It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without flowers and a messy breakfast in bed. But is there more we can do for mom’s long-term benefit, and perhaps even for motherhood in general? There surely is, experts say, and it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. As May 10 approaches, here are a few things […]
To replace aging and worn cells, the body primarily uses a process called mitosis, in which one cell divides into two. When a cell is ready to divide, it duplicates its DNA so a complete copy is available for each of the daughter cells. In this process, the DNA pieces, or chromosomes, must be precisely […]
Still, the exact origin of the novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is unclear. Sometimes a fish market in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan as a place of origin. A bat-lab stand for a time in suspicion. The renowned virologist Christian Drosten, however, comes to a very different evaluation. Although the Virus was a bat Virus, said Drosten […]
An article published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine looks at the relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms in medical interns. The article is authored by Constance Guille, M.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, and Lisa Rotenstein, M.D., an internal medicine […]
An international study led by Melbourne researchers has discovered nine new genes linked to the most severe type of childhood speech disorder, apraxia. The research analysed the genetic make-up of 34 affected children and young people, and showed that variations in nine genes likely explained apraxia in 11 of them. The genetic variations were caused […]
It may have been the dollar bills he exchanged with a cashier at a mini-mart or the merchandise he picked up while shopping at a large retail store. But something Wayne Wells did exposed him to the coronavirus, a disease sweeping across South Carolina. By mid-April, he was in the hospital, fighting death as the […]
The Coronavirus pandemic, keeps the world in breath, More than three million people are infected worldwide with the novel Virus – 157.497 of them in Germany. All messages to the Corona-crisis and the fight against the spread of the Virus, you can find in the News Ticker of FOCUS Online. Lufthansa requires all passengers to […]
A vitamin B12 deficiency can result in anemia, which is when the body has low levels of red blood cells. What are the nine symptoms you might experience if you haven’t got enough of the vitamin? Red blood cells have a round, flattish, appearance with an indented centre. They contain the protein hemoglobin, which carries […]
(HealthDay)—Persons aged 60 to 69 years with COVID-19 are the most commonly hospitalized, according to a research letter published online April 24 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Laura C. Myers, M.D., M.P.H., from Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) in Oakland, and colleagues characterized adults with nasal/throat swabs positive for severe acute respiratory […]
Dementia is a progressive neurological condition, which means the symptoms get worse over time. A person with advanced dementia may become disconnected from their surroundings and lose the ability to communicate. One the first casualties of dementia is memory loss and it is also common to lose mental sharpness. READ MORE Gut health: How the […]
