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Long COVID - neuroPASC - Immune Imprinting May 12, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID: Despite the fact that SARS-CoV-2 primarily targets the respiratory system, this treacherous pathogen doesn’t stop there. In its destructive journey through the human body, it often reaches the central nervous system (CNS), causing distressing neurological symptoms.
Intriguingly, these symptoms don’t merely appear during the acute phase of COVID-19. They have a much...
SARS-CoV-2 Research - Hematopoietic Stem Cells May 11, 2023 2 years ago
SARS-CoV-2 Research: Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) play a pivotal role in the formation and maintenance of the hematopoietic system, the body's blood cell production network. The hematopoietic system is responsible for creating erythrocytes (red blood cells), leukocytes (white blood cells), and platelets, which collectively perform a range of critical functions, including oxygen transport, c...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 N Proteins - Cell Apoptosis May 11, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has presented a complex puzzle for researchers and medical professionals alike. Among the most intriguing aspects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is the vast range of clinical manifestations exhibited by infected individuals, from severe respiratory distress to completely asymptomatic cases. Understanding the mechanisms underlying asymptomatic infections, which...
COVID-19 News - Post COVID - Autoimmune Encephalitis May 10, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are tirelessly studying its long-term effects on the human body. A recent review study conducted by scientists from Sichuan Taikang Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, and Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University in China reveals an alarming connection between post-COVID n...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Viral Persistence In The Gastrointestinal Tract May 10, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: Findings from a new study clearly indicates the persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the mucous membranes of the gastrointestinal tract of many exposed to the virus leading to distinct immunological dysfunctions and Immune impairments that contribute to Long COVID. Millions of humans are basically walking around unaware that they are reservoirs of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is able to disarm...
Outbreak News - Taiwan - Enterovirus May 10, 2023 2 years ago
Outbreak News: Taiwan’s CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Center director, Dr Kuo Hung-Wei told media that country is facing a deluge of a variety of enterovirus strains that is starting to cause a strain on healthcare staff and facilities.
Accordingly, circulating strains of enteroviruses in the country includes the enterovirus A71, enterovirus D68, coxsackievirus A4, coxsackievirus A6, echo...
AI In Medicine - Pancreatic Cancer Detection May 09, 2023 2 years ago
AI In Medicine: A cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) tool has successfully identified individuals at the highest risk for pancreatic cancer up to three years before diagnosis. The tool utilized patients' medical records, providing hope for early detection and treatment of this aggressive disease.
A collaborative effort between Harvard Medical School, the University of Copenhage...
Medical News - Idiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia (ICL) May 09, 2023 2 years ago
Medical News: A groundbreaking 11-year study led by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases that was initiated by Dr Anthony Fauci Nation has exposed shocking insights into idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL), a rare and obscure immune deficiency that leaves individuals susceptible to a myriad of infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, and cancers.
The study has ...
Outbreak News - Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Disease - Pakistan May 09, 2023 2 years ago
Outbreak News: Pakistan health authorities confirmed the emergence of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Disease in the city of Karachi after a male patient aged 28 years was tested positive for the disease on the 4th of May 2023 but died on the 5th of May 2023.
Pakistani Men And Their Favourite Past Time Indulgence - Goats!
Disease tracking and investigations are underway as it is belie...
Long COVID - Unique Molecular Signatures in Monocytes and Regulatory T Cells May 09, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has infected nearly a billion people and resulted in millions of deaths since its emergence in late 2019. Despite extensive research on the human immune response during the active phase of the disease, the long-term effects after recovery remain largely unknown. This is crucial for understanding SARS-CoV-2 and the long-term complic...
COVID-19 Drugs - Acyclovir May 09, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 Drugs: Drug repurposing has garnered significant interest as a viable alternative to traditional drug development, offering a cost-effective, time-saving, and less risky approach. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the urgent need for therapeutic agents to prevent viral outbreaks has intensified.
Well-established antiviral drugs like acyclovir (Acv) have shown promise in combati...
