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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.

BREAKING! Pediatrics: Study Indicates That Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome More Predominant Among Children Of African Ancestry Infected With COVID-19

Source: Pediatrics Jun 04, 2020 5 years ago

Pediatrics: French researchers have found that an inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents, believed to be linked to COVID-19, seems to be more common among children of African ancestry. The pediatric syndrome has been compared with Kawasaki disease, a rare condition which mainly affects children under five. Experts have said that it may be an "antibody mediated or...

Chemotherapy: Study Shows Cancer Treatments Affected By Diet And Microbes In The Gut

Source: Chemotherapy Jun 03, 2020 5 years ago

Chemotherapy: Medical and oncology researchers from University Of Virginia in a new study found that what a cancer patient eats can affect the outcome of chemotherapy. The same can be applied to other patients with other chronic conditions and the corresponding medical treatments. The research paper was published in the journal: Nature Communications. https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...

Diabetes And COVID-19: Study Shows That Diabetics With High BMI Usually End Up On Ventilators Or /And Die Within 7 Days Upon Hospital Admission

Source: Diabetes And COVID-19 Jun 03, 2020 5 years ago

Diabetes And COVID-19: French researchers in a new study show that body mass index (BMI) is associated with tracheal intubation and/or death within seven days among individuals with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19. Dr Bertrand Cariou from the University of Nantes in France, and his research team conducted a multicenter study in 1,317 people with diabetes (88.5 percent with type 2 diabe...

US Medical News: 1,134 Deaths Recorded In America For 2nd Of June, Bringing Total Number of COVID-19 Deaths To 108,059. More Infections To Come

Source: US Medical News Jun 03, 2020 5 years ago

US Medical News: In the 24hrs for the 2nd of June, America registered 1,134 deaths due to the COVID-19 disease, bringing the total deaths in the United States so far to 108,059. In the same period, 21,882 new COVID-19 infected cases were reported bringing the total infected so far in the country to 1,881,205. Off these, 645, 974 individuals have been deemed as “recovered&rsqu...

BREAKING! Study Shows Inactivation Process In Samples For COVID-19 Diagnostics Could Lead To High Rate of False Negatives!

Source: COVID-19 Diagnostics Jun 03, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Diagnostics: A team of medical and biotech researchers led by Dr Chaofeng Ma of Xi'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China had initially hypothesized that viral inactivation may contribute to false negatives. The researchers subsequently tested several inactivation methodologies to determine if and to what extent they reduce detectible virus in a clinical s...

UV Light: Eradicating SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus That Causes COVID-19 With Handheld UV Light Devices

Source: UV Light and COVID-19 Jun 03, 2020 5 years ago

UV Light: Researchers at Pennsylvania State University, the University of Minnesota, University of Tokyo and Tohoku University in a joint research have ascertained that personal, handheld devices emitting high-intensity ultraviolet light are feasible for ‘killing’ the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The study findings are published in the journal: Nature’s Communication P...

BREAKTHROUGH! COVID-19 Antibodies: Chinese Researchers Identify Potent SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies

Source: COVID-19 Antibodies Jun 03, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Antibodies: A collaborative research led by Peking University In Beijing has successfully identified multiple highly potent neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, the causative virus of the respiratory/thrombotic disease COVID-19, from convalescent plasma by high-throughput single-cell sequencing. These neutralizing antibodies generated by the h...

Nicotine: Medical Experts Say That Evidence Is Weak Regarding Nicotine Therapy For COVID-1

Source: Hartmann-Boyce, Jamie & Lindson, Nicola – Converzation Jun 03, 2020 5 years ago

Nicotine: Most countries in the Europe including France recently put limits on the purchase nicotine-replacement products, stopping online sales and restricting buyers to a one-month supply of gums, patches and inhalers bought at pharmacies. The limits have nothing to do with the products' usefulness or safety as these are well established. They have been put in place to stop people stock...

Antibiotics: Melbourne Researchers Exploring Using Teixobactin For Bacterial Lung Conditions Including Secondary COVID-19 Infections

Source: Antibiotics Jun 03, 2020 5 years ago

Antibiotics: Researchers from University of Melbourne are exploring ways to eradicate lethal pathogens with 'resistance resistant' antibiotics, and it could also contribute in the fight against SARS-CoV-2coronavirus disease or COVID-19 complications. Typically as bacteria evolve, they develop strategies that undermine antibiotics and morph into 'superbugs' that c...

