Drew Brees is on the mend. The New Orleans Saints quarterback is temporarily off the roster as of the second half of Sunday's game, when he suffered an injury that saw backup Jameis Winston step in to lead the team to a 27-13 victory at home against the San Francisco 49ers. Brees didn't give any […]
A simple and inexpensive blood test could pick out patients with stomach or oesophageal cancer who are likely to benefit from targeted treatment, a new study shows. The test, known as a liquid biopsy, detects cancer DNA in the bloodstream to reveal if stomach and oesophageal cancers are being driven by the presence of too […]
TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2020 — As the U.S. coronavirus case count climbed past 11 million on Monday, California’s governor announced he is bringing back tighter social distancing restrictions while Iowa’s governor reversed course and announced a statewide mask mandate. The country is averaging 150,000 new cases a day, and will probably reach 250,000 total deaths […]
Russia reported Tuesday a record high 442 new coronavirus-related deaths as the country’s regions struggled to cope with overflowing morgues and medicine shortages. While Europe has reintroduced new restrictions in response to a second wave of coronavirus infections sweeping across the world, Russia has refused to enforce a new nationwide lockdown. Health authorities on Tuesday […]
Wearing a facemask helps limit the spread of COVID-19 by reducing respiratory droplets and aerosols spewed into the air when people breathe, talk, laugh, sneeze or cough. But the physical barrier created by masks has prompted concerns that they might impair the cardiopulmonary system by making it harder to breathe, by altering the flow of […]
Who will be the first to get COVID-19 vaccines? No decision has been made, but the consensus among many experts in the U.S. and globally is that health care workers should be first, said Sema Sgaier of the Surgo Foundation, a nonprofit group working on vaccine allocation issues. An expert panel advising the U.S. Centers […]
The sexbot industry should include older adults with disabilities in the design and marketing of its products, to support their emotional health and wellbeing and help counter ageism and stereotyping, argues an ethicist in the Journal of Medical Ethics. The physiological changes of ageing and increasing vulnerability to conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and arthritis, […]
Setting the record straight! Porsha Williams clarified that she is not pregnant after her recent hospitalization. Halsey, Jennifer Aniston and More Celebs Who’ve Slammed Pregnancy Rumors The Real Housewives of Atlanta star, 39, posted a photo of herself surrounded by flower bouquets and stuffed animals on Sunday, November 15, writing, “Thanking God for everyday ! […]
The Centre has asked states to conduct saturation testing to detect the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in places where people are likely to gather in large numbers, such as offices, religious places and markets, among others, a senior Union health ministry official familiar with the development said on Monday. Saturation testing, where everyone is tested for […]
Atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heartbeat that can increase the likelihood of stroke, was detected up to 10 times more frequently in high risk patients recovering from heart surgery who wore a continuous cardiac monitor for a month, compared to patients who had usual follow-up care following their procedure, according to late breaking research presented […]