Sepsis: The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented challenge, but as we see light at the end of the tunnel, another deadly threat emerges. The UK Sepsis Trust (UKST) estimates that 20% of COVID-19 survivors, approximately 100,000 people, are at risk of developing sepsis within the first year of being discharged from the hospital. Unless diagnosed early, this could cost the UK government an ad...
COVID-19 News: There is another COVID-19 onslaught occurring across almost all ASEAN countries spanning from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and even Myanmar and Cambodia. The situation in other Asian countries is no different as cases are also increasing in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. While health authorities across many countries are trying to downplay the COVI...
Research News - Elsevier - Neuroimage May 08, 2023 2 years ago
Research News: Over 40 leading scientists have resigned en masse from the editorial board of top science journal Neuroimage, protesting the "greed" of publishing giant Elsevier. This mass walkout has been applauded by academics worldwide, who hope it marks the beginning of a revolt against the massive profit margins in academic publishing, which surpass those of Apple, Google, and Amazon...
Medical News - HPV Vaccines - Cervical Cancer May 07, 2023 2 years ago
Medical News: A sudden panic is striking not only individuals who had received HPV vaccines but even doctors and researchers and even Medical News sites like ours are getting extremely worried after news emerged that a major legal case has been filed against the pharmaceutical giant Merck over claims that its HPV vaccines, Gardasil actually triggered cervical cancer in a young woman.
Acco...
Long COVID - Lower Levels Of CD4 And CD8 T-Cells May 07, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID: A groundbreaking study by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that most individuals suffering from Long COVID neurological symptoms have lower levels of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. These crucial immune cells are responsible for coordinating the immune system's response to viruses. This discovery proves that SARS-CoV-2 triggers immune dysfunction and even induces immun...
Medical News - Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia Infections May 07, 2023 2 years ago
Medical News: A new shocking revelation has emerged that showed that for the last three and a half years, many so called ‘expert’s and physicians were treating COVID-19 wrongly and that many deaths were in fact attributed to COVID-19 patients developing secondary bacterial infections!
Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - USA have debunked the po...
COVID-19 News - Vitamin C - COVID-19 Mortality May 07, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A study conducted by researchers from the University of Zimbabwe has shown that early vitamin C treatment reduces the risk of mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
The retrospective study involving 672 COVID-19 hospitalized patients showed that early vitamin C treatment was associated with a 52% reduction of mortality risk.
The study basically focused on facto...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 - PCSK9 Cleavage Site May 06, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A groundbreaking study by a team of international researchers from India and the United States has unveiled a remarkable and distinct feature in the SARS-CoV-2 virus that sets it apart from its predecessors, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS.
This discovery could potentially revolutionize our understanding of the virus's pathogenicity and pave the way for more effective antiviral the...
COVID-19 News - Musculoskeletal System May 06, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in millions of deaths worldwide, and now the more aspects of the long-term consequences of the disease are starting to be revealed. Though primarily affecting the respiratory system, COVID-19 can also have significant effects on other areas of the body, resulting in extrapulmonary complications as well. Studies, cases reports and past COVID-19 News...
COVID-19 Supplements - Omega-3 Fatty Acids May 06, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 Supplements: As the world grapples with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, researchers are looking at various ways to support the immune system and reduce the risk of severe illness. One promising area of research involves the potential benefits of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (N3PUFAs) on cardiovascular health in the context of COVID-19.
A new study review led by researchers fr...
Long COVID - Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis May 05, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID: Researchers from Yale University, USA while presenting a new clinical cases report are warning that more cases of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, a hematological disorder are emerging as a complication in Long COVID.
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a potentially fatal condition in which certain white blood cells (histiocytes and lymphocytes) build up in and dam...
Thailand Medical - Fraud -Private Hospitals May 05, 2023 2 years ago
Thailand Medical: Despite the NHSO terminating contracts with nine private hospitals due to fraudulent claims, many in the general public that are using the universal healthcare program are still not aware of this development that took place since September 2022 and are not aware that they can access continued treatments at other recommended hospitals by the NHSO.