COVID-19 Antibody Tests: Medical Researchers Warn About Misinformation With Regards To Test Results

Source: COVID-19 Antibody Tests Jun 02, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Antibody Tests: The Covid-19 serology or antibody tests became available only in April this year. These tests involve a blood sample and detect antibodies produced by the body in response to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. A positive test indicates that a person was infected at some time in the past. A research paper published recently in the journal Clinical Chemistry by Dr Neil And...

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: APPA (Apocynin And Paeonol)- New Anti-Inflammatory Drug That Does Not Weaken Host Defense To Infection Even For COVID-19

Source: Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Jun 02, 2020 5 years ago

Anti-inflammatory Drugs: Researchers from the University of Liverpool and AKL Research and Development Ltd (AKLRD), have developed a new anti-inflammatory drug called APPA that has anti-inflammatory properties but without weakening host defense to infection. The drug could be useful in treating COVID-1 cytokine storms. The research was published in the journal: Inflammopharmacol...

Immunotherapy: Study Identifies PCBP1 An Intracellular Immune Checkpoint For Shaping T Cell Responses In Cancer Immunity

Source: Immunotherapy Jun 02, 2020 5 years ago

Immunotherapy: A research led by medical scientists from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a protein called PCBP1 within certain immune cells that is required for optimal immune responses to cancer. The study findings, reported in the journal Science Advances, also suggest that the protein might be useful for predicting which cancer patients&nb...

WHO: World Health Organization Warns That Excessive Use Of Antibiotics During COVID-19 Crisis Will Cause More Deaths In Future Due To Resistance

Source: WHO-World Health Organisation Jun 02, 2020 5 years ago

WHO: The World Health Organization warned that increased antibiotics use in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond. Director-general of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed concern that a "worrying number" of bacterial infections were becoming increasingly resistant to the medicine...

COVID-19 Transmission: Does Air Conditioning Help Transmit COVID-19?

Source: COVID-19 Transmissions Jun 02, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Transmission: Considering that the weather is now warmer and lockdown orders are being lifted, individuals are questioning: Can air conditioning tranmit COVID-19, especially the AC in public places, the office, stores or restaurants? A few past researches raised concerns especially one study, published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, found that nine people in Wuh...

Pregnancy And COVID-19: Study Shows Choline Supplements Could Help Pregnant Women Reduce Negative Effects Of COVID-19 In Newborns

Source: Pregnancy And COVID-19 Jun 02, 2020 5 years ago

Pregnancy And COVID-19: According to a recent study by medical researchers from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, pregnant women who take extra choline supplements may mitigate the negative impact that viral respiratory infections, including COVID-19, can have on their babies. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...

COVID-19: Australian Researchers Say Reduced Humidity Linked To Increased COVID-19 Risk, Cooler Months To Be Worse

Source: COVID-19 Jun 02, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19: Researchers from University Of Sydney have found an association between lower humidity and an increase in locally acquired positive cases. It was discovered that a 1 percent decrease in humidity could increase the number of COVID-19 cases by 6 percent. The new research led by Professor Dr Michael Ward, an epidemiologist in the Sydney School of Veterinary Science at the Universit...

US Medical News: Experts Are Warning That COVID-19 Infections Could Escalate Tremendously In US As African-Americans Are Busy Looting Stores And Burning Cities

Source: US Medical News Jun 01, 2020 5 years ago

US Medical News: EDITORIAL- In a country that has reported 20,350 new cases of COVID-19 in the last few hours bringing the total in the country to 1,841,375 cases and a total of about 106,270 deaths as a result of the SAR-CoV-2 coronavirus, it is shocking to see on TV channels and online media spanning from the CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Fox News images of black African Americans ...

Britain Medical News: Many Upset As Some Schools Reopen In England Despite COVID-19 Danger To Children

Source: Britain Medical News Jun 01, 2020 5 years ago

Britain Medical News: The official number of individuals infected with COVID-19 in UK stands at 274,781(1st June 2020) and the total number of deaths caused by the coronavirus is 38,489 (although may medical experts claim it could be as high as more than 47,000 as a result of under-reporting by authorities and also the failure to take into consideration deaths at nursing homes and institutions for...

