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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.

COVID-19 Serologic Assays: Study Using ELISA And Rapid Diagnostic Tests Show That Around 8.5 percent Of COVID-19 Patients Do Not Seroconvert

Source: COVID-19 Serologic Assays Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Serologic Assays: A collaborative study led by St George’s University-London on the use of inexpensive and accurate ELISA and rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) to identify the demographic and clinical factors that affect the antibody response in COVID-19 patients, showed that up to 8.5% of COVID-19 patients do not seroconvert. The research findings that are yet to have been peer-revie...

CD4 And CD8 T Cells: Oxford Led Study Shows That SARS-CoV-2 Induces Broad T Cell Response In Recovering Patients And Implications For Vaccine Developments

Source: CD4 And CD8 T Cells Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

CD4 and CD8 T Cells: A collaborative study lead by Oxford University involving researchers from Imperial College, University of Liverpool, University of York, University of Sheffield, and researchers from China shows that T cell responses in COVID-19 patients are broader and more robust in severe disease and are explicitly directed against spike, memory, and ORF3a proteins. A significant ...

Favipiravir: Studies Involving Animal Models Shows Favipiravir Has Very Weak Effect On SARS-CoV-2 And Not Viable As An Effective Therapeutic

Source: Favipiravir And COVID-19 Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

Favipiravir: The COVID-19 pandemic has made the medical and pharmaceutical world one big circus with many charlatans including Government authorities for the sake of greed, power or ego endorsing drugs that do not have any proven efficacy to treat the COVID-19 disease let alone safety studies done on their usage. One example is hydroxychloroquine and we are not going to elaborate on it here as eve...

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 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: A new collaborative research report by scientists from the University Of Exeter-UK, University Of Glasgow-UK, Lukasiewicz Institute of Electron Technology-Poland and Krakow University Of Agriculture-Poland published on a preprint server that is yet to have been peer-reviewed describes the presence of stable severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ...

Flu Vaccine: Cohort Study Shows That Influenza Vaccine Linked To Increased Risk Of Subdeltoid Bursitis

Source: Flu Vaccine Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

Flu Vaccine: A new study has shown that influenza vaccination was associated with a small risk for subdetltoid bursitis in a large retrospective cohort study, an association that was previously supported by clinical evidence from case reports. The research findings have been published in the journal: Annals of Internal Medicine. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M19-3176 The ...

COVID-19 Infections: Pennsylvania State University Says Initial Coronavirus Infection Rates in America May Be 80 Times More Than First Reported

Source: COVID-19 Infections Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Infections: Numerous researchers and epidemiologists believe that the initial SARS-Cov-2 infection rate was undercounted due to many testing issues, asymptomatic and alternatively symptomatic individuals, and a failure to identify early cases. A latest research from Pennsylvania State University estimates that the number of early COVID-19 cases in the United States may have ...

Arrhythmia: University Of Pennsylvania Researchers Say That Critical COVID-19 Patients Are 10 Times More Likely To Develop Cardiac Arrest

Source: Arrhythmia and COVID-19 Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

Arrhythmia: According to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to an intensive care unit were 10 times more likely than other hospitalized COVID-19 patients to suffer cardiac arrest or heart rhythm disorders. The study was published in the Heart Rhythm Journal-the official journal of...

COVID-19-Drugs: German Researchers Show That Cancer Drug Ruxolitinib Can Help Treat COVID-19 Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress

Source: COVID-19-Drugs Jun 23, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19-Drugs: German researchers from Marburg University Hospital claim that the cancer drug ruxolitinib is able to stop inflammatory processes in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS). Their research findings were published in the journal: Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-020-0907-9 Dr Thomas Wiesmann who is from intensive care team in the D...

Alzheimer's Disease: Study Shows Tyrosine-Proline Dipeptide Derived From Soy Can Reduce Memory Impairment In Mice

Source: Alzheimer's disease Jun 22, 2020 5 years ago

Alzheimer's disease: Japanese researchers from Kyushu University have reported that a dipeptide protein fragment that makes its way into the brain after being ingested can reduce memory degradation in mice treated to simulate Alzheimer's disease. These dipeptides are derived by breaking apart the proteins in soybeans, the memory-effecting molecule is classified as a dipe...

