Researchers at the University of East Anglia have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke survivors to the test. They have created a new gaming platform which uses low cost videogame technology to improve the lives of stroke patients suffering from complex neurological syndromes caused by their stroke. And they have been working with stroke […]
Gigi Hadid is already in love with her newborn daughter. After Hadid's boyfriend, Zayn Malik, confirmed the arrival of their first child together on Wednesday, the supermodel, 25, shared an Instagram post celebrating her baby girl. In the black-and-white photo, the infant's adorable tiny hand could be seen gently wrapped around one of Malik's fingers. […]
UPDATE (September 23, 2020): At the end of March, as the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 were becoming increasingly apparent, Johnson & Johnson announced that it expected to be able to test its candidate vaccine on people by September 2020. The pharmaceutical company met that goal with July's Phase 1/2a first-in-human clinical study, […]
The Brazilian city of Manaus, which was devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, may have suffered so many infections that its population now benefits from “herd immunity,” according to a preliminary study. Published on the website medRxiv, the study analyzed infection data with mathematical modeling to estimate that 66 percent of the population had antibodies to […]
High blood pressure is a common condition that affects more than a quarter of all adults in the UK. But, you could lower your risk of developing hypertension by avoiding certain foods and drinks, it’s been claimed. High blood pressure – which is also known as hypertension – puts extra stress on blood vessels and […]
People who said they frequently used public transportation were more than four times as likely to have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Those who said they practiced strict outdoor social distancing were just a tenth as likely to have tested positive. The key to limiting exposure is to limit the amount of time in places where […]
Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel is the vice provost for global initiatives and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He’s also a special adviser to the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Emanuel was the founding chair of the department of bioethics […]
Jack Osbourne is giving some details about how not one but two of his daughters contracted COVID-19. On Wednesday's episode of the Pretty Messed Up podcast, the father of three said that both 2½-year-old Minnie Theodora and one of her older sisters (Osbourne also shares Andy Rose, 5, and Pearl Clementine, 8, with ex-wife Lisa Stelly) […]
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23, 2020 — For older adults with type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline is slower and dementia risk reduced for those receiving metformin, according to a study published online Sept. 23 in Diabetes Care. Katherine Samaras, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Darlinghurst, Australia, and colleagues conducted a prospective observational […]
If sport is good for the body, it also seems to be good for the brain. By evaluating memory performance following a sport session, neuroscientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) demonstrate that an intensive physical exercise session as short as 15 minutes on a bicycle improves memory, including the acquisition of new motor skills. […]
