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Latests Medical News from around the world and also Thailand, bringing you updates, discoveries, studies and findings on various aspects and diseases in the medical world. Most of these articles are not only meant for Doctors In Thailand or Hospitals In Thailand but also for any patients or health conscious individuals wanting to know more.

Vaccines-COVID-19: Phase 1 Trial Results Of NIAID And Moderna New COVID-19 mRNA-1273 Vaccine Shows Promise In Older Adults

Source: Vaccines-COVID-19 Oct 01, 2020 4 years ago

Vaccines-COVID-19: The NIAID And Moderna Inc Phase 1 clinical trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection has shown that the vaccine is well-tolerated and generates a strong immune response in older adults. The trial results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2028436 The new experimental v...

AI or Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Developed By U.S. NIH Can Diagnose COVID-19 Better Than Most Physicians

Source: AI-Artificial-Intelligence-COVID-19 Oct 01, 2020 4 years ago

AI-Artificial Intelligence-COVID-19: Researchers from the U.S. NIH, University of Central Florida, State University of New York, NVIDIA Corporation and University of Milano have developed an algorithm can accurately identify COVID-19 cases, as well as distinguish them from influenza. The study shows that artificial intelligence can be nearly as accurate if not even better than a phy...

Drugs-COVID-19: TNF Inhibitors Being Studied By More Experts To Treat COVID-19. University of Oxford Starting New Trial Involving Anti-TNF Drug Adalimumab

Source: Drugs-COVID-19 Oct 01, 2020 4 years ago

Drugs-COVID-19: Anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) drugs or TNF inhibitors are now being explored by numerous researchers to treat COVID-19 after recent studies of patients with COVID-19 have shown that patients already taking anti-TNF drugs for inflammatory bowel disease and inflammatory arthritis are less likely to be admitted to hospital. The same was not observed for patients taking other ...

Delirium-An Indicator Of COVID-19 In Older And Frail Individuals According To King’s College London Study

Source: Delirium-COVID-19 Oct 01, 2020 4 years ago

Delirium-COVID-19: A new study by researchers from King's College London involving detailed meta-analysis of data and information procured from the COVID Symptom Study app and patients admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London, has shown that delirium, a state of acute confusion associated with a higher risk of serious illness and death is a key symptom of COVID-19 in frail, older individu...

Strokes Typically Are The First Symptoms Of COVID-19 In Younger Asymptomatic Patients According To A New Canadian Study

Source: Strokes-COVID-19 Oct 01, 2020 4 years ago

Strokes-COVID-19: According to a new study led by Canadian researchers from Western University -Ontario, strokes may be the first presenting symptom of COVID-19 in younger patients who are typically asymptomatic. The new study findings were published in the peer reviewed journal: Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. https://n.neurology.org/content/early/202...

U.S. News: While Americans Glued On TV Watching Presidential Debate Infection And Death Rates Are Rising, Signaling A Catastrophic Cool Season To Come

Source: U.S. News Sep 30, 2020 4 years ago

U.S. News: Most Americans were oblivious to our headlines and breaking news today on a new research that confirms that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus actually attacks the CD4 T Cells, literally elevating the COVID-19 disease to a ‘potent airborne HIV-like disease.’ https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-news-covid-19-study-reveals-that-sars-cov-2-uses-cd4-cells-to-infect-t-helper-l...

COVID-19 Intranasal Drugs: Australian And British Researchers Exploring TLR2/6 Agonist INNA-051 As An Intranasal Prophylaxis Against COVID-19

Source: COVID-19 Intranasal Drugs Sep 30, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Intranasal Drugs: Researchers from the National Infection Service-UK, Ena Respiratory, Melbourne-Australia, The University of Melbourne-Australia, University of Newcastle-Australia and Oxford University-UK are exploring the usage of TLR2/6 Agonist INNA-051 as an intranasal prophylaxis against COVID-19. To date their vivo studies involving animal models showed that the TLR2 agonis...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increases Risk Of COVID-19 Severity According To University Of Helsinki, Harvard, Stanford And Massachusetts General Hospital Study

Source: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Sep 30, 2020 4 years ago

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) increases the risk of severe COVID-19 according to a new research led by University of Helsinki-Finland and involving Broad Institute of MIT, Harvard, Stanford University and Massachusetts General Hospital. Information regarding obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosis and COVID-19 infection was extracted from the FinnGen study (N=260,405) with a total of 305 ...