News: Can The SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Survive Freezing And Thawing And Can It Spread On Foods?

Source:COVID-19 Facts Jun 22, 2020 5 years ago

News: It is interesting that when mainstream media or laymen make assumptions that the SARS-Coronavirus could perhaps be spread by food or can be frozen and thawed back again in its active state, we have so called ‘qualified medical experts’ from a third world country famous for lying and most probably coming from some university with pathetic rankings (not even in the top 75) ma...

Photodynamic Therapy: Research Shows That PDT (Photodynamic Therapy) Could Be A Useful Option For Treating Metastatic Ovarian Cancer

Source: Photodynamic Therapy Jun 22, 2020 5 years ago

Photodynamic Therapy: Oncology researchers from Kazan Federal University and Medical Center of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan have found that Photodynamic therapy is a useful treatment option for metastatic ovarian cancer. Their research findings was published in the journal: BioNano Science https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12668-020-00749-7 PDT or Photodyn...

Immunotherapy: Harvard Researchers Say Vitamin D Can Help Prevent Colitis Caused By Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy

Source: Immunotherapy and Vitamin D Jun 22, 2020 5 years ago

Immunotherapy: Researchers from Harvard Medical School in new study they recently conducted are saying that taking vitamin D supplements may help prevent a potentially serious side effect of a revolutionary form of anti-cancer therapy known as immunotherapy. This is typical side-effect is the inflammation of the colon or colitis. Therapeutically, immune checkpoint inhibitors help the immune ...

MUST READ! COVID-19 Natural Cures: University Of Alabama Identifies 125 Naturally Occurring Plant Phytochemicals That Could Inhibit COVID-19

Source: COVID-19 Natural Cures Jun 22, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Natural Cures: Researchers from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has identified 125 naturally occurring compounds that have a computational potential for efficacy against the COVID-19 virus from the first batch of 50,000 compounds rapidly assessed by a supercomputer. A supercomputer is being utilized to assess the treatment efficacy of naturally occurring compounds a...

Protease Inhibitors: NASA Astrobiologists Joins Efforts To Develop Protease Inhibitors Against COVID-19

Source: Protease Inhibitors and COVID-19 Jun 22, 2020 5 years ago

Protease Inhibitors: Leading astrobiologists supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program are applying their diverse skillset to the development of treatments for patients infected by COVID-19. Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations are an important tool used by the team. This technique allows researchers to simulate proteins, understand how they work, and design inhibitors before w...

Medical Tourism And Biotech: Vietnam To Emerge As A Top Medical Tourism Destination In Asia and Also As A Biotech and Medical Startup Hub, Thailand Failing Behind

Source: Medical Tourism and Biotech Jun 22, 2020 5 years ago

Medical Tourism And Biotech: Vietnam Is emerging to surpass Thailand and the rest of Asia as a top medical tourism destination and also as a hub attracting biotech research and manufacturing companies in the next few years. Over the last few years while Thailand was being complacent and ‘floating in the air’ based on its past laurels, the Vietnamese government and private sect...

WARNING! D614G Mutation Coronavirus Strains From Europe Could Render Those Recovered From Earlier Strains Defenseless According to China

Source: D614G Mutation And COVID-19 Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

D614G Mutation: According to warnings from Chinese researchers, individuals infected with the earlier SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus strains could be defenseless against the more aggressive European strains with the D614G mutations. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.20.161323v1 ...

US Medical News: Warning-Despite Lower COVID-19 Death Rates, Infection Rates Are Increasing. 33,389 New Cases In The Last 24 Hours, Hospitals Overflowing

Source: US Medical News Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

US Medical News: Despite decreasing COVID-19 death rates in the last 24 hours, a worrying sign is emerging that new infected rates are on the increase once again in America. In the last 24 hours a total of 33,412 new cases were registered for COVID-19 (certain states had not submitted their reports yet as of press time, suggesting that figures could be much higher) while the day before it was 33, ...

