Coronavirus is continuing to spread across the UK at an exponential rate. The deadly virus took only 13 days for the number of deaths to go from one to more than 100. And it has only taken a further 10 days for the total to go from 100 to more than 1,000. Gov.uk said: “As […]
If you’re been feeling angrier during the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, Jeremy Tyler, Psy.D., hears you. “Whether it’s folks I provide clinical services to, friends, family, or people I’m just chatting with—I’m hearing a lot of frustration and anger,” he says. Tyler is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and a director at Penn […]
COVID-19 could and should be a game-changer, and may see improvements to global health regulations making vaccines faster to develop, test and introduce in the future, according to an expert in health policy and law from The University of Western Australia. Dr. Marco Rizzi from the UWA Law School said current health frameworks facilitated fast […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting daily routines around the world. Overwhelmed hospitals, desolate schools, ghostly towns and self-isolation echo a campy horror flick, but an all too real one. Companies are laying people off by the thousands, the service industry is teetering on the brink of collapse, and socialist ideas suddenly don’t sound so bad […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Six of Africa’s 54 nations are among the last in the world yet to report cases of the new coronavirus. The global pandemic has been confirmed in almost every country, but for a handful of far-flung tiny island states, war-torn Yemen and isolated North Korea. In Africa authorities claim they are […]
We might’ve all clapped for the NHS but there are still ways we’re failing our carers; by stockpiling and thus leaving them without food, and by not socially distancing. And some, it seems, are going further by directly trolling those on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. A paramedic has had to hit back at […]
From cutting back on salt and booze to taking your statins… How to keep your immune system fighting fit and ready to tackle infections Exercise is recommended as a way to boost your body’s immune system Readers should avoid salt as scientists say it reduces white blood cell’s strength It is also recommended that people […]
Diabetes is a common condition that affects more than four million people in the UK. Around 90 per cent of all cases are caused by type 2 diabetes; where the body doesn’t produce enough of the hormone insulin, or the body doesn’t react to insulin. Without enough insulin, the body struggles to convert sugar in […]
Patients who experience chest pain and have abnormal results on a cardiac stress test but who do not have blocked arteries often experience changes in their symptoms and stress test results over time, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together with World Congress of Cardiology (ACC.20/WCC). “Even though […]
A team of researchers at the University of California has been studying proteins that the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses to bind to proteins in the lungs, and has identified multiple drug candidates that might be useful to treat patients with COVID-19. The team notes that many of them have already been approved for use by the […]