In September 2022, the N...
Anti-Aging News - Glycine And N-Acetylcysteine (GlyNAC) Supplementation - Cognitive Decline May 05, 2023 2 years ago
Anti-Aging News: A new study by researchers from Baylor College of Medicine-Texas-USA has found that Glycine And N-Acetylcysteine (GlyNAC) supplementation can treat cognitive decline and improve brain health in the aged.
The study team devoted their efforts to understanding the biological deterioration that causes cognitive decline and developing nutritional strategies that promote health...
COVID-19 News - Lung Fibrosis In Asymptomatics May 05, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A silent health crisis is taking place as many Post-COVID individuals who are unaware that as a result of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, irrespective as to whether they were mildly asymptomatic or asymptomatic, lung scarring is taking place leading to lung fibrosis that can lead to a variety of serious health consequences. There is a current fallacy among many even physicians tha...
Medical News - Ivermectin - Gut Dysbiosis - Liver Damage May 04, 2023 2 years ago
Medical News: A new study by researchers from Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Federal University of Alfenas – Brazil has worryingly found that usage of the antiparasitic drug, Ivermectin can lead to gut dysbiosis and liver damage but not does not increase susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection.
The study findings revealed the devastating effects of ...
Medical News - Alzheimer's Disease May 04, 2023 2 years ago
Medical News: A new study conducted by medical scientists from Indiana University School of Medicine has found that decreasing the expression of a specific gene identified as INPP5D in the brain's immune cells could significantly decrease the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
This new breakthrough research was led by Dr Adrian Oblak and Ph.D. candidate Peter Bor-Chian Lin wh...
COVID-19 News - Asymptomatic Spreads May 04, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new hypothesis is being proposed by us which will require urgent research as we could be approaching the whole COVID-19 pandemic wrongly.
As the world continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it is crucial to analyze the trends in infection rates and types of infections and consider the implications of these trends. The assumption that decr...
COVID-19 News - Indonesia May 04, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: COVID-19 cases are once again rising in Indonesia after the Muslim Holiday break of Idul Fitri as predicted.
On April 23, a day after Idul Fitri, a low number of confirmed cases was recorded at 384 but it has continued to rise since then.
On Friday the 28th of April, Health authorities reported more than 2067 new daily COVID-19 infections as ‘mudik’ trave...
Outbreak News - Diphtheria - Philippines May 03, 2023 2 years ago
Outbreak News: A deadly diphtheria outbreak has struck the Philippines, prompting a travel advisory from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/alert/diphtheria-philippines
In the first three months of 2023, Philippine health officials reported 32 cases of diphtheria, marking a staggering 700% increase compared to the same period in...
Thailand Medical: According to data released by the Department of Disease Control which is part of the Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health, there were just a mere 1,811 COVID-19 infections and only 10 deaths last week ie the period between 23rd April to 29th of April!
Thailand's Public Health Minister On His Campaign
Rounds For Coming Elections Without A Mask.
However according...
Medical News - ISG15 - Heart Failure May 03, 2023 2 years ago
Medical News: Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto-Canada have discovered a way in which inflammation can cause heart failure, a chronic health condition affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Canada and elsewhere globally. Heart failure is a major cause of illness and death, with symptoms that include breathlessness, tiredness, palpitations, and ankle swelling.
Inflam...
COVID-19 News - XBC.1.6.3 May 03, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new spawn from the Deltacron sub-lineage XBC.1.6 has emerged with an interesting nucleocapsid mutation A173V. This new XBC.1.6.3 sub-lineage is worrying experts and scientist as it could be possibly driving a new onslaught in Queensland Australia but with signs of disease severity as hospitalization rates have been seeing to rise in the last two weeks.
Also worrying is th...