Clozapine: Researchers From King’s College London Warn That Patients Taking Antipsychotic Drug Clozapine Have Increased Risks Of Contracting COVID-19

Source: Clozapine and COVID-19 Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

Clozapine: Researchers from King’s College London are warning that patients taking antipsychotic drug Clozapine are at an increased risk of contracting COVID-19. Their research findings are published in a preprint server that has yet to be peer reviewed. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.17.20133595v1 Clozapine is an antipsychotic drug with proven efficacy to tr...

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 5 years ago

Hepatitis B and COVID-19: Although the impaired liver function is prevalent in COVID-19, it is poorly understood. UAE researchers report the first case of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation caused by COVID-19 in a young adult with altered mental status and severe transaminitis. The patient was asymptomatic, hypothermic, his skin was jaundiced with the icteric sclera, with very high levels o...

HIV: Research From Emory University Shows That New Adjuvant 3M-052 Extends Immunity Against HIV

Source: Thailand HIV Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

HIV: Immunology researchers from the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Emory Vaccine Center (EVC) are first to show a new adjuvant, 3M-052, helps induce long-lasting immunity against HIV. The research findings are published today in the journal: Science Immunology. https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/5/48/eabb1025 Significantly, in this pre-clinical study&n...

Ivermectin and COVID-19: Study Published In Nature Journal Suggest That Ivermectin Could Be A Complementary Antiviral Drug To Help Treat COVID-19

Source: Ivermectin And COVID-19 Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

Ivermectin and COVID-19: Despite initial molecular docking studies and vitro studies showing a potential of using Ivermectin to treat COVID-19, there has only been a few clinical trials and even then despite having positive results, not much is talked about Ivermectin as its basically a drug whose patent has lapsed and hence it is not profitable for many pharmaceutical giants to promote it. To als...

Researchers Warn That Azithromycin Should Not Be Used For COVID-19

Source: Azithromycin and COVID-19 Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

Azithromycin: In a new study published in the Oxford Journal: Open Forum Infectious Disease, researchers Dr Jeniffer Lighter and Dr Vanessa Raabe from New York University School of Medicine warn against the use of the antibiotic azithromycin to treat COVID-19. https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/7/6/ofaa207/5849083 In the mad scramble to find drugs to treat COVId-19 and the testing of v...

BREAKTHROUGH! Prostate Cancer: Reformulation Of Cancer Drug Abiraterone Acetate Leads To Betters Outcomes For Prostate Cancer Patients

Source: Prostate Cancer Jun 21, 2020 5 years ago

Prostate Cancer: Pre-clinical trials by the University of South Australia indicate that reformulation of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone acetate improves the drug's effectiveness by 40 per cent and dramatically improve the quality of life for individuals suffering from prostate cancer. The research findings have been published in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics. ...

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 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: Researchers from a biomedical cum AI company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts have discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein’s furin cleavage site is identical to a sequence in the human epithelial sodium channel, which likewise must be cut by furin in order to be activated. The researchers propose that the new coronavirus may be competing with the sodium channel for f...

Chemotherapy: Yale Develops New Assessment Protocol To Determine If Cancer Patients On Doxorubicin Will Develop Heart Failure

Source: Chemotherapy, Doxirubicin And Heart Failure Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

Chemotherapy: Medical researchers from Yale have developed a technique to predict whether cancer patients receiving a common chemotherapy drug are likely to experience heart failure as a result. Doxorubicin, a chemotherapy drug which is often used to treat a number of cancers, including breast and bladder cancers, lymphoma, and Kaposi's sarcoma also has some negative side-effects of w...

Asthma: New Research Shows That Asthma Is Not A Risk Factor Of Increased Severity Of COVID-19

Source: Asthma and COVID-19 Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

Asthma: According to a new research by scientist from University of St Vincent in Ireland, individuals with asthma are not at a higher risk of developing more severe conditions of COVID-19 as research findings show that the condition does not increase one’s risk of hospitalization when contracting the coronavirus. The study findings were published in the Journal of Allerg...

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 5 years ago

Cannabis And COVID-19: According to researchers from Harvard Medical School, Northeastern University, Concordia University of Wisconsin and Vilotos Pharmaceuticals Inc, Caflanone (FBL-03G) a flavonoid extracted from a rare strain of cannabis found in Jamaica called Black Swan could hold therapeutic properties to treat COVID-19. The research findings were published in the journal : Molecul...