BREAKING! Face Mask: Israeli Researchers Develop Self-Disinfecting Protective Mask

Source: Face Mask Jun 01, 2020 5 years ago

Face Mask: The Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) faculty of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a revolutionary self-disinfecting reusable protective face mask. The self- disinfection process occurs when a layer of carbon fibers in the mask is heated using a low current source, such as an electric mobile phone charger, the developers state. A legal patent...

Ménière’s Disease: Researchers Uncover How Ear Drainage System Is The Culprit By Using Synchrotron X-Ray Technology

Source: Ménière’s Disease Jun 01, 2020 5 years ago

Ménière’s Disease: The disease is an inner-ear condition that can cause vertigo, a specific type of dizziness in which you feel as though you’re spinning. It also can cause ringing in your ear (tinnitus), hearing loss that comes and goes, and a feeling of fullness or pressure in your ear. Usually, only one ear is affected. The hearing loss&nb...

Medical Imaging: CT Findings Of COVID-19 In Children Often Show False Negative Infections

Source: Medical Imaging Jun 01, 2020 5 years ago

Medical Imaging: Researchers from Icahn School Of medicine , Mount Sinai are warning clinical practitioners that a recent study they conducted revealed a high frequency of negative chest CT findings among pediatric patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while also suggesting that bilateral, lower lobe-predominant ground-glass opacities (GGOs) are common in th...

COVID-19: Could Mosquitoes Transmit The SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus?

Source: COVID-19 Jun 01, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19: With the rainy season now in Thailand and in many Asian countries and with warnings of Dengue expected to be prevailing, many are also concerned as to whether the mosquito season that typically accompanies the rainy season can also contribute to the spread of the COVID-19 disease. You cannot blame people for their concerns considering that these bloodsuckers are known to transmi...

COVID-19 Disinfectants: Hong Kong Researchers Unveil New Disinfectant That Can Protect Against SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus For Up To 3 Months

Source: COVID-19 Disinfectants Jun 01, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Disinfectants: Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have developed "MAP-1," a new disinfectant spray that can kill viruses including the SARS-CoV-2coronavirus and bacteria for up to 90 days. https://www.ust.hk/news/research-and-innovation/hkust-develops-new-smart-anti-microbial-coating-fight-against-covid-19 The new disinfectant coating is unlike ...

Ophthalmology: Eyewear And COVID-19 Safety

Source: Ophthalmology May 31, 2020 5 years ago

Ophthalmology: Covid-19-related safety is crucial if one wears contact lenses, eyeglasses or safety glasses/goggles, eye experts say. Though the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends limiting use of contact lenses and switching to eyeglasses during the pandemic, the American Optometric Association says there's no evidence that wearing contacts increases COVID-19 r...

US Medical News: America Reports 23,290 New COVID-19 Infected Cases In The Last 24 Hours And 1015 Deaths

Source: US Medical News May 31, 2020 5 years ago

US Medical News: Sadly, the number of COVID-19 infected cases in America does not seem to be going down with 23,290 cases reported in the last 24 hours for the 30th Of May 2020 and 1015 deaths were registered. To date the total number of individuals that have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the United States stands at 1,816,897 while the total number of deaths are 105,557...

Influenza: Individuals Should Prepare For The Coming Flu Season By Getting Vaccinated Especially With COVID-19 Around

Source: Influenza May 31, 2020 5 years ago

Influenza: Though it is very vague and not conformative, the second annual influenza season in Thailand starts during the rainy months of June to August while the first season is during the cooler months of December to February. In the US, the flu season typically starts in October to February while in China it is between November to February. In UK it is also around October to February. In ...

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV): Researchers Discover Mechanism As To How Spironolactone Exhibits Antiviral Properties On The Virus

Source: Epstein-Barr Virus May 31, 2020 5 years ago

Epstein-Barr Virus: Medical researchers from University of Utah Health Sciences have discovered that the Epstein-Barr virus which causes mononucleosis and is linked to the development of several cancers utilized a unique strategy to survive. The virus seizes and takes the reins of its host's cellular processes to make copies of itself and to prioritize the production of its own proteins over ...

