World Health Organization(WHO) had previously claimed that COVID-19 isn’t airborne. It can spread through droplets or with close contact through an infected person. It was made clear before that it can easily spread through droplets exerted when coughing and sneezing and people need to wear masks to steer clear of it. As per the guidelines issued… Read More »
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a visit to the Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Innovation Center, a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where components for a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are being developed, in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July 27, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters The hunt is on for a vaccine for Covid-19,… Read More »
As to why, Price said the jury is still out. “Our patients were not healthier. They had the same co-morbidities as everywhere else in the country. But I think it’s because we developed a totally unbiased protocol. We based our judgment calls on who and when to give the drug based on specific threshold criteria,… Read More »
Intermittent fasting is a way of losing weight that favours flexibility over calorie counting. It restricts the time you are allowed to eat, which reduces calorie intake by limiting opportunities to eat. That’s the theory, at least. A popular version of intermittent fasting is the 5:2 diet, which involves eating a very low-calorie diet (about… Read More »
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office One promising way to treat diabetes is with transplanted islet cells that produce insulin when blood sugar levels get too low. However, patients who receive such transplants must take drugs to prevent their immune systems from rejecting the transplanted cells, so the treatment is not often used. To help… Read More »
What your doctor is reading on Medscape.com: MARCH 17, 2020 — Humans are highly visual creatures. Severe and transformative events in our society are often remembered best by moments captured in representative photographs. Iconic images have immortalized such events as the end of World War II, the Vietnam War, and others. Often there are iconic individuals,… Read More »