COVID-19 News: Scientist’s predictions that we will not see big seasonal COVID-19 waves but rather continuous wavelets of infections driven by a constant line of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants that are more transmissible and immune evasive seems to be holding true and we are currently seeing such scenarios being played out in various countries across the world.
https://www.thailandmedical.news...
SARS-CoV-2 Research - E and M Proteins May 03, 2023 2 years ago
SARS-CoV-2 Research: COVID-19 is a highly infectious respiratory illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It has led to millions of cases and deaths worldwide since the pandemic began in 2020. The virus has a single-stranded RNA genome enclosed in a capsid with four structural proteins, including the poorly understood envelope (E) protein. A new study by researchers from Columbia University-New Yor...
COVID-19 News - Wavelet Era May 02, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: The COVID-19 pandemic has been ravaging the world for three years, and despite hopes of a seasonal pattern, it shows no signs of abating. SARS-CoV-2 infections continue to rise, with new variants like XBB.1.16 emerging and contributing to the uptick in cases in various geolocations across the world. XBB.1.16 spawns like XBB.1.16.1, XBB.1.16.2, XBB.1.16.3, its third generations like ...
AI in Medicine - ChatGPT - Postoperative Instructions May 02, 2023 2 years ago
AI In Medicine: Artificial intelligence has been making its mark on various industries, with healthcare being no exception. ChatGPT, an AI-powered language model chatbot, has been recognized as a potentially beneficial tool for patients and clinicians alike.
A recent study published online on April 27 in the peer reviewed journal: JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery evaluated the ...
Woke News - Transgenders - Prostate Cancer May 02, 2023 2 years ago
In a ground-breaking study that will send shockwaves through the transgender community, researchers have discovered that transgender ‘women’ are still at risk for prostate cancer even after gender-affirming surgery. In a first-of-its-kind research, scientists from University of California-San Francisco have estimated the risk to be around 14 cases per 10,000 transgenders, highlighting ...
Long COVID - Autoimmune Disease May 02, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID: The ongoing saga of the COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled a plethora of previously unknown health complications, and the Long-COVID syndrome is perhaps the most notorious among them. Affecting around 28 to 30% of Americans who have contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus and about 30 to 33% of Europeans, the lingering effects of Long COVID such as brain fog, post-exertional malaise, and joint pai...
COVID-19 News - South Korea May 02, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: South Korea is currently experiencing a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections, with more than 15,000 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours. This alarming spike, attributed to the XBB.1.16 and EG.1 sub-lineages of the virus, has raised concerns among health officials, as the country continues to navigate its way toward normalcy. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA...
Pharma News - diclofenac - UGT2B17 May 01, 2023 2 years ago
Pharma News: New research has unveiled the potential reason behind the alarming side effects of a widely-used painkiller, diclofenac, putting millions of people at risk for severe complications. A misunderstood enzyme responsible for metabolizing the drug may be the key factor leading to serious health consequences, including heart damage.
In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered a s...
COVID-19 Drugs - Drug Metabolizing Enzymes And Membrane Transporters (DMETs) May 01, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 Drugs: It is coming to light that all strategies with regards to treating COVID-19 has been wrong as many missed out certain critical data that affects the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of these drugs that have been approved so far by various clueless regulatory agencies across the world.
A new breakthrough study by researchers from University of Toronto-Canada, OneDrug-C...
COVID-19 News - ORF3a And NSP5 Regulate Autophagy Receptor p62 Levels May 01, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: Researchers from the University of Belgrade-Serbia, and the University Clinical Center of Serbia have in a new study found that SARS-Cov-2 proteins ORF3a and NSP5 regulate autophagy receptor p62 levels, typically downregulating it and leading to hyperinflammation states.
COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has had a wide range of impacts on patients, from asymptomatic o...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Infections Are Accelerating T Cell Immunosenescence In CMV Positive Individuals Apr 30, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A groundbreaking study by the University of Cordoba-Spain and Reina Sofia University Hospital-Spain has revealed that SARS-CoV-2 infections in Cytomegalovirus or CMV-seropositive individuals are linked to accelerated T cell immunosenescence and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This discovery has significant implications, considering the vast prevalence of both cyto...
