Doctors scramble for best practices on reusing medical masks during shortage

Very little is known about how to properly reuse medical masks to fight infectious diseases. No method is confirmed to work. Still, in a report to doctors, which has yet to be peer reviewed, some researchers are beginning to point to the best options for decontaminating used masks. Medical professionals are reusing single-use medical masks […]

Coronavirus UK: Are you allowed to go to the pharmacy during the lockdown?

Last night, Boris Johnson announced in a televised statement that stricter measures were to be introduced to keep people indoors and curb the spread of coronavirus. In what many are calling a lockdown, people are only allowed to go shopping for essential items and for one outdoor form of exercise each day. This exercise is […]

Taking vitamins during chemotherapy could raise death risk

Taking vitamin supplements during breast cancer chemotherapy could raise death risk by 40% and make the cancer more likely to return, study finds Antioxidants may prevent the exact process chemotherapy relies on Pills including vitamins A, C, E and B12 were found to have negative effects Doctors now have evidence to tell patients to avoid […]