ASCO20 Cancer Updates: Immunotherapy Using Pembrolizumab for Colon Cancer Could Revolutionize Clinical Practice

Source: ASCO20 Cancer Updates May 30, 2020 5 years ago

ASCO20 Cancer Updates: Medical researchers from the University College London (UCL) and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) in a recent large international clinical trial have found that pembrolizumab, a form of immunotherapy, more than doubled the 'progression free survival' time of patients with a specific subtype of advanced bowel cancer, when com...

US Medical News: 1,225 COVID-19 Deaths Recorded In America During Last 24 Hours

Source: US Medical News May 30, 2020 5 years ago

US Medical News: 1,225 COVID-19 deaths were recorded in the United States on Friday. The death toll in America as of 7.00am New York (30th May) is now 104,552 while a total of 1,793,535 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. So far about 16,810,778 individuals have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus of out of total population of 330,832,890 individuals. It sho...

BREAKING!! Metformin: US FDA Issues Warning That Carcinogenic Contaminants Found In Several Brands Of The Diabetes Drug And Starts Recall

Source: Metformin and Diabetes May 30, 2020 5 years ago

Metformin: The US FDA has issued warnings that many brands and versions of the drug Metformin that is used by diabetics in the US and around the world have been found to be contaminated with a carcinogenic compound called N-Nitrosodimethylamine. The U.S. health regulators have started telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory te...

Blood Banks: Researchers Develop Protocol Using Vitamin B2 And UV Light To Inactivate SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus In Whole Blood and Plasma

Source: Blood Banks May 30, 2020 5 years ago

Blood Banks: Though medical experts are still have no proof that SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can be transmitted by blood transfusion, considering the many anomalies of this new virus researchers have decided to still proceed to find ways to make sure that blood stocks are safe. Medical researchers from Colorado State University used existing technologies to show that exposing the SARS-CoV-2 co...

Respiratory Infections: Study Warns Glucocorticoids Are Harmful In Treating Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Conditions Including Those In COVID-19

Source: Respiratory Infections May 29, 2020 5 years ago

Respiratory Infections: Finnish researchers are warning against the use of glucocorticoids or corticosteroids to treat respiratory infections caused pathogens and more so to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome conditions including in Covid-19. Their research findings are published in the medical journal: Intensive Care Medicine. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-020-06086-3 ...

COVID-19 Research: University Of Massachusetts Study Warns Of Emerging Genomic Variants In SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus That Could Lead To Drug Resistance

Source: COVID-19 Research May 29, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: A new research by University Of Massachusetts Medical School lead by Dr Sean P Ryder, a Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology has demonstrated that there are numerous emerging genomic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and that some of these with changes on certain of parts of the structure of the genome, he warns could lead to drug resistance. Dr Ryder ...

Diabetes: French Study Indicates That 10 Percent Of Covid-19 Patients With Diabetes Die Within Seven Days Of Hospital Admission

Source: Diabetes May 29, 2020 5 years ago

Diabetes: The world’s first study of COVID-19 to specifically analyze the effect of the diabetes in hospitalized patients has found that one in ten patients dies within 7 days of hospital admission, and one in five is intubated and mechanically ventilated by this point. The study is published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabete...

Covid-19: New Study Published In JAMA Says Certain COVID-19 Recovered Patients Still Test Positive Even Days After Being Discharged

Source: Covid-19 May 29, 2020 5 years ago

Covid-19: A new study by Chinese researchers indicate that about 16% of discharged so called ‘recovered’ COVID-19 patients still test positive on an RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 that was conducted later. The study has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on the 28th Of May. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2766379 Medica...

BREAKTHROUGH! Cancer Diagnostics: New Accurate Cancer Test For Early Detection Of Prostate and Ovarian Based On Sugars Being Developed.

Source: Cancer Diagnostics May 29, 2020 5 years ago

Cancer Diagnostics: Biotech and medical researchers from the University of Birmingham are developing a new type of diagnostic test that uses complex sugars to detect prostate cancer earlier and with greater accuracy. The new diagnostic test works by identifying sugars, known as glycans, in blood. These sugars are attached to protein molecules called PSA and are known to undergo ...

