Parkinson’s disease gradually damages the brain and over time, symptoms will begin to appear which range from slow movement, tremors and change of speech. A diet could help prevent the disease and eating more antioxidant foods with one in particular could prevent the disease. READ MORE Heart attack: Warning in…
US cities with pro sports see more flu deaths
Sports leagues may want to consider calling a timeout on reopening their doors to fans, based on new West Virginia University-led research that links an uptick in seasonal flu deaths to U.S. cities with pro sports teams. Analyzing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data from 1962 to 2016, WVU…
WHO eyes hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses before 2021
The World Health Organization said Thursday that a few hundred million COVID-19 vaccine doses could be produced by the end of the year—and be targeted at those most vulnerable to the virus. The UN health agency said it was working on that assumption, with a view to two billion doses…
COVID-19 may have consequences for mental health
The global COVID-19 pandemic has affected the physical lives of most people. But now there are also indications that the pandemic has negative consequences for the mental health of the people being infected, the healthcare professionals and the population as a whole. This is shown in a new Danish review…
Study sheds light on why retinal ganglion cells are vulnerable to glaucoma
Millions of sufferers of glaucoma might someday benefit from a study released today in Stem Cells in which a ‘disease in a dish’ stem cell model was used to examine the mechanism in glaucoma that causes retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) to degenerate, resulting in loss of vision. The knowledge the…
Coronavirus symptoms update: Lacking in a vitamin could increase death risk by 99 percent
Coronavirus cases have taken an even more disheartening turn after it was announced a 13-day-old baby has died from COVID-19. The baby had no underlying health conditions and has caused even more confusion amongst medical professionals regarding the deadly virus. In a new study, nearly 99 percent of COVID-19 patients…
How the coronavirus escapes an evolutionary trade-off that helps keep other pathogens in check
Viruses walk a fine line between severity and transmissibility. If they are too virulent, they kill or incapacitate their hosts; this limits their ability to infect new hosts. Conversely, viruses that cause little harm may not be generating enough copies of themselves to be infectious. But SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that…
Sea swimming linked to illness, study shows
People who go in the sea are more likely to experience symptoms of illness compared to non-bathers. In the first large-scale, U.K.-based study since the 1990s to explore the risk of illness among bathers, researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School gathered online responses from more than 2,600 adults…
Disparities in stroke care at urban vs. rural hospitals impacts quality of care, patient survival
People living in rural areas are less likely to get the most advanced treatments for stroke and are more likely to die in the hospital than those treated for stroke at hospitals in urban areas, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association,…
Coronavirus update: Schoolgirl lost her life to COVID-19 after showing little symptoms
Coronavirus can, and does, kill. Those affected may be absolutely fine, others may need a bit longer in bed, some are hospitalised and others lose their lives. Recently, tragedy hit two schools. Understood to have shown very little symptoms of coronavirus, one young schoolgirl passed away on Sunday, June 7….