BREAKING NEWS! COVID-19 Study Reveals That SARS-CoV-2 Uses CD4 Cells To Infect T-helper Lymphocytes. COVID-19 A Potent Version Of Airborne HIV?

Source: BREAKING NEWS Sep 30, 2020 4 years ago

Breaking News: A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from University of Campinas (UNICAMP)- Brazil have in a new study discovered and proved that the SARS-CoV-2 infects human CD4+ T helper cells, but not CD8+ T cells, and is present in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage T helper cells of severe COVID-19 patients. The study findings are published on a preprint server but are already being...

COVID-19 Latest Headlines: Harvard Study Identifies Over 800 Epitopes On SARS-CoV-2 Genome Using VirScan, A Serological Analysis Platform

Source: COVID-19 Latest Headlines Sep 30, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Latest Headlines: Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have utilized VirScan, a technology that can determine which of more than 1,000 different viruses have infected an individual including SARS-CoV-2 to discover more than 800 epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 genome. The epitope is the part of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself to. ...

COVID-19 Research: University Of Cincinnati Led Study Identifies Sphingosine, A Natural Body Lipid As A Potential Inhibitor Of SARS-CoV-2 And ACE2 Binding

Source: COVID-19 Research Sep 30, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Research: A study led by researchers from the University of Cincinnati along with scientists from University of Duisburg-Germany, the German Primate Center and Saarland University-Germany have discovered that sphingosine, a naturally occurring lipid in the human body could be used as a potential treatment for COVID-19 as prevents binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike to its cellular receptor ...

Nutrition And Diets: Oat Bran-New Superfood For Cancer Patients Seeking to Reduce Radiation-Induced Gut Inflammation

Source: Nutrition And Diets Sep 29, 2020 4 years ago

Nutrition And Diets: Researchers from University of Gothenburg-Sweden, Lund University-Sweden and the University of South Australia in a preclinical study found that dietary oat bran can offset chronic gastrointestinal damage caused by radiotherapy, contradicting long-held clinical recommendations. The goal of this study was to evaluate the influence of dietary fiber on radiation-ind...

U.S. COVID-19: American COVID-19 Death Toll Now 205,114, Total Numbers Infected: 7,149,073, Cases Rising In New York, Country Opening Up To More Infections

Source: U.S. COVID-19 Sep 29, 2020 4 years ago

U.S. COVID-19: USA has now recorded a total of 205,114 deaths and more than 7,149,073 in the country have been infected. In the last 24 hours, 37,418 new cases were recorded and only 355 COVID-19 deaths were recorded. Despite the low death rates and moderate infection rates in the last few days, the rate of positive COVID-19 tests is ticking up in New York, especially in neighborhoo...

Excess Deaths: Study Shows 2085 Excess Deaths In England And Wales Due To Cardiovascular Issues During COVID-19 Pandemic

Source: Excess Deaths Sep 29, 2020 4 years ago

Excess Deaths: A University of Leeds led study has shown that there were more than 2085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart disease and stroke during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic stretching over 4 months (2nd March to 30th June 2020) with an average of 17 deaths per day. The researchers say that most of these deaths could have been prevented. (Excess deaths are the number of death...

BREAKING! COVID-19 Vaccine Exclusive: Possible Dangers Of Using Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Vectors For COVID-19 Vaccines

Source: COVID-19 Vaccine Exclusive Sep 29, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Vaccine Exclusive: Adeno-associated viral vectors to deliver gene therapies and vaccines are a growing platform that is being used by more and more pharmaceutical companies in drug and vaccine development. But unknown to many there are possible repercussions taking such AAV vectors based meds or vaccines. Two gene therapies using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors to deliver ge...

Supplements For Coronavirus: Dutch Vitro Study Shows That Resveratrol and Pterostilbene Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus

Source: Supplements For Coronavirus Sep 29, 2020 4 years ago

Supplements For Coronavirus: Researchers University of Groningen - Netherlands, in a new vitro research have demonstrated that the phytochemicals resveratrol and pterostilbene, have long-lasting antiviral effects against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Both resveratrol and pterostilbene are natural plant compound found in grapes, small berries and certain nuts. The study findings are published on ...

