Amid mounting concerns over coronavirus, Natural Products Expo West has decided to postpone its annual trade show, which was scheduled to be held this week from March 3 through 7 in Anaheim, Calif. A new date for the event, for which production and setup was already under way this week at the Anaheim Convention Center, has not been set. New […]
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Coronaviruses are types of viruses that typically affect the respiratory tract of mammals, including humans. They are associated with the common cold, pneumonia, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and can also affect the gut. A coronavirus was first isolated in 1937 from an infectious bronchitis virus in birds that has the ability to seriously devastate poultry stocks. These viruses […]
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Coronavirus has now affected every walk of life on the planet. N95 masks are everywhere, people are spending more time at home, events are being cancelled and even the latest Bond film has been delayed for release. It has just been announced that the first Brit coronavirus death has occurred with the number of affected sitting at a staggering 116. […]
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(HealthDay)—Primary care practices certified as medical homes have more practice systems and higher performance on diabetes care versus uncertified practices, according to a study published in the January/February issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. Leif I. Solberg, M.D., from HealthPartners Institute in Minneapolis, and colleagues compared diabetes outcomes for 416 adult primary care practices either certified or uncertified as […]
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Factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking this metric for weeks longer than usual improves clinicians’ ability to predict respiratory outcomes according to bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) severity, a research team led by Children’s National Hospital writes in Scientific Reports. What’s more, the researchers defined a brand-new category (level IV) for newborns […]
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SARS 2.0! Scientists name the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 because it is from the same species that killed 800 people in 2002 The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) named the virus A name for the disease, COVID-19, was announced yesterday by health officials Experts created names without referencing any animals, places or people More than 45,000 people have now been […]
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Professor Sir Michael Marmot said health is declining overall, the North/South divide is widening and people in more deprived areas are suffering most. His latest report comes 10 years after he was asked by the Government to review health inequalities. Sir Michael, who heads the UCL Institute of Health Equity in London, said: “From the beginning of the 20th century, England […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic, after the disease caused by the new coronavirus spread to more than 100 countries and led to tens of thousands of cases within a few months. “We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity [of COVID-19], and by the alarming levels of inaction,” […]
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Type 2 diabetes causes the body to be infective at using the insulin it produces – a hormone that allows the body to use glucose (sugar) from carbohydrates in foods. As a result, this leads to high levels of blood glucose, and if blood glucose isn’t controlled properly and stays too high, it can lead to a number of problems, […]
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Coronavirus is fast becoming a grave public health concern in the UK, as officials struggle to contain COVID-19 on its track through Europe. The Government launched the first phase of its coronavirus plans today, aiming to delay the disease before it spreads out of control. Which areas are at risk of coronavirus? Coronavirus UK cases have recently exploded in the […]
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