COVID-19 Fatalities: Study Shows Those With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities (IDD) More Likely To Die From COVID-19

Source: COVID-19 Fatalities May 29, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Fatalities: A recent study by researchers from Syracuse University-New York and SUNY Upstate Medical University indicates that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to die from COVID-19 than those without IDD. The disparity is likely related to a higher prevalence of comorbid diseases among those with IDD, and/or a higher percentage of...

COVID-19 Prevention: Australian Scientists Developing New Nanostructured Materials Whose Surfaces Can Reduce Spread of Infection In Hospitals And Public Areas

Source: COVID-19 Prevention May 29, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Prevention: The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic has caused an increased demand for antimicrobial treatments that can keep surfaces clean, particularly in health care settings. Though some surfaces have been developed such that can combat bacteria, what has been lacking is a surface that can also kill off viruses. However Australian researchers From the Queensland Universit...

BREAKING! High Blood Pressure: Study Shows Current Approach Towards Hypertension Totally Flawed As Aldosteronism May Be A Bigger Contributing Factor

Source: High Blood Pressure -Hypertension May 28, 2020 5 years ago

High Blood Pressure: Based on a new study Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital, a hormonal condition known as aldosteronism could be contributing to the growing number of individuals suffering from high blood pressure or hypertension without them or their doctors knowing of it. This frequently not detected hormonal condition called primary aldosteronism, arises when the...

Cardiology: Canadian Study Shows That Combo Of Xarelto With Aspirin More Effective To Treat Patients With Cardiovascular Or Peripheral Arterial Disease

Source: Cardiology May 28, 2020 5 years ago

Cardiology: According to a new medical research by cardiologists from the University of Alberta and Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, it was found that pairing a blood-thinning drug with aspirin daily for patients who have an angioplasty with a stent can contribute to better health outcomes, including lower risk of death, than just alone. The research study led by Dr Kevin Bainey, a Uni...

Alzheimer: Study Supports NfL As Blood-Based Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease

Source: Alzheimer And Other Neurodegenerative Diseases May 28, 2020 5 years ago

Alzheimer: According to a recent research by neurodegenerative disease experts from Massachusetts General Hospital, neurofilament light chain or NfL performs well and is promising as a potential blood-based biomarker for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disease. The research team said that neurofilament light chain (NfL) has great potential as a diagnostic biomarker for e...

BREAKING! Coronavirus Latest: Louisiana State University Pathologists’ First COVID-19 Autopsy Series Reveals Cardiopulmonary Anomalies

Source: Coronavirus Latest May 28, 2020 5 years ago

Coronavirus Latest: Pathologists and medical researchers from Louisiana State University have performed the first series of COVID-19 autopsies on African Americans who died from COVID-19 in New Orleans. The significant findings from these autopsies could provide new insights in the cardiopulmonary aspects of the disease while providing new and critical information to guide patient management. &n...

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: Medical researchers and respiratory experts from the University of São Paulo's Medical School say that blood clotting disorders may explain some of the worst symptoms of COVID-19, including respiratory failure and pulmonary fibrosis and that the focus should be on treating COVID-19 as a thrombotic disease caused by a virus. Their research findings and reports were published...

Covid-19 Research: New Study Reveals Impact Of COVID-19 On The Brain

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

Covid-19 Research: A new research study by medical scientists from the University of Cincinnati and three Italian medical institutions involving the detailed review of neuroimaging and neurological symptoms in patients with COVID-19 may shed light on the SARS-Coronavirus's impact on the central nervous system. The research results, published in the medical journal Radiology, reve...

COVID-19 Drugs: Studies Identify That Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Carprofen and Celecoxib Could Also Have Antiviral Properties Against COVID-19

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

COVID-19 Drugs: Spanish researchers from the Rovira i Virgili University Department of Cheminformatics and Nutrition have identified that the anti-inflammatory drugs carprofen and celecoxib could have antiviral properties against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the deadly COVID-19 disease, by inhibiting replication of the virus. The research study has been published by the Int...