BREAKING! COVID-19 Latest: Study Reveals That COVID-19 May Deplete Testosterone Levels In Men!

Source: COVID-19 Latest Sep 29, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Latest: Adding to the confusions and contradictions, a new study by researchers from the University of Mersin and the Mersin City Education And Research Hospital in Turkey found as men's testosterone level at baseline decreases, the probability for them to be in the intensive care unit (ICU) significantly increases. The study findings suggest that the COVID-19 disease might a...

Virus News: Swedish Study Shows That Highly Activated Anti-Bacterial T Cells Called MAIT Cells Linked To Severe COVID-19

Source: Virus News Sep 29, 2020 4 years ago

Virus News: Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in a new study claim that a type of anti-bacterial T cells known as MAIT cells, are strongly activated in individuals with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease. The new research findings contribute to increased understanding about how the complex human host immune system responds against COVID-19 infection. Severe COVID-...

Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) Phenomenon Could Be Caused By SARS-COV-2 Antibody- Anti-N-Protein IgG, Increasing COVID-19 Severity

Source: Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) Sep 28, 2020 4 years ago

Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE): Researchers from the University of Miami, Miami VA Healthcare System and Express Gene in a news study have identified the anti-N Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 as possibly being the cause of the Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) phenomenon in patients experiencing COVID-19 severity. Furthermore the same antibodies could also act ...

COVID-19 Headlines: Why Is Dr Fauci Now Distancing Himself From An Earlier T-Cell Immunity Hypothesis He Was Previously Peddling?

Source: COVID-19 Headlines Sep 28, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Headlines: In late July this year, Dr Anthony Fauci, the head of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984 was busy touting to the media and numerous health agencies while it was becoming clear that antibodies in some cases were not working and also has a short lifespan coupled with the fact that antibody resistant strains of the SARS-CoV-2 was emerging, a n...

BREAKING! News-COVID-19: Study Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Can Bind To Human Host Neuropilin-1 Receptor (NRP-1), Blocking Certain Pain Signals In Host!

Source: News-COVID-19 Sep 28, 2020 4 years ago

News-COVID-19: A new study by researchers from University of Arizona-Tucson led by Dr Rajesh Khanna, Professor from the department of pharmacology has made a breakthrough discovery that the SARS-CoV-2 is also able to bind to the neuropilin-1 receptors in humans,(NRP-I) in the process disrupting certain pain signals pathways, hence making the human host impervious to pain that might otherwise be cr...

COVID-19 Research Briefs: Anti-Androgens And COVID-19, Possible Cytotoxic T Cell Therapy For COVID-19, Immune Evasion By Evolving ORF8 Protein In SARS-CoV-2

Source: COVID-19 Research Briefs Sep 28, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Research Briefs: 1. Anti-Androgens For COVID-19 A team of scientist led by Dr Andy Goren, MD from Applied Biology and Dr Flavio A. Cadegiani, MD, MSc, PhD from Corpometria Institute in Brazil while studying the genetics of the androgen receptor discovered a possible breakthrough treatment for COVID-19.Their study elucidates the possible role of androgens in controlling...

COVID-19 Herd Immunity: Reports Of Cities Or Countries Achieving SARS-CoV-2 Herd Immunity Are Misleading And Are Literally Misinformation Or Fake News!

Source: COVID-19 Herd Immunity Sep 28, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Herd Immunity: Off late here has been reports covered in certain unreliable mainstream media and also non-credible medical media talking about certain cities like Manaus in Brazil attaining herd-immunity or worse another claiming that Japan has also attained herd immunity, such coverage are misleading and can sometimes cause more problems and danger as locals in those locations might deve...

COVID-19 Diagnostics: New Blood-Based Host Gene Expression Assay Test Accurately Identifies Viral Infection Before Symptoms Even Develop!

Source: COVID-19 Diagnostics Sep 28, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Diagnostics: Researchers from Duke University Medical Center-North Carolina have identified biomarkers that accurately identify numerous viral infections across the clinical stages of disease, advancing a potential new way to guide treatment, quarantine decisions, and other clinical and public health interventions in the setting of endemic and pandemic infectious diseases. The un...

