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UTSA suggests COVID-19 can spread farther outside than originally thought, particularly with low win - YouTube

(CNN)Women receive less extensive care than men and are more likely to die in the hospital after experiencing a complication of severe heart attacks, researchers reported Tuesday.Women received important medical procedures less often or later than men, the team reported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure. Women were also more likely to…

China has roped in more than a dozen countries to conduct the final phase trials of its experimental Covid-19 vaccines, as it looks to stay ahead in the global race to immunise global population TopicsCoronavirus Vaccine | China | Coronavirus China has roped in more than a dozen countries to conduct the final phase trials of its experimental COVID-19…

Image Source : AP Saliva tests could quickly detect asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, study says (Representational image) Testing self-collected saliva samples could offer an easy, quick and effective mass testing approach for detecting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, tested and compared the nasopharyngeal swabs and…

In these unprecedented times when the world is coming to terms with and fighting a pandemic, it is more important now more than ever to take care of our hearts.  According to the World Heart Federation, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary cause of death on the planet and the causes range from 'smoking, diabetes,…

Medical Minute: Dr. Axtell with Saltzer Health explains the benefits of getting the flu shot - YouTube

Picture Courtesy: IANS With the COVID 19 outbreak negatively impacting healthcare access and mobility, the pandemic is exacerbating the already high burden of cardiovascular diseases in India. Doctors and healthcare experts are concerned that delayed diagnosis and interruptions in treatment are resulting in many preventable deaths and the worsening prognosis for patients. Also Read -…

DURHAM, N.C. - A new drug Vamorolone is new hope for young boys with the progressive neuromuscular disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by potentially offering an alternative to high-dose glucocorticoids that have significant side effects.Interim results from a 24-month clinical trial at Duke Health and other institutions suggest that the drug, vamorolone, may retain or…

Using a circular polymerase chain reaction, researchers have developed a method for making severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) recombinant virus, with the ability to introduce mutations. The research by Japanese scientists is published on the preprint server bioRxiv* in September 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to infect more and more people, there…

Home / World News / Nearly 1 million who died of Covid-19 also illuminated treatment The nearly 1 million people around the world who have lost their lives to Covid-19 have left us a gift: Through desperate efforts to save their lives, scientists now better understand how to treat and prevent the disease — and…

Monoclonal antibodies that stop the coronavirus from spreading in the body are among promising strategies for averting severe illness from Covid-19 before vaccines arrive, said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Antibody-based medications, other blood products from recovered patients and antivirals are being investigated as early treatments, Fauci said.…

At a University of Maryland lab, people infected with the new coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting their faces into the big end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for a half hour. Sometimes they cough. The cone sucks up everything that comes out…