Asthma often results in wheezing, coughing, heaving chest, difficulty in breathing/shortness of breath, blurred vision, chapped lips, dry mouth and an intense feeling of discomfort and claustrophobia. World Asthma Day, celebrated on the second Tuesday of May every year, is a campaign which has been created with the objective of making people more aware about […]
Members of New Horizon Athletics, a CrossFit box in rural Fentress County, Tennessee.Courtesy of New Horizon Athletics For years, Dannette Wheeler felt uncomfortable in her own skin. “I was embarrassed of how much weight I’d gained,” says the 48-year-old nurse, who is 5’7” and at one point weighed just over 250 pounds. Once a social […]
Children was very similar to the SARS-CoV-2 viral load, as adults Children and young people are in relation to the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is likely to be just as infectious as adults. This is evident from the so far largest analysis of data from over 3,700 COVID-19-Patients in different age groups evaluated and inter-compared. The analysis […]
I’m an emergency medicine physician at New York-Presbyterian Columbia Medical Center, and I was out for 14 days recovering from the illness myself. I had every symptom: a fever for days, chest pain, and I couldn’t breathe. I was self-isolating in a separate bedroom as my wife and daughter, and I missed my 13-month-old’s first […]
Turkey’s health minister has announced 61 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the lowest number in over a month. The country’s total death toll stands at 3,397. Fahrettin Koca tweeted Sunday that 1,670 more cases were confirmed, with the total number of infections now at 126,045. The daily increase is […]
Study casts doubt over hydroxychloroquine’s potential for treating coronavirus as scientists discover shoddy trials fueled hope and warn the drug may suppress the immune system A Harvard-led research team reviewed 10 trials of hydroxychloroquine that were the basis for optimism around the malaria drug They found issues ranging from missing patient data to investigators stopping […]
A new study of medical staff treating COVID-19-infected patients found 42.8% experienced serious skin injury related to the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), including masks, goggles, face shields, and protective gowns. Researchers concluded that the skin injuries put staff at increased risk of infection, with insufficient prevention and treatment measures in place, according to […]
More than one-quarter of health care workers with patient contact are at risk for poor outcomes from COVID-19, according to a study published online April 28 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. David U. Himmelstein, M.D., and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., from City University of New York at Hunter College in New York City, analyzed […]
Coronavirus: What SARS-CoV-2 genome propagated The mucous membranes of the mouth, nose and eyes are considered to be the gateway for the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. When a person is infected with the novel Virus, multiplies the pathogen in the cells rapidly. Researchers have now found out how the Coronavirus replicates its genetic material. Numerous corona virus […]
(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 […]