University Of Connecticut Study Shows Intranasal Povidone-Iodine Limits COVID-19 Spread And Acts As Prophylaxis For Medical Staff

Source: COVID-19-Povidone-Iodine Sep 27, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19- Povidone-Iodine: A study led by researchers from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine-Farmington along with experts from The Institute for Antiviral Research at Utah State University, Veloce BioPharma-Florida, ProHealth-Farmington and Ocean Ophthalmology-Florida has demonstrated that an antiseptic nasal spray containing povidone-iodine may help curb transmission of the SARS-C...

Coronavirus Headlines: COVID-19 Cases In Myanmar Surging, India Beyond Salvation, US On Suicide Course

Source: COVID-19 Headlines Sep 27, 2020 4 years ago

Coronavirus Headlines TM : COVID-19 Cases In Myanmar Surging, Country May Go Into Total Lockdown With Massive Restrictions. As cases are fast rising in Myanmar, its biggest city, Yangon is rapidly building new quarantine centers as it scrambles to contain the commercial hub's first significant coronavirus outbreak, with overworked medical staff fearing thousands more cases to co...

University Of Maryland Shows That Tiny Airborne Particles A Major Issue In COVID-19 Spread Despite Denials By U.S. CDC Under White House Directives

Source: COVID-19 Airborne Sep 27, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19-Airborne: The U.S. CDC a few days ago retracted an update on its website on the issues of the COVID-19 airborne spread claiming a variety of technical and admin errors but which many are saying the retraction was based on directives from the White House as election approaches. A 2018 photo shows The Gesundheit II machine in Dr Donald Milton's Public Health Aerobiology, Virology, and...

COVID-19 Latest: International Study Show That Patients With Severe COVID-19 Could Have Antibodies Blocking Important Immune Functions

Source: COVID-19 Latest Sep 26, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Latest: Researchers from more than 200 medical and research institutions globally in a new study have found that that certain auto-antibodies known as neutralizing auto-Abs against type I IFNs are the reasons that certain individuals are suffering from severe conditions of the COVID-19 disease. &nb...

COVID-19 Scams? Poland Claims To Have First Drug For COVID-19 While Its Country Is Reporting A Spike In COVID-19 Cases!

Source: COVID-19 Scams Sep 26, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Scams? Biomed Lublin a Polish pharmaceutical company claims to have successfully completed the production of a drug for COVID-19. The company released a media statement on September 23 that its initial research “has confirmed its efficacy” and that it now plans to begin non-commercial clinical trials, and that if all goes well Poland could be the first country in...

WARNING! Study Shows That Homemade Cloth COVID-19 Mask Can Release Tiny Fibers In Air! These Particles Could Become Virus Carriers!

Source: COVID-19 Mask Sep 26, 2020 4 years ago

Homemade COVID-19 Mask: Researchers from the University of California at their Davis Laboratory have in study tests of surgical mask, N95 masks and homemade cloth mask found that by only surgical mask and N95 mask cuts down the amount of aerosolized particles emitted during breathing, talking and coughing. However tests of homemade cloth face coverings showed that the fabric itself releases a larg...

COVID-19 Patients With Adequate Levels Of Vitamin D Have Less Complications And Lower Mortality According To Iranian Study. Canadian Study Says Otherwise!

Source: COVID-19-Vitamin D Sep 26, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19-Vitamin D: Researchers from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Sina Hospital-Tehran have found that hospitalized COVID-19 patients with adequate blood levels of Vitamin D exhibited lesser complications and also had a lower mortality risk. The study results were published in the peer-reviewed journal: PLOS One https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.023979...

BREAKING! Metformin Might Emerge As Another COVID-19 Drug Candidate With University of Minnesota Now Receiving Funding For Further Research

Source: Metformin-COVID-19 Sep 26, 2020 4 years ago

Metformin-COVID-19: A few past research studies the last few months has shown the possibility of using metformin, the common cheap and easily available diabetes drug being used for COVID-19 treatments as it was found to reduce severity and mortality rates in COVID-19 patients. In one study, the researchers found that among more than 600 patients with diabetes and COVID-19, use of metformin ...

Drug News: Study Shows Gabapentin Often Prescribed To Women For Pelvic Pain Is Ineffective And Causes Lots Of Side-Effects!

