People who have recently experienced loss of smell are being urged to participate in a survey as a new global research group investigates the symptom as a marker of COVID-19. Health organisations across the world have recognised anosmia—the loss of smell—as an indicator of COVID-19, following a wave of reports…
The Best Eye Drops for Relieving Allergies and Redness
Sometimes, your seasonal allergies are pretty well under control—you’re taking your meds regularly and you’re not sneezing up a storm. But your eyes are still itchy and red. Other times, you seem to have no symptoms of seasonal allergies at all—no feeling fuzzy, no stuffed or runny nose—yet your eyes…
How to carry out rapid clinical research in combating COVID-19
Amid ongoing efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, some European countries have begun to take cautious steps to ease lockdown restrictions while others brace for worse. Like several ongoing EU-funded research projects that have reoriented their work to help combat the outbreak, the PREPARE project is responding to COVID-19 by…
The brain may be a new therapeutic target for improving breathing following lung injury in COVID-19
New research published today in the Journal of Physiology suggests that lung injury is not limited to the lungs. Targeting the part of the brain that controls breathing and blood flow might help patients with respiratory disorders, such as lung injury due to COVID-19, and speed the process of weaning…
Study reveals most critically ill patients with COVID-19 survive with standard treatment
Clinicians from two hospitals in Boston report that the majority of even the sickest patients with COVID-19—those who require ventilators in intensive care units—get better when they receive existing guideline-supported treatment for respiratory failure. The clinicians, who are from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, published…
Too Burned Out to Cook? Here Are Some Helpful Kitchen Hacks to Make Your Quarantine Life Easier
When the stay-at-home orders started, you may have noticed that almost everyone you know is posting cooking and DIY videos meant to keep them entertained while social distancing. A lot of people suddenly had a new version of their life and are now trying out gardening, baking, and other home…
Guideline issued for nonsevere, severe COVID-19 therapy
(HealthDay)—In an evidence-based guideline developed by an international team of physicians, pharmacists, researchers, and patients, published online April 29 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association, recommendations are presented for the treatment of COVID-19. Zhikang Ye, Ph.D., from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues developed evidence-based…
Nutrition: asparagus – low in calories and rich in potassium and B-vitamins – natural healing naturopathic specialist portal
Green asparagus contains more Vitamin C and Pro-vitamin A than white A few weeks ago, the asparagus season has begun in Germany. The majority of people in this country, the precious vegetable is extremely popular. It scores points not only with the delicious taste, but because of the vitamins and…
Study finds heavy cannabis use affects human genome
Heavy cannabis use has an impact on human DNA but the effect is stronger in people who smoke tobacco as well, according to new University of Canterbury (UC) research. The study, recently published in Translational Psychiatry, investigates how heavy cannabis use can lead to alterations in “DNA methylation”—chemical changes in…
Dear Skinny Me, I Will Still Love You When You're Fat Again
Since puberty, according to my BMI, I’ve been “overweight.” When I was 19, I started reading about what “healthy” food looked like. I started restricting what I ate. Food had to be organic. Homemade. Sustainable. If I failed to achieve those “clean eating” goals, I felt ashamed. I lost weight…