If you’ve gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, you aren’t alone. The “Quarantine 15″—referring to weight gain some people have experienced since stay-at-home guidelines went into effect—is likely due to a disruption in daily routine and habits. “People’s habits have changed quite a bit since we’re spending more time at…
Wear a mask? Even with 20,000 dead, some New Yorkers don’t
Eric Leventhal felt a sneeze coming and panicked. The Brooklynite left his cloth face mask at home for a morning run in a park last week. Walking home, he turned toward an empty street and let the sneeze out, hoping no one would notice. Too bad for him, there’s no…
Tiny RNA that should attack coronavirus diminish with age, disease
A group of tiny RNA that should attack the virus causing COVID-19 when it tries to infect the body are diminished with age and chronic health problems, a decrease that likely helps explain why older individuals and those with preexisting medical conditions are vulnerable populations, investigators report. MicroRNAs play a…
Frankincense helps to combat diseases such as Asthma and atopic dermatitis – Natural medicine naturopathic specialist portal
Frankincense: anti-Inflammatory substances for the treatment of diseases Incense has been used for Thousands of years to cultic purposes. The resin of the frankincense tree also helps against various diseases and is also suitable for the therapy of diseases such as Asthma, Rheumatoid Arthritis or atopic dermatitis. The current message…
St. Petersburg's journey towards an integrated EHR system
Home to the Hermitage Museum and five million residents, St. Petersburg is the second-largest city in Russia. The city also includes around 30,000 doctors, 250 public hospitals and 3,000 private clinics, translating to about 50 million healthcare encounters per year. “This produces a huge amount of data. This data was distributed…
AMA: Government must not trade privacy for efficiency
As the federal government pushes for streamlined information-sharing among healthcare providers, it may face a major hurdle: what patients want. Recent polling has shown that many consumers are wary of sharing their health data and have serious privacy concerns around technology companies that handle it. The American Medical Association issued new…
UK extends virus furlough scheme by four months
Britain on Tuesday announced a four-month extension to government support for workers temporarily made redundant by the coronavirus outbreak. Finance minister Rishi Sunak said 7.5 million jobs had already been supported by the furlough scheme, which allows employees to receive 80 percent of their pay up to £2,500 ($3,100, 2,800…
Complete nonsense: Drosten refuted laboratory-theory-to-Coronavirus and decomposed to a statement by Nobel prize winner
The Coronavirus in a natural way, or is it perhaps but a laboratory, where it was artificially created? Virologist Christian Drosten explains why it can only be one answer to that and low iron even a Nobel prize winner for his Thesis. What is the origin of the Coronavirus? This…
Testing suggests 3% of NHS hospital staff may be unknowingly infected with coronavirus
Hospital staff may be carrying SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease, without realising they are infected, according to a study by researchers at the University of Cambridge. Patients admitted to NHS hospitals are now routinely screened for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and isolated if necessary. But NHS workers, including patient-facing…
Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong
Many people in the community are wearing face masks and gloves in an attempt to protect themselves against the coronavirus. They might put on these items to go to the shops, or perhaps when taking a walk through the neighbourhood. The evidence on whether these measures will actually protect against…