Source: Drug News Sep 25, 2020 4 years ago

Drugs News: A new study by researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, Birmingham, Oxford and Nottingham have found the drug Gabapentin that is regularly used to treat chronic pelvic pain in women has been found to be no more effective than a placebo. Chronic pelvic pain is estimated to affect 2–24% of women worldwide, and is associated with substantially reduced quality of life...

Pharma News: Roche Partners With Regeneron On The New Antiviral Antibody Combination, REGN-COV2 As A Potential Treatment OF COVID-19

Source: Pharma News Sep 25, 2020 4 years ago

Pharma News: Pharma giant Roche has partnered with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture and distribute Regeneron’s antiviral antibody combination, REGN-COV2, as a potential treatment of COVID-19. The new antibody combination REGN-COV2 could help treat patients with symptoms and also prevent the disease in individuals exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. An init...

COVID-19 Diagnostics: University Of Birmingham Develops New Inexpensive And Convenient Dried Blood Spot Antibody Test To Widen COVID-19 Testing

Source: COVID-19 Diagnostics Sep 25, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Diagnostics: Immunology experts at the University of Birmingham-UK have developed a new COVID-19 test using dried blood spot samples (DBS) as an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. DBS sampling is simple, inexpensive and can be self-collected by the patient at home, using a simple finger prick. Credit: University Of Birmingham The research fin...

COVID-19 Reports: Study Says That Older Westerners Already Have A Systemic 'Profile' That Makes Them Susceptible To Severe COVID-19

Source: COVID-19 Reports Sep 25, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Reports: A study presented at the ongoing ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, 23-25 September) indicates that the severe COVID-19 immunological profile, represented by changes in cell populations and circulating inflammatory proteins, is already partly present in older healthy individuals in the West especially in Europe. (Applicable to Northern America as well) The...

COVID-19 Severity Linked To Mutations In Any 13 Different Human Genes Involved With Antiviral Defense According To Study By Rockefeller University

Source: COVID-19 Severity Sep 25, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Severity according to yet another study, this time by researchers from Rockefeller University is also linked to mutations in human genes but this time in a group of 13 genes associated with antiviral defense. Mutations in any one or more of these genes can also increase disease severity in those infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The study findings were published in the jo...

Human Genetic Mutations PiZ And PiS Found In Segment Of Population Adds Greater Risk Of Illness And Death From COVID-19 According To Israeli Study

Source: Human Genetic Mutations PiZ And PiS Sep 25, 2020 4 years ago

Human Genetic Mutations PiZ And PiS found in segments of the general population contributes to a greater risk of severity and mortality from COVID-19 disease according to researchers from Tel Aviv University-Israel. Accordingly these mutations lead to deficiency in the alpha1-antitrypsin protein, which protects lung tissues from damage in case of severe infections. The study findin...

Russia COVID-19 News: New Coronavirus Cases In Moscow Rises Drastically. Sputnik V Vaccine And Coronavir Not Working?

Source: Russia COVID-19 News Sep 24, 2020 4 years ago

Russia COVID-19 News: Russia proudly launched the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V despite lack of proper phase 3 trial data and was boasting about its mass vaccinations program that is currently under way. To top it up, only a few days ago it also announced that its local version of the teratogenic drug favipiravir which is called Coronavir is being made available at pharmacies acro...

Coronavirus Warning: Study Reveals That After Infection Phase, The SARS-CoV-2 Manipulates Human Host Immune System To Facilitate Its Long Term Stay

Source: Coronavirus Warning Sep 24, 2020 4 years ago

Coronavirus Warning: Day by day it is emerging despite initial denials by researchers that the SARS-CoV-2 resembles an airborne version of the HIV virus that kills the human host slowly except for those that are vulnerable either due to age, a weakened immune system and the presence of various comorbidities, where the process is even faster. A new study by Chinese researchers from Tongji ...

Pandemic News: Detroit Study Reveals Decreasing Viral Load Of Patients With COVID-19 As Pandemic Progressed

Source: Pandemic News Sep 24, 2020 4 years ago

Pandemic News: Researchers from the Wayne State University-Detroit and the Detroit Medical Center in a new study that was presented at the ongoing online ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCMID, online 23-25 September) showed that the initial SARS-CoV-2 viral load in nasopharyngeal samples has been decreasing as the pandemic progressed. Interestingly the study team led by Dr Said...

