemic have, warn Researchers from the Mayo Clinic (USA). For example, the health […]
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Six feet is the accepted threshold for social distancing in this country, while the Brits use a 2-meter rule for an extra 7 inches of coronavirus protection. The Australians, at 1.5 meters, have opted for a bit less. While there is some uncertainty on the right cutoff point, those guidelines are based on how far droplets tend to travel from […]
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A nationwide chorus is urging the wearing of homemade facemasks in public to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus. One voice is that of is physicist Walt de Heer who here explains some of the logic behind wearing the protective covering, starting with old-fashioned wisdom. “Your mother told you to cover your mouth when you cough, and this is […]
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Imagine a test that could tell you if you were infected with COVID-19 before you had a single symptom, came at an affordable price without the need to go to a doctor, and returned results in minutes. Those who tested positive could swiftly quarantine themselves, while those who tested negative could head to work or spend time with family without […]
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Various international studies, currently the Use of ventilators in the Corona-crisis in question. You complain that more of mechanically ventilated patients would die than survive. FOCUS Online explains what is behind the statement and what are the Alternatives of New York Doctors now. Patients in whom Covid-19 takes a severe course, are often connected to ventilators. To be able to […]
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Blood tests for the coronavirus could play a key role in deciding whether millions of Americans can safely return to work and school. But public health officials warn that the current “Wild West” of unregulated tests is creating confusion that could ultimately slow the path to recovery. More than 70 companies have signed up to sell so-called antibody tests in […]
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May protect women from stroke Younger women can protect themselves known through a healthy lifestyle before a stroke. But women in middle age can reduce your risk of stroke significantly by Smoking, do sports, a healthy body weight and generally eat healthy. In the current study of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, it was found that […]
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All Healed are immune to Corona? How accurate are the Tests? And how high the dark figure. Michael Hölscher aims to provide answers to these questions. He is leading a study with 3000 participants in Munich. The research is of the head of the tropical Institute of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in the beginning. However, he explained in an Interview with “time”, […]
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Why is Covid-19 killing so many more men than women? Experts investigate how attitudes to health, weight, drinking and our immune systems could be factors Mark and Kathy Anders, both 57, from Warwickshire both had flu-like symptoms GP secretary Mrs Anders quickly recovered after two weeks of feeling quite ill Mr Anders saw his temperature spike to 40c and needed […]
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