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 […]
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 […]
People continuously exposed to air pollution are at increased risk of dementia, especially if they also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal JAMA Neurology. Therefore, patients with cardiovascular diseases who live in polluted environments may require additional support from care providers to prevent dementia, […]
The likelihood of getting visceral leishmaniasis may be affected by living conditions in Nepal. Credit: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study conducted in Nepal highlights household hygiene as key to eliminating visceral leishmaniasis, a disfiguring and often fatal disease caused by the Leishmania donovani parasite that is transmitted by the bite of the […]
A plant-based diet can help prevent and manage asthma, while dairy products and high-fat foods raise the risk, according to a new review published in Nutrition Reviews. Asthma is a common chronic condition in which the airways become narrow and inflamed—sometimes leading to difficulty with breathing, coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. “Asthma is a […]
Just like you can’t treat a termite infestation by fumigating only one room in a house, you can’t control the coronavirus pandemic by targeting interventions to a specific region or country, says Stanford scholar Matthew Jackson. Instead, managing the crisis requires a comprehensive and coordinated response between states within the U.S. and across countries and […]
In small university labs and private homes across Bosnia, 3D printers are buzzing around the clock to produce face shields for doctors treating coronavirus patients in one of Europe’s poorest countries. Short on medical staff, respirators and even basic face masks, the Balkan state is bracing for the worst as coronavirus cases steadily tick up, […]
As the coronavirus pandemic puts an immense strain on the NHS, volunteers and charities are stepping up to help out any way they can. Pet charity Blue Cross has donated their ventilators to support NHS hospitals during the crisis, handing over mechanical ventilators to a hospital in London and one in Surrey. The ventilators are […]
Veterinary hospitals are donating breathing machines, masks, gowns and other vital equipment and supplies purchased with Fido in mind, but now being redeployed to help doctors fight the spread of COVID-19 among humans. “We buy at the same stores,” said Paul Lunn, dean of the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Raleigh, […]
The New South Wales government has passed emergency legislation providing the Corrections Commissioner with powers to release some of the state’s 14,034 prisoners. This legislation was introduced in the wake of the global release of prisoners to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, the United States has begun to release thousands of prisoners across […]
