Thailand Medical News

Singapore Has 4 Local Coronavirus Transmission; Bringing Total To 24, Malaysia Also Has Local Transmission, China Death Toll Now 456

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 04, 2020 5 years ago

Singapore has reported 6 new cases bringing the total infected in the country with the coronavirus to 24. Of the 6 new cases, 4 were local transmissions as these individuals had never travelled to China in the last 6 months. The new cases constitute "limited local transmission", the Singapore Health Ministry said on Tuesday. "There is however no widespread evidence o...

Usage Of General Anesthesia In Cesarean Births Increases Incidence Of Postpartum Depression By 54 Percent

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 04, 2020 5 years ago

A recent research study indicates that having general anesthesia in a cesarean delivery is linked with significantly increased odds of severe postpartum depression requiring hospitalization, thoughts of suicide or self-inflicted injury. The findings from research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center are published online in&n...

South Korean Tourist Becomes 16th Victim After Visiting Thailand. Fake News? 56 People Die from Swine Flu In Taiwan

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 04, 2020 5 years ago

South Korean authorities have confirmed that a female South Korean tourist who had visited Thailand had contracted the coronavirus. She had never visited China prior to this nor was she in contact with any Chinese nationals. She becomes South Korea's 16th case of those infected with the coronavirus. Many are however doubting the credibility of this report as Thailand has taken extreme...

Medical Professionals Should Refrain From Making Comparisons Between Coronavirus And Influenza Or Saying That Coronavirus Is Milder With A Lower Mortality Rate

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 04, 2020 5 years ago

It is extremely irresponsible for any educated medical or healthcare professional or so called expert to publicly make comparisons between the 2019-nCoV coronavirus and the human influenza virus. Its one thing for politicians and government officials along with ignorant journalist to do so but not from those trained in science. Of late many “experts’ are saying that the ...

Pregnant Women With Elevated Fasting Blood Sugar Most Likely To Face Complications And Harmful Outcomes For Themselves And Their Babies

Source : Thailand Medical News Feb 04, 2020 5 years ago

According to a new study by a University of Alberta researchers, pregnant women diagnosed with diabetes who have elevated fasting (pre-meal) blood sugar levels are more likely to face complications than those who have only elevated post-meal glucose levels. Cardiology Professor Dr Padma Kaul, who is also an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health told Thailand Medical News, "...

Researchers Identify Link Between Chronic Kidney Disease And Heart Failure

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 04, 2020 5 years ago

Individuals with chronic kidney disease have a higher risk for heart disease and heart-disease death. Now, for the first time in humans, research led by Dr Navkaranbir Bajaj, M.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has identified a pathological change that appears to link kidney disease to progressive heart disease. The new discovery offers a potential treatment target, which could ha...

First Death From Coronavirus Reported In Hong Kong, 193 cases in 31 countries, 14,820 Suspected Cases Globally

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 04, 2020 5 years ago

Hong Kong reported its first death from the coronavirus this morning. The dead patient was identified as a 39 year old male from China who had lived prior to hospitalization at Whampoa Gardens in Hong Kong. He was the 13th confirmed case of the virus in Hong Kong out of the 15 cases there. His death marks the second death out of China, with the other reported in Philippines a day ago...

426 Deaths, 23,214 Infected, China Not Able To Control Virus, Global Pandemic Expected As Cases Rising Everywhere

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 04, 2020 5 years ago

UPDATES: As Of 15 minutes ago, 9.25 Bangkok Time, Chinese Health Officals In Beijung contacted us to say the the figures told to us in the morning were wrong as their staff had apparently got figures mixed up! The official death toll remains at 426, but the numbers infected should be only 20,442 according to them , 23,214 are the numbers of suspected infected cases and that there are another 221,0...

Is It True That The Coronavirus Only Kills The Elderly And Can It Mutate?

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 04, 2020 5 years ago

Thailand Coronavirus news team from Medical Spheres was interested to know and dispel any fake news about the possibility of the coronavirus mutating and claims that it only affects the elderly, hence they explored the topic with various experts in the field and got a variety of conflicting answers. The CDC, WHO and numerous other health experts and officials are stating that the virus on...

A Diet With Less Foods That Contains Sulfur Amino Acids Such As Meat And Soy Proteins, Lowers Risk For Cardiovascular Disease

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 03, 2020 5 years ago

Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have concluded that a plant-based diet may be key to lowering risk for heart disease. The researchers determined that diets with reduced sulfur amino acids which occur in protein-rich foods, such as meats, dairy, nuts and soy, were associated with a decreased risk for cardiovascular disease. The team also found that the average American consumes almos...

WHO Collaborating With Google To Eradicate Coronavirus Misinformation Online

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 03, 2020 5 years ago

WHO or the World Health Organization is working with Google to ensure that people get facts from WHO first when they search for information about the new coronavirus that recently emerged in China. WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening of WHO's executive board meeting on Monday that social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Tencent and TikT...

Chinese Researchers Say That Public Toilets Can Also Be A Source Of Coronavirus Transmissions

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 03, 2020 5 years ago

Chinese virology researchers have discovered that genetic material of the new coronavirus strain, 2019-nCoV was discovered in the stools and rectal swabs of patients confirming that the virus also can be transmitted through the digestive tract. The new finding was made by scientists from the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University and the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of ...

