Horrifying simulation reveals the dangers of jogging during the coronavirus pandemic: Viral particles from another runner could infect you even if they are six feet ahead – but staying NEXT to them may be safer A new video simulation shows two scenarios: one in which two people jog side-by-side and another in which one jogs […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Malta recorded its first coronavirus victim Wednesday, after a 92-year old woman with underlying health issues died, the deputy prime minister said. “Unfortunately, this will not be the first and last death. We can see what is happening across the world and Malta is no exception,” Chris Fearne told a press […]
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Type 2 diabetes, like many health conditions, can be life-threatening if neglected over a long period of time. The threat comes in the form of high blood sugar levels, a type of sugar you absorb into your bloodstream by eating food. When your body is functioning properly, your pancreas secretes a hormone called insulin, which […]
A pre-print study using data from medical wristbands suggests that evidence of disrupted sleep could predict when study participants were coming down with the flu—24 hours before they became contagious. The study is posted on the arXiv and has been submitted to IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. It is in its second round of review […]
(HealthDay)—Suicide rates increased 35 percent from 1999 through 2018, according to an April data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Holly Hedegaard, M.D., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, and colleagues used data from the National Vital Statistics System to update […]
The nonstop flow of information about the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 can spin you into confusion. Conflicting research and rumors abound. What will really keep you safe? What should we actually worry about (and what’s just overkill)? We asked our community for their most pressing questions and put them to Dr. John Swartzberg, professor emeritus […]
New research has uncovered the risk factors for Fijians carrying a pneumonia-causing bacteria. The collaborative study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services, will help determine further public health interventions to prevent people carrying and transmitting the bacteria. MCRI’s Eleanor Neal said Streptococcus pneumoniae was […]
The prevalence of the virus that causes COVID-19 was tracked during the early days of the pandemic by pooling samples from people with upper respiratory symptoms in a study conducted by researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine. Combining samples from several people at a time allowed the scientists to estimate the prevalence of the […]
Coronavirus has killed 6,159 Britons who were admitted to hospital for treatment. A new study reveals there’s hope for a coronavirus “cure” that could save lives. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers got to work on human trials. The first trial investigated whether the antibodies of people who had […]
