Sat 06 March 2021: The majority of global COVID-19 deaths have been in countries where many people are obese, with coronavirus fatality rates 10 times higher in nations where at least 50% of adults are overweight, a global study found on Thursday. The report, which described a “dramatic” correlation between countries’ COVID-19 death and obesity […]
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Fri 05 March 2021: COVID-19 antibody-based drugs and vaccines developed so far may become less effective as new variants of the novel coronavirus spread widely, according to a new study. The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, noted that the three fast-spreading variants of the coronavirus first reported in South Africa, the UK and […]
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Thu 04 March 2021: Heart damage in COVID-19 patients is caused by the novel coronavirus infecting cardiac muscle cells, leading to cell death which interferes with the muscle’s contraction, according to a study that may lead to the development of new drugs to treat the viral infection. While studies since the beginning of the pandemic […]
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Thu 25 February 2021: Decades ago, blue lights helped shoppers scope out sales. Today they’re helping urologists scope out cells, specifically those of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. UW Medicine urologists with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance possess a mechanism that makes the tumors glow bright pink. All the better to see them. “Seventy percent of bladder […]
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Sun 21 February 2021: Many of us dream about having our teeth whitened one day as we look at celebrities’ dazzling smiles on the front pages. It is all-natural that stains appear on the surface of our teeth after drinking coffee, tea, or some fruit juices. Many whitening substances can help you to get rid […]
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Fri 19 February 2021: Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta, the national body responsible for issuing religious edicts, said yesterday that there is no objection to the state taking whatever means and measures it deems necessary to regulate the country’s birth rate. “Islam differentiates between preventing pregnancy and abortion, and it permits the former if there is a […]
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Sat 13 February 2021: It is the classic romantic combination: St. Valentine’s Day in Paris, the city of love, and a gift of red roses. But some Parisian florists are trying to wean customers off the flowers because of their ecological cost. Most roses sold in France in the run-up to St. Valentine’s Day, a peak […]
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Sat 13