COVID-19 Latest: Study Shows Environmental Conditions Affect Stability Of SARS-Cov-2 Coronavirus

Source: COVID-19 Latest Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Latest: A recent research by Marshall University-West Virginia found that environmental conditions affect the stability of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in human nasal mucus and sputum. The findings of the research was published in the journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases, the journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

US Medical News: Study Shows That A Distinctive Strain Of SARS-CoV-Coronavirus Is Circulating In Chicago

Source: US Medical News Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

US Medical News: A new study that is yet to have been peer-reviewed indicates that Chicagoans are being infected with a unique strain of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus unlike the rest of the United States. The study findings published in a preprint server indicates that the strain is linked to the early coronavirus outbreak in China and correlates with a lower viral load in the upper airways....

COVID-19 Research: German Study Identifies Two Genetic Variants Associated With COVID-19 Respiratory Failure And Role Of Blood Type In Susceptibility

Source: COVID-19 Research Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: German researchers from the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB) in Kiel, Germany along with scientists from England, Spain, Italy and Norway have identified two genetic variants associated with COVID-19 respiratory failure and susceptibility. The research findings are published in The New England Journal of Medicine . https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.105...

BREAKING! US CDC Warns Of Emergence Of New Strain of Antibiotic-Resistant Meningitis

Source: Meningitis Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

Meningitis: The US CDC is warning about the emergence of a new strain of antibiotic-resistant meningitis bacteria. Neisseria meningitidis A detailed analysis of meningococcus isolates from US health departments has identified a novel strain of ciprofloxacin-resistant and beta-lactamase–producing Neisseria meningitidis, scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

Gut Microbiota: Hong Kong Researchers Say That Certain Probiotics Could Enhance The Immune System To Fight Against COVID-19

Source: Gut Microbiota, Probiotics And COVID-19 Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

Gut Microbiota and Probiotics: Researchers from Hong Kong are suggesting that one of the many factors as to why some people are more vulnerable to catching a virus and why some get more severe infection than others could be to the state of the gut microbiota. Maintaining a fine balance between good and bad bacteria which indirectly regulates the immune system is critical. Imbalance in gut mi...

COVID-19 Vaccines: Researchers Say That MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) Vaccine Could Protect Against COVID-19 Severe Symptoms

Source: COVID-19 Vaccines Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Vaccines: A team of medical experts are recommending that administering the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine could serve as a preventive measure to dampen septic inflammation associated with COVID-19 infection. Dr Paul Fidel, Jr., Department Chair, Oral and Craniofacial Biology, and Associate Dean for Research, Louisiana State University Health School of Dentistry and Dr Mai...

Pediatrics: Infants With COVID-19 Mostly Exhibit Mild Illness And Fever

Source: Pediatrics and COVID-19 Jun 20, 2020 5 years ago

Pediatrics: A medical study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago shows that babies under 90 days of age who tested positive for COVID-19 tend to be well, with little or no respiratory involvement. Fever was often found to be the primary or only symptom. The study findings were published in The Journal of Pediatrics. https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-347...

COVID-19 Research: Interesting COVID-19 Pre-Print Non-Peer Reviewed Research Studies Worth Exploring (Vol 3)

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

COVID-19 Research: This is Thailand Medical News third installment of a new weekly series of articles on various pre-print research studies that have been published on numerous servers but have yet to have been peer-reviewed. Most will warrant further research but these are some of the selected studies that we feel need to be explored in detail further. 1. Emerging viral mutants in Austra...

China Medical News: Beijing Releases Genome Of Emerged Virus As Official Numbers Of Individuals Infected With COVID-19 Swells To Almost 200

Source: China Medical News Jun 19, 2020 5 years ago

China Medical News: Authorities In China have released genome data for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus found in a new outbreak in Beijing, which Chinese virologists claims share similarities to European strains, as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases neared 200 on Friday. Readers should however be reminded that the coronavirus causing the global pandemic first originated from China. Thousan...

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 5 years ago

Gargling: In the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, as on one hand we had a stream of some of the most stupid and fake remedies, theories and news about COVID-19 being posted online, we also had a lot of interesting advice and suggestions that were quickly dispelled as being fake or misinformation, most often by certain incompetent and ignorant doctors and government officials or by some of the stu...