Pterostilbene A Polyphenolic Phytochemical Identified By Japanese Researchers As A New Therapeutic For Chronic Inflammatory Disorders Like IBD

Source: Pterostilbene Sep 24, 2020 4 years ago

Pterostilbene (PSB) a polyphenolic phytochemical that occurs in plants, particularly small berries and nuts has been identified by Japanese researchers from the Tokyo University of Science as a new therapeutic option for chronic inflammatory disorders. The study findings are published in the FASEB Journal: (Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) https://faseb.on...

News-COVID-19: Study Warns That Ocular Inflammation Present In Many Recovered Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Source: News-COVID-19 Sep 24, 2020 4 years ago

News-COVID-19: Researchers from the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) in a new study found that a high percentage of recovered COVID-19 patients exhibited ocular inflammation in their eyes which is a type of neuroinflammation. The study findings by the researchers from the Department of Ophthalmology-UCSD, the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health-UCSD, and the ...

Virus News: Swiss Study Warns That Pathogenic Viruses Are Evolving And Could Become Harder To Kill

Source: Virus News Sep 24, 2020 4 years ago

Virus News: Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Lausanne (EPFL) in a new study shows that pathogenic viruses may be able to develop resistance to warm temperatures and certain some types of disinfectant such as chlorine. That combined with global warming and more frequent and longer heat waves could make it even harder to keep them from spreading. The study te...

COVID-19 Latest: Research Indicates That Glycans Could Be The Answer In Reining In The Sars-CoV-2 Coronavirus

Source: COVID-19 Latest Sep 24, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Latest: Researchers from University of California-San Diego, University of Texas-Austin and Maynooth University-Dublin have discovered an active role for glycans, the sugar molecules that decorate the spike proteins of the coronavirus in terms of the actual infection and binding process to human host receptors. These glycans in turn could be new targets for certai...

COVID-19 Updates: World In Crisis, UK Reports 6,000 New Cases In 24 Hours, Spain Ropes In Army To Help, India Facing Healthcare Catastrophe

Source: COVID-19 Updates: Sep 24, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Updates: Thursday morning starts with the global death toll reaching almost 974,000 due to the novel coronavirus that originated from Wuhan, China and whose global spread was never stopped by the WHO (World Health Organization) led by black Ethiopian national Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who is still shamelessly refusing to resign from his position despite calls and online petitions. &nbs...

COVID-19 Treatments: Studies By University Of California Show That Statin Usage Reduces COVID-19 Severity And Indirectly Affects Virus Cell Entry

Source: COVID-19 Treatments Sep 24, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Treatments: Two new studies by researchers from the University of California-San Diego show that statin usage is linked to a lower risk of developing COVID-19 severity and that removing cholesterol from cell membranes prevents the virus from getting into these cells. Furthermore there is some biologic plausibility for a protective role of statins in COVID-19 through known anti-in...

COVID-19 Research: Schizophrenics Or Prospective Schizophrenics Less Likely To Develop Severity From SARS-CoV-2 Due To Mutated Human rs4702 Gene!

Source: COVID-19 Research Sep 23, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Research: Good news for most of the mental asylums as most of their inmates are less likely to suffer from the COVID-19 severity due to the fact that they are likely to possess a mutated variant of the human gene Rs4702 according a new vitro study from Icahn School of medicine that shows how human genes affects the COVID-19 disease besides numerous other factors and comorbidities. ...

COVID-19 Supplements: Research Shows That Lower Zinc Levels In Blood Associated With An Increased Risk Of Mortality In COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Supplements Sep 23, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Supplements: Spanish researchers from the Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona led by Dr Roberto Güerri-Fernández presented a new research at the ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, currently held online 23-25 September) that shows that having a lower level of zinc in the blood is associated with a poorer outcome in patients with COVID-19. Past studies have shown that in...

BREAKING! COVID-19 Herbs: World Health Organization (WHO) Endorses Testing Traditional Herbal Medicines Against SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus

Source: COVID-19 Herbs Sep 23, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Herbs: It was announced last Saturday that The World Health Organization has finally endorsed a protocol for testing herbal medicines as potential treatments for the COVID-19 disease coronavirus and other epidemics. https://www.afro.who.int/news/expert-panel-endorses-protocol-covid-19-herbal-medicine-clinical-trials The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the issue o...

