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Specialist trauma mental health services a necessity for UK healthcare staff after COVID
Almost 60% of UK frontline health and social care workers (HSCWs) experienced a mental health disorder during the first COVID-19 lockdown, with many of those surveyed suffering “very high rates of distress”, suggests a new study led by researchers at UCL and the University of Haifa, Israel. Given the significantly high levels of mental health […]
This 23-Year-Old Nurse Was Left Paralyzed After COVID-19 Triggered a Rare Neurological Disease
A nurse who contracted COVID-19 last year is finally home, months after he was admitted to hospital with complications related to the illness that left him paralyzed. Last summer, Desmon Silva, 23, was working on the frontlines of the pandemic at a hospital in Tampa, Florida when he became infected with the virus. On July […]
A Doctor Explained the Truth About The Rock’s Recent ‘Cupping’ Therapy
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson regularly shares updates relating to his workouts and nutrition, and has upped the intensity and rigor in his training and diet recently as he prepares to start filming DC’s Black Adam. In an Instagram photo posted this week, Johnson showed off his back, which was covered in red, sore-looking circular bruises […]
Putting a protein into overdrive to heal spinal cord injuries
Using genetic engineering, researchers at UT Southwestern and Indiana University have reprogrammed scar-forming cells in mouse spinal cords to create new nerve cells, spurring recovery after spinal cord injury. The findings, published online today in Cell Stem Cell, could offer hope for the hundreds of thousands of people worldwide who suffer a spinal cord injury […]
Firefighters — ‘Health Care Providers on a Truck’ — Signal Pandemic Burnout
Tim Dupin thought — or at least hoped — that Missouri firefighters, paramedics and other emergency medical services personnel would be among the first to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. After months of feeling overlooked by elected leaders in the distribution of safety equipment and other resources, surely, Dupin thought, their role on the front […]
INSIGHT-‘When Will It End?’: How a Changing Virus Is Reshaping Scientists’ Views on COVID-19
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic. Murray had until recently been hopeful that the discovery of several effective vaccines could help countries achieve meaningful herd immunity, or nearly eliminate […]
How to choose low glycemic index (GI) foods? A GI ‘glossary’ of Asian foods released
Professor Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Senior Advisor of Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and his team have developed a Glycemic Index (GI) glossary of non-Western foods. The research paper was published in Nutrition & Diabetes on 6 Jan 2021. Observational studies have shown that the consumption […]
Why buddying up is the key to a successful workout
Catching up with your BFF is fun, bonding time with your baby releases feel-good endorphins and walking the dog promotes a sense of calm. So it makes sense to buddy up in order to give your workout a lift and boost your motivation. Buddying up is nothing new — and even with social distancing still […]
A genetic patch to prevent hereditary deafness
They can hear well up to about forty years old, but then suddenly deafness strikes people with DFNA9. The cells of the inner ear can no longer reverse the damage caused by a genetic defect in their DNA. Researchers at Radboud university medical center have now developed a “genetic patch” for this type of hereditary […]