It’s not a great feeling to wake up and discover that you have a cold sore, no matter how big or small. Often confused for pimples, they usually stick around for what seems like weeks and, while you may have a vague idea of how to treat them, the key…
How to get better sleep while working at home
(HealthDay)—For many, work-at-home orders aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic have had an unintended side effect: sleep loss. “We’ve seen a significant increase in reports of stress-related insomnia in recent months,” said Julio Fernandez-Mendoza of the Penn State Health Sleep Research and Treatment Center in Hummelstown, Penn. Stress and worry…
Newly discovered hormone could adjust thirst levels
A newly discovered hormone called phoenixin could play a major role in adjusting a person’s level of thirst to the body’s needs. The discovery of the hormone, which is made in the human body, bolsters scientific data showing that the amount of daily hydration is just as critical as how…
Vulnerability in Qatar's COVID-19 app put its users' private information at risk
The government of Qatar’s mandatory COVID-19-tracing app has come into question after an Amnesty International investigation exposed a weakness in its configuration that could have left it open for cyberattacks. Once the vulnerability was flagged, authorities in Qatar updated and fixed the issue within a day, according to Amnesty International. However, if there…
Letter from the Editor: A week of bitter truths
Medical News Today stands with all black people and all those currently protesting across America against the systematic racism that has claimed the lives of so many black people. This has been a week of bitter truths. Our mission at Medical News Today is to make the world stronger and…
Scientists uncover how cells remember their identity, avoiding errors that could cause cancer
Cancer is often the result of DNA mutations or problems with how cells divide, which can lead to cells “forgetting” what type of cell they are or how to function properly. Now, Professor Martin Hetzer and a team of scientists have provided clarity into how new cells remember their identity…
When a handgun is in the home, suicide risk quickly rises
Handgun owners are at substantially heightened risk of suicide in the years after buying their first gun, a large new study finds. The study of more than 26 million California residents found that first-time handgun owners were nearly four times more likely to die by suicide in the coming years…
Corona in Göttingen: a number of Infected celebrations to private – Naturopathy naturopathy specialist portal
Göttingen: hundreds of people after Corona outbreak in quarantine Just a few days ago the Dutch had informed the Saxon state government, the new medical commutes with COVID-19 in the Northern German state on a stable low level. But now it came in Göttingen to a Corona mass outbreak. Since…
Brazil reports a record 1,349 virus deaths in 24 hours
Brazil reported a record 1,349 coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period Wednesday, the health ministry said, as the pandemic continued to take a grim toll on Latin America’s hardest-hit country. The figure brought the total death toll from the new coronavirus in Brazil to 32,548, with 584,016 confirmed infections—the second-highest…
WHO will RESUME trials of hydroxychloroquine
WHO will RESUME trials of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus as experts question studies that suggested the malaria drug raises risks of death On May 25, the WHO said it had paused the hydroxychloroquine arms of its international study on potential COVID-19 drugs The moratorium came after a study in the…