BREAKING NEWS! US Chief Of Infectious Diseases At NIH Says Current Coronavirus Test Not Accurate! New Details Indicates A Major Challenge Ahead

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 03, 2020 5 years ago

Scientifically, it is now confirmed that the new coronavirus can spread person to person, even if someone is showing no symptoms. The next in line can continue to pass it on. The incubation period is so long that people may not know where or when they picked it up. Dr. Anthony Fauci, US National Institutes of Health's Infectious Disease Chief New details that emerged last week about t...

Thailand Properly Prepared For Any Local Coronavirus Outbreaks Due To Efforts Of Government And Private Sector. People Should Stop Panicking .Its Even Milder Than Flu!

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 03, 2020 5 years ago

Contrary to all the rumors, allegations and fake news circulation in the social media, Thailand’s preparedness for any possible local coronavirus outbreaks has been to date topnotch, due to concerted efforts by the government and also the private sector. It must be noted that Thailand has numerous JCI accredited hospitals all over the country and has among the best medical intuition...

Progesterone Could Prevent Half A Million Miscarriages A Year Globally

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 03, 2020 5 years ago

Medical researchers from the University of Birmingham and Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research have discovered that giving progesterone to women with early pregnancy bleeding and a history of miscarriage could lead to prevention of more than half a million global miscarriages a year. The research team has published two new studies evidencing both the scie...

China Coronavirus Spreads To 31 Countries With 185 Confirmed Cases Worldwide And 11,370 Suspected Cases Globally

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 03, 2020 5 years ago

Over the weekend, many countries had reported new cases of confirmed 2019-nCoV coronavirus infections with thousands more of suspected cases merging all over the world. As of Monday morning, the number of countries that have confirmed infected cases stands at 31 with a total of 185 infected individuals. The US, Germany South Korea,Hong Kong, India and UAE all reported new cases ove...

No Respite From China Coronavirus Epidemic, Death Toll Now 360, Infected 16,480, Critical 2,041, More Cities In China Turning Into Epicenters

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 03, 2020 5 years ago

UDATE: At 9.00 am Beijing Time, China Health Authrorities revised the figues from those released an hour earlier. The death toll is 362, Infected are 17,250 and Critcal 2,128) Despite assurances by the Chinese Government and WHO that they have things under control, there seems to be no respite from the deadly coronavirus that is on a “rampage’ in China. Current death tolls are n...

EDITORIAL: Thais Need Not Worry, The Coronavirus Will Not Kill Them, It Is the Air Pollution And Stress From Economic Issues That Will

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 02, 2020 5 years ago

In the last three weeks, most media have been abuzz with stories about the coronavirus and so much paranoia has arisen has a result. The truth of the matter is that the mortality rate of the coronavirus for now is only about 2%, unless it mutates. The SARS virus has a mortality rate of 8% while influenza or flu has a mortality rate of between 11 to 17%! Its easy to see that a lot of fuss is going ...

Antiviral Drug Remdesivir By Gilead:Most Effective For Treating 2019-nCoV Coronavirus According To Study Trials Published Last Week In NEJM Journal

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 02, 2020 5 years ago

Already at the start of the coronavirus outbreak in late December 2019, Chinese medical researchers and doctors were already treating coronavirus infected patients with a HIV antiviral called Aluvia, also known as Kaletra, which is is a combination of lopinavir and ritonavir and is produced by pharmaceutical company AbbVie. (simply goggle online and you can see that many medical sites were already...

Boosting Your Immune System In Times Of Viral Respiratory Outbreaks

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 02, 2020 5 years ago

In the last few weeks as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in China that is fast spreading worldwide, many individuals have been in a panic state but fail to realize that in actual reality, the coronavirus is even milder than the common influenza that affects millions each year and also kills far more people. The coronavirus only has a 2 percent mortality rate so far, whereas the mortality rate...

Researchers Warn That Wuhan Coronavirus Evolution Should Be Monitored In Patients As An Easy Possible Genomic Mutation Could Be Catastrophic

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 02, 2020 5 years ago

The newly emergence of the Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has put the world on high alert for transcontinental transmission, reminiscent of the outbreak of SARS, also a coronavirus in 2002-2003. Decade-long structural studies by Dr Fang Li of the University of Minnesota, et al. have shown how the SARS virus (SARS-CoV) interacts with animal and human hosts in order to infect them. The me...

Deadly H5N1 Avian Flu Emerges In Hunan Province, Neighbouring Hubei In China With 20,000 Chickens Dead! No Human Cases Yet

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 02, 2020 5 years ago

It could not get worst for China, Bird Flu has struck the Hunan province that neighbors the province of Hubei, the epicenter for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak. The outbreak was reported by Chinese officials in the city of Shaoyang in Hunan province on Saturday evenning. Initially about 4,500 chickens died from the H5N1 infection on Saturday while local authorities decided to cull anoth...

Japan Usurps Thailand With A Total Of 20 Coronavirus Infections, China Death Toll 304, Infected 14,395 Critical 1948, 32 countries With Infected Cases

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 02, 2020 5 years ago

As of Sunday morning, the number of countries that now have confirmed coronavirus infection cases besides China stands at 32, with the total number of infected cases outside of China hovering at 178 confirmed cases. There are more than 20,000 suspected cases stretching across 92 countries with about 1, 620 that have taken a diagnostic test and are awaiting results. Certain countries still...