Contending with a sore back is a pain in the you-know-what. Your back and all its muscles are responsible for so many of the ways your body moves and being in pain there can really put a damper on your workouts, your day-to-day child-chasing and working and just about anything…
Do we know what we want in a romantic partner? No more than a random stranger would, study says
We all can describe our ideal partner. Perhaps they are funny, attractive and inquisitive. Or maybe they are down-to-earth, intelligent and thoughtful. But do we actually have special insight into ourselves, or are we just describing positive qualities that everyone likes? New research coming out of the University of California,…
Germany has “at present no large” Remdesivir-Vorrät
According to the Minister of health, Jens Spahn, Germany currently has only a few hundred doses of the potential drug Remdesivir in stock. “We currently have no large inventories,” said Spahn in the case of a Video hearing, which was organised by the European Parliament. The anti-viral drug Remdisivir is…
Diabetic nephropathy: Study results on proteomic analysis do not show benefit
One of the consequences of diabetes mellitus, particularly if accompanied by high blood pressure (hypertension), can be a chronic kidney disease (diabetic nephropathy), which can lead to permanent failure of the kidneys (end-stage renal disease). The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) now produced a rapid…
Children actively want to understand and express themselves regarding the coronavirus
To comprehend and process the social crisis and upheaval in everyday life that have resulted from the corona pandemic, we need research and new perspectives. Researchers of early childhood education at Åbo Akademi University, University of Helsinki, University of Gothenburg, Örebro University and Umeå University have studied how children attending…
Kosovo imposes curfew as coronavirus infections surge
Kosovo’s government on Monday re-imposed nightly curfews in the capital Pristina and three other towns in a bid to curb an increase of coronavirus infections in the Balkan nation. The country of 1.8 million people has registered around 3,500 known infections and 75 deaths from the respiratory disease. “Any movement…
As U.S. buys up remdesivir, ‘vaccine nationalism’ threatens access to COVID-19 treatments
At the end of June, the United States government announced that it had secured the entire supply of remdesivir, an antiviral drug that shortens hospital stays for COVID-19 patients, until September. In March, there were reports that Donald Trump’s administration tried to buy a German company working on a COVID-19…
Czech volunteers develop functioning lung ventilator in days
Tomas Kapler knew nothing about ventilators—he’s an online business consultant, not an engineer or a medical technician. But when he saw that shortages of the vital machines had imperiled critically ill COVID-19 patients in northern Italy, he was moved to action. “It was a disturbing feeling for me that because…
How to lose visceral fat: One of the best exercises to help burn belly fat
Visceral fat, as opposed to subcutaneous fat, lies deep inside the body and is a type of fat many leading health experts stress about how dangerous it is due to its proximity to vital organs making it potentially life-threatening. Visceral fat has been linked to metabolic disturbances and increased risk…
“Hit rate of 80 percent”: Bundeswehr-dogs now to sniff out Corona
The Bundeswehr is explosive and mine detection dogs. The dogs can sniff out cancer too. A Corona infection also? On command Donnie runs off in the hall. The Belgian shepherd dog from sniffing everything that comes in front of the nose. Finally, he puts it in an Opening with an…