WARNING! Commonly Used HIV Drug Truvada Induces A Type I/III Interferon-Associated Signature And Inflammation Throughout The Gut

Source: HIV Drugs Sep 23, 2020 4 years ago

HIV Drugs: According to researchers from the University of Washington-Seattle, the commonly used HIV drug that is to treat those infected and also individuals using it as a prophylaxis or in PrEP protocols can induce a type I/III interferon-associated signature and inflammation throughout the gut. It should be noted that long term inflammation of any kind can lead to a variety of chronic ...

COVID-19 Herd Immunity Is Impractical And Disastrous According To New Study Plus Emerging Studies Indicate Immunity Is Short-Lived

Source: COVID-19 Herd Immunity Sep 23, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Herd Immunity: Researchers from University of Georgia have developed a new model that proves that achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is an impractical public health strategy. The study findings were published in the journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/21/2008087117 Currently attempts to controlling COV...

Coronavirus Latest: Experts Concerned As Reinfections Occurring In Shorter Intervals, Also New Study Shows Antibodies In Infected Diminish In About 60 Days

Source: Coronavirus Latest Sep 23, 2020 4 years ago

Coronavirus Latest: Contrary to all the hyped up news about potential drug candidates discoveries, latest research revelations about the virus pathogenesis, about advances in monoclonal antibody therapies and about COVID-19 vaccines that are in expected to be available before the end of the year thanks to the White House intervention, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from going to be over as the ever ...

COVID-19 News: Italian Researchers Find That SARS-CoV-2 Can Affect The Retina In The Eyes

Source: COVID-19 News Sep 23, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 News: More and more each day we are learning of the various damaging and disastrous effects the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has on the human host body not only on those that are just infected and are going through severe conditions but also in term of long term health complications of those who had recovered from mild or moderate symptoms or were asymptomatic. The COVID-19 disease is now...

BREAKING! COVID-19 Latest: University Of Manchester Study Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Mutilates Blood Marrow Cells

Source: COVID-19 Latest Sep 23, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Latest: Researchers from University of Manchester-UK have made a startling discovery that the SARS-Cov-2 damages blood marrow cells especially the myeloid cells originating from the hematopoietic stem cells of the bone marrow. The study team found that of the myeloid cells damaged by the novel coronavirus, the monocytes are in particular affected. The study results were pu...

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May 30, 2023 2 years ago

Phenolic Phytochemicals From The Roselle Plant Or Hibiscus Sabdariffa (Thai: Krachiap กระเจี๊ยบ) Can Treat And Prevent Obesity

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COVID-19 News: Will SARS-CoV-2 Infections Ultimately Lead To An Increased Incidence Of Head And Neck Cancers?

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Quercetin Emerging As One Of The Must Take COVID-19 Supplements Especially When Considering The Omicron Variant And Long COVID-19 Issues

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COVID-19 News: Emerging Studies Shows SARS-CoV-2 Attacks The Digestive Tract Especially The Intestines Directly, Reported Case Of Bowel Perforation

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BREAKING NEWS! Study Of COVID-19 Recovered Patients In China Reveals That Lymphocytes Are Drastically Altered To Become Dysfunctional With Immunity Implications

Source: COVID-19 Recovered Patients
Jul 02, 2020 4 years ago

Occulus Hirsutus and AQCH: India Discreetly Developing And Testing COVID-19 Drug Based On Phytochemicals Extracted From Occulus Hirsutus Plant

Source: Occulus Hirsutus and AQCH
Jun 27, 2020 4 years ago

High-Flow Nasal Cannula: For COVID-19 Second Wave Preparations, Forget About Ventilators, Doctors Are Now Turning To High-Flow Nasal Cannula

Source: High-Flow Nasal Cannula
Jun 25, 2020 4 years ago

BREAKING! Androgens: Study Shows Bald Men Mostly Likely To Suffer Severe COVID-19 Conditions Due To High Levels Of Androgens

Source: Androgens And COVID-19
Jun 23, 2020 4 years ago

BREAKING NEWS! COVID-19 Research Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Can Survive In Water For Up To 25 Days And Could Also Be Water-Borne

Source: COVID-19 Research
Jun 23, 2020 4 years ago

BREAKING! Hepatitis B: UAE COVID-19 Case Study Indicates That COVID-19 Could Induce Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation

Source: Hepatitis B and COVID-19
Jun 21, 2020 4 years ago

BREAKING! COVID-19 Research: Sodium Channels Could Be Affected As Coronavirus Spike Protein Has Similar Sequence To Human Epithelial Sodium Channel

Source: COVID-19 Research
Jun 21, 2020 4 years ago

BREAKING! Cannabis And COVID-19: Caflanone, A Flavonoid Extracted From A Distinct Cannabis Strain Could be A Therapeutic Drug Against the COVID-19

Source: Cannabis And COVID-19
Jun 20, 2020 4 years ago

Gargling: New Studies Show That Throat Gargling May Be Beneficial After All During COVID-19 Despite Being Labeled In the Past As Misinformation

Source: Gargling and COVID-19
Jun 19, 2020 4 years ago

BREAKING! COVID-19 Research: New Study Reveals That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Also Affects Thyroid Functions In Majority Of COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Research
Jun 17, 2020 4 years ago

Exploring Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNo) As As An Adjuvant COVID-19 Treatment For Pulmonary Issues

Source: Nitric Oxide and COVID-19
Jun 15, 2020 5 years ago

Understanding The Differences Between COVID-19 Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic Conditions

Source: COVID-19 Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic
Jun 14, 2020 5 years ago

Scripp Institute Has Detected The Mutation That Most Scientist Dread: The D614G Mutation Which Could Make The SARS-CoV-2 More Infectious

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Mutations
Jun 13, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING! Medical Experts Warn That COVID-19 Could Trigger Diabetes In Otherwise Healthy Individuals Who Never Had The Condition Before.

Source: Diabetes and COVID-19
Jun 13, 2020 5 years ago

Acute Pancreatitis: Warning That Acute Pancreatitis Is Now Manifesting In COVID-19 Patients, A Condition Never Seen In Early Stages Of The Pandemic

Source: Acute Pancreatitis
Jun 11, 2020 5 years ago

Immune Health: Cistanche And Pu-erh Tea Supplements Could Help Improve Immune Factors And Reduce Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Such As Interleukin-6

Source: Immune Health
Jun 09, 2020 5 years ago

Study Finds That COVID-19 Also Causes Myocardial Injury (Heart Damage)

Source: Myocardial Injury
Jun 09, 2020 5 years ago

European COVID-19 Research Indicates That Individuals With Blood Group Type A Might Be More Vulnerable To Respiratory Failure

Source: COVID-19 Research
Jun 08, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: Study From Columbia University Indicates That Lowering Testosterone Levels Could Reduce Severity Of COVID-19

Source: COVID-19 Research
Jun 08, 2020 5 years ago

Uric Acid: Japanese Researchers Discover That High Uric Acid Levels Protects Against Lung Function Decline Especially In Older Women

Source: Uric Acid Supplements
Jun 07, 2020 5 years ago

Supplements: Singaporean Researchers Say That Vitamin D, Magnesium And Vitamin B12 Combo May Reduce Severity In Older COVID-19 Patients

Source: Supplements And COVID-19
Jun 06, 2020 5 years ago

MUST READ! Strokes: Study Shows COVID-19 Increases Risk Of Strokes In Healthy Young Individuals. Global Increase In Stroke Deaths Last Few Months

Source: Strokes And COVID-19
Jun 05, 2020 5 years ago

MUST READ!!! Brazilian Respiratory Expert Says That COVID-19 Should Be Treated As A Thrombotic Disease

Source: COVID-19
May 28, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: Could Disulfiram- A Drug To Prevent Alcoholism, Aid In Inhibiting Cytokine Storms In COVID-19?

Source: Covid-19 Research
May 26, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING ALERT! COVID-19: Italian Researchers Discover Brain Lesions On COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19
May 23, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19: Study Shows That COVID-19 Infections Could Lead To Delirium, PTSD and Other Psychiatric Disorders

Source: COVID-19 News
May 19, 2020 5 years ago

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