Diabetes: 100 Year Old Drug Suramin Being Repurposed To Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Source: Diabetes May 27, 2020 5 years ago

Diabetes: According to medical researchers from the University of Buffalo, a century old drug used to treat sleeping sickness, could be been repurposed to fight oral mucositis and diabetic foot ulcers. http://inventions.arizona.edu/technologies/ua18-037_advanced-engineered-formulations-of-suramin-microparticles-and-nanoparticles-for-drug-delivery-and-applications-therein The rec...

MUST READ!!! COVID-19 Diagnostics: John Hopkins Researchers Warns Of False Negatives and Accuracy Of Current RT-PCR Covid-19 Tests

Source: COVID-19 Diagnostics May 27, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Diagnostics: Medical researchers from John Hopkins based on new study findings are warning about the accuracy of current RT-PCR Diagnostic platforms being used globally to detect those infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and also about false negatives. The research findings were published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.732...

Brain Cancer: Study Shows Lumefantrine Enhances Current Protocol To Treat Glioblastoma Multiforme(GBM)

Source: Brain Cancer May 27, 2020 5 years ago

Brain Cancer: Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) have reported that lumefantrine, an FDA-approved drug used to treat malaria has demonstrated effectiveness to enhance existing treatment protocols to treat Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive form of cancer in the brain that is typically fatal. The resea...

BREAKING NEWS! COVID-19 Research: Study Finds That SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Behaves Like HIV To Evade Immune Response

Source: COVID-19 Research May 27, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: According to a new breakthrough study by Chinese researchers, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emulates the HIV strategy to remove marker molecules on surface of an infected cell that are used to identify invaders, in a manner to evade attack from the human immune system. This new discovery also has vast potential implications that Sars-CoV-2 may be around for some time according to t...

COVID-19 Research: New Study Reveals That Specific Types Of T-Cells Are Targeted By The SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus In Patient’s Immune System

Source: COVID-19 Research May 27, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: Medical researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, King’s College London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, have conducted a detailed analysis of the composition of immune cells in COVID-19 patients’ blood to fully understand how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus affects the immune system in order to help doctors predict at an early stage who might ne...

BREAKTHROUGH! Breast Cancer: Australian Researchers Identify Cancer Protein- Creld2 Responsible For Rapid Tumor Progression.

Source: Breast Cancer May 26, 2020 5 years ago

Breast Cancer: Oncology researchers from University Of South Australia have made a significant breakthrough by discovering how an obscure protein causes breast cancer to develop and grow more quickly. According to Associate Professor Dr Michael Samuel, a senior University Of South Australia researcher in the Centre for Cancer Biology (CCB), who spearheaded this research with co-lead scien...

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

COVID-19 Research: Medical researchers from Boston Children's Hospital have discovered that disulfiram, a US FDA-approved drug commonly used for treating alcoholism, blocks a key gatekeeper protein involved in inflammation, hence effectively inhibiting the inflammation process. Typically, inflammation is the alarm system by which cells first respond to potential danger. But in e...

Coronavirus Severity: Study Indicates That Human Host Factors Influence COVID-19 Severity More Than Genetic Variation Caused By Mutations

Source: Coronavirus Severity May 26, 2020 5 years ago

Coronavirus Severity: According to medical researchers from Shanghai, human host factors rather than viral genetic differences caused by mutations appear to influence disease outcomes among COVID-19 patients. The research has been published in the medical journal Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2355-0 The Chinese researchers examined clinical, molecular, and immuno...

BREAKING! Dementia: Study Shows That Individuals With The Dementia Gene APOE e4e4 Risk Developing Severity When Contracting COVID-19

Source: Dementia and COVID-19 May 26, 2020 5 years ago

Dementia: Medical Researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine have announced that their recent study shows a link between individuals possessing a faulty gene associated with Dementia and the risk of developing severe conditions upon contracting COVID-19 disease. The researchers meta-analyzed data from the UK Biobank, and f...

MUST READ!!! COVID-19 Vaccines: New Dangerous Trend Emerging- Fake Or Manipulated Vaccine Research

Source: COVID-19 Vaccines May 26, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Vaccines: As there has been to date no effective drugs that can treat COVID-19 so far, the world is putting most of its hope on a possible vaccine. The problem is that by even by expediting protocols and clinical trials, a proper, safe and effective vaccine would still need at least 24 months to develop from the original 4 years. While there are more than 128 different entities a...

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

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

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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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