Vitamin B12 deficiency occurs when the autoimmune system attacks cells in the stomach – named pernicious anaemia. There’s a sign in your vision that you could be lacking the nutrient. Inside the stomach there’s a protein called intrinsic factor. Someone suffering from pernicious anaemia has an immune system that attacks cells in the stomach. Specifically, […]
People with moderate to severe asthma may be at higher risk of getting very sick from viral infection. These infections can affect your respiratory tract (nose, throat, lungs), cause an asthma attack, and possibly lead to pneumonia and acute respiratory disease. Chronic respiratory conditions account for a massive health burden in India, at around 93 million, […]
The world health organization (WHO) considers the rapidly increasing number of Coronavirus infections in South America with concern. The continent was "a new epicenter of the disease geworden", the WHO expert Michael Ryan said on Friday in Geneva. "There is a great concern to these countries, but Brazil is currently betroffen" clearly the strongest;, Ryan […]
(HealthDay)—In Northern California, the incidence of hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic period, according to a letter to the editor published online May 19 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Matthew D. Solomon, M.D., Ph.D., from the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in California, and colleagues examined weekly incidence rates […]
Katherine Ryan, 36, has been a hit on various UK comedy shows since she first appeared on Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats. As a regular panelist and stand up comedian, Katherine often takes aim at cultural practices that she deems regressive. The Canadian comedian often mines material from her personal life to skewer […]
An antibody that scientists first identified in a blood sample from a person who recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) strongly inhibits the virus that causes COVID-19. The scientists who discovered the antibody are racing to bring it to clinical trials. There are currently no proven treatments for COVID-19, the respiratory illness that the […]
A large team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. has conducted a review study of the role that social interaction plays in both morbidity and mortality rates. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their review and what they learned from it. One of the major consequences of […]
For some COVID-19 patients, the body’s immune response may be as destructive as the virus that causes the disease. The persistent high fevers, severe respiratory distress, and lung damage seen in some critically ill patients are all signs of an immune system in overdrive. Now, a new clinical trial will test a treatment that targets […]
While slowly the public life begins again, we encounter more and more people, also increases the risk of infection with the Coronavirus. Whether at home, at work, or when playing sports – a British Virologist has now found out, where the risk of infection is particularly high. After the fitness studios open in Germany again […]
The CDC says transmission through surfaces is less of a threat, as SARS-CoV-2 is primarily spread from person to person via respiratory droplets. New guidelines from the CDC outline a three-phased approach that local communities must meet as they gradually reopen. Each phase includes specific goals requiring decreases in the number of newly diagnosed COVID-19 […]