COVID-19 News: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are emerging. These novel strains have the potential to cause significant changes in the virus's transmissibility, severity, and immune evasion capabilities.
While the XBB.1.16 variant recently caught the attention of health experts and the mainstream media worldwide, a lesser-known XBB.2...
COVID-19 News: The XBB.1.16 sub-lineage has been grabbing headlines worldwide due to its rapid transmission rate and in some cases has been found to be contributing to an increase in disease severity as reported by Indian researchers in a recent preprint study.
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/indian-study-shows-that-xbb-1-16-does-increase-risk-for-disease-severity-contrary-to-claims-by-cluel...
SARS-CoV-2 Research - NSP12 Apr 29, 2023 2 years ago
SARS-CoV-2 Research: A new study by researchers from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China has found that the SARS-CoV-2 NSP12 proteins plays a critical role in virus replication and splicing regulation.
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is a highly infectious pathogen that has mutated into highly transmissible variants, such as the Omicron strain. Und...
Long COVID - Gastrointestinal Health Apr 28, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, so does our understanding of the virus and its long-term effects on human health. In particular, recent research has focused on the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and the incidence of new GI illnesses in individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. Two recent notable studies, one from the University of Liverpool-UK and the ot...
COVID-19 News: A new study by Indian scientists from the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals-Pune, the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Pune and the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology-Pune that focused on the XBB.1.16 variant which is currently causing a COVID-19 onslaught in India and its clinical profile ha...
COVID-19 News - Fetuin-A - Tetranectin - Paraoxonase-1 Apr 27, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new quantitative proteomics study by researchers from Saudi Arabia have uncovered how SARS-CoV-2 dysregulates the Innate immune responses that can lead to disease severity.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has presented varying levels of severity in patients, from mild to severe cases....
Health News - Male Baldness - Sugar Sweetened Beverages Apr 27, 2023 2 years ago
Health News: A groundbreaking study conducted by Chinese nutritional epidemiology investigators has discovered a strong link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and male pattern hair loss (MPHL) in young men. The study findings have sparked widespread concern and ignited a conversation about the dangers of excessive sugar consumption on hair health.
Principal inves...
COVID-19 News - Purinergic Signaling Apr 27, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 News: COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, continues to be a global health concern despite the availability of vaccines and treatments. The disease is marked by high inflammation and coagulation disturbances, which may be connected to purinergic signaling molecules such as ATP, ADP, adenosine (ADO), and purinergic receptors (P1 and P2).
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A new study review by res...
COVID-19 News: Many from a small segment of the general population who are still smart enough to be paying attention to what is developing in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic are more engrossed in the XBB.1.16 sub-lineage (Arcturus) and some of its newer spawns such:
-XBB.1.16.1 (defining mutation-S:T547I)
-XBB.1.16.1.1 designated as FU.1 (defining mutation-T3802C)
-XBB.1.16.1.2 designated as...
COVID-19 Drugs - Antihistamines - Cetirizine Apr 26, 2023 2 years ago
COVID-19 Drugs: A groundbreaking study by Spanish researchers from Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM) in Toledo, Spain, has unveiled the astonishing potential of antihistamines as an early treatment for COVID-19. This discovery could revolutionize our approach to managing the pandemic, reduce hospitalizations, and possibly prevent the spread of the virus among close contacts.
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Long COVID - Anti-Desmoglein 2 Autoantibodies - Heart Issues Apr 26, 2023 2 years ago
Long COVID: SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, has been linked to various unexpected symptoms and complications. Post-acute cardiac issues are known to be associated with this viral infection.
A study team led by scientists from the University of Birmingham-United Kingdom have discovered the presence of autoantibodies against antigens in the skin, muscle, and heart in individ...