US Medical News: Medical Experts Warn That Drop In COVID-19 Deaths In America Is Only A Short-Term Reprieve

Source: US Medical News Jun 19, 2020 5 years ago

US Medical News: COVID-19 deaths per day in the U.S. have fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasingly reopen for business. However scientists are deeply afraid the trend may be about to reverse itself. In the last 24 hours there were only 747 deaths from the COVID-19 disease but 27,924 new infected cases. There is however more than 19,215 patie...

BREAKING! Ophthalmology: University Of Alberta Researchers Identify Pink Eye As Yet Another Possible Primary Symptom Of COVID-19

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

Ophthalmology: According to medical researchers and clinicians from the University of Albert, a case of pink eye is now reason to be tested for COVID-19. Though coughing, fever and difficulty in breathing are common manifestations and symptoms of the COVID-19 disease that is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, a recent case study involving an Edmonton woman has determined that con...

Must Read! Cortisol: Endocrinologists From Imperial College London Say High Cortisol Blood-Levels Linked To Greater Death Risk From COVID-19

Source: Cortisol Jun 19, 2020 5 years ago

Cortisol: Medical Researchers from Imperial College London say that COVID-19 patients with extremely high levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their blood are more likely to deteriorate quickly and die. The hypothesis was based on their research findings which are published in the journal: Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587...

BREAKING! Brain Injury: Swedish Researchers Warn That Signs Of Brain Injury Displayed In Both Severe And Moderate COVID-19 Patients

Source: Brain Injury Jun 19, 2020 5 years ago

Brain Injury: A Swedish study by the University of Gothenburg study shows that certain individuals who receive hospital care for coronavirus infection (COVID-19) exhibit clinical and neurochemical signs of brain injury. Disturbingly even certain moderate COVID-19 cases exhibit these same findings when blood-based biomarkers for brain damage were tested. The study findings were publ...

MUST READ! Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Report Says Most Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Will Develop This Fatal Complication

Source: Diabetic Ketoacidosis Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

Diabetic ketoacidosis: According to a new clinical report published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Diabetic ketoacidosis is a common and potentially fatal complication in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-article/doi/10.1210/clinem/dgaa360/5857202 The medical condition diabetic ketoacidosis almost a...

BREAKING! Tocilizumab (Actemra): Roche’s Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Fails To Treat COVID-19 Patients In Italian Study

Source: Tocilizumab or Actemra Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

Tocilizumab: Pharma giant Roche’s rheumatoid arthritis drug, Actemra (Tocilizumab) failed to help COVID-19 patients in Italian study according to the clinical trial findings released today. The drug failed to help patients with early-stage COVID-19 pneumonia in an Italian study, the latest instance in another an anti-inflammatory drug has fallen through in a coronavirus ...

Diets: Study Shows Every Individual Have A Different Metabolic Response to Diets That Are Influenced By Their Specific Gut Microbiome.

Source: Diets Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

Diets: Medical Researchers from the Australian National Phenome Centre at Murdoch University and collaborators from Imperial College London have made a major breakthrough in comprehending how individuals can have different reactions to the same diets. General assumptions about diets and expected standard response from masses about such diets are no longer valid as every individual respons...

BREAKING!! COVID-19 Immunity: New Study That Is Yet To Be Peer-Reviewed Says Humans May Never Develop Immunity Against COVID-19

Source: COVID-19 Immunity Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Immunity: According researchers from Wuhan University-China and University in Texas-Gaslvestom-America, humans may never develop immunity against COVID-19. Chinese and American scientists ran antibody tests on samples from hospital workers who were exposed to infected patients at early stage of outbreak and found that only 4 per cent of 23,000 had antibodies but they e...

Brain Health: Researchers From University Of California Claim That Traffic-Related Air Pollution Affects Early Brain Development

Source: Brain Health Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

Brain Health: Medical researchers from the University of California-Davis, have found a link between traffic-related air pollution and an increased risk for changes in brain development relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders. The new study based on rodent models, corroborates previous epidemiological evidence showing this association. University of California-Davis toxicologist D...

Multiple Sclerosis: Study Shows Most Drugs Prescribed For Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis-Related Cognitive Impairment Do Not Work!

Source: Multiple Sclerosis Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

Multiple Sclerosis: Medical researchers from the Kessler Foundation recently conducted a comprehensive review of pharmacologic agents used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, seeking evidence for efficacy for the cognitive dysfunction experienced by more than half of affected individuals and found that most of the prescribed drugs do not work. The research findings were published in the...

Cardiovascular Disease: Increments Of Systolic BP Above 90 Mm Hg Correlates With Corresponding Risk Increase Of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)

Source: Cardiovascular Disease: Disease Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

Cardiovascular Disease: A recent study in the journal JAMA Cardiology has suggested that even a normal systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 90 mm Hg is not good enough. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2766469 Based on the study findings, there appears to be a stepwise increase in the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) beginning at an SBP le...

Biotechnology: University Of California Using Nanotechnology To Create New Biomimetic Nanosponges That ‘Soaks Up’ SARS-CoV-2 To Treat COVID-19

Source: Biotechnology and COVID-19 Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

Biotechnology: Researchers from University of California-San Diego are using nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes that can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce, as a new approach to try and treat COVID-19. In vitro experiments, both the lung cel...

Breast Cancer: Study Shows Statins Could Slow Metastasis Of Breast Cancer To The Brain

Source: Breast Cancer Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

Breast Cancer: A new research by oncologists from the University of Notre Dame-Indiana shows that statins which are drugs used to treat high cholesterol could interfere with the way breast cancer cells adapt to the microenvironment in the brain, preventing the cancer from taking hold. Patients with breast cancer who experience this type of metastasis typically survive for only months after d...

COVID-19 Clinical Trials: Ohio State University Using Low-Dose Radiation To Treat ARDS In COVID-19 Patients In Two Separate Trials

Source: COVID-19 Clinical Trials Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Clinical Trials: Past studies have shown that low-dose, whole lung radiation in the form of X-rays can effectively treat severe pneumonia, with minimal side effects. Now, two clinical trials by Ohio State University are applying a modern version of this concept to test patients who have acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a result of COVID-19 infection. In each o...

WHO Stops All Trials Involving Hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 Patients

Source: WHO Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

WHO: The World Health Organization finally decided Wednesday to halt all trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, finding it did not reduce the mortality rate. The malaria and rheumatoid arthritis drug, hydroxychloroquine has been at the center of political and scientific controversy. It has been touted as a possible treatment for th...

COVID-19 Pandemic: Brazil Reports Record 37,278 COVID-19 Cases In Last 24 Hours, Germany 1,797 Cases, India 13,105. Spike In Cases Globally

Source: COVID-19 Pandemic Jun 18, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Pandemic: The last 24 hours has seen some interesting spikes in cases all around the world and even in countries that had no COVID-19 cases in weeks or months, there has been a sudden emergence of the virus. The only countries that did not report any cases were those whose governments were famous for either concealing figures or disseminating fake news. Brazil recorded the highes...

Cognitive Health: High Folate Levels Can Help Cognitive Health Of Older Adults Contrary To Other Claims

Source: Cognitive Health Jun 17, 2020 5 years ago

Cognitive Health: A research led by scientists from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin challenges claims from some international scientific circles, that having high blood levels of folate (folic acid) increases the risk of poor cognition in older adults, especially in those with low levels of vitamin B12. The research published in the British Journal...

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 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: A new research by researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine-China and The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang-China shows that The SARS-COV-2 coronavirus also affcets thyroid functions of a majority of COVID-19 patients. The study lead by Dr Lisong Teng had its research findings published on a preprint server and the paper is currently being peer-rev...

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BREAKING! COVID-19 Genetics: Yale Scientist Identify Eight ‘Super’ Genetic Variants In White People That Increases COVID-19 Death Risk!

Source: COVID-19 Genetics
Nov 13, 2020 4 years ago

Japanese Study Shows That Ozone Water Rapidly Inactivates SARS-Cov-2 Coronavirus, Making It An Ideal COVID-19 Disinfectant And Sanitizer

Source: Ozone Water-COVID-19
Nov 05, 2020 4 years ago

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

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

Source: COVID-19 News
Sep 21, 2020 4 years ago

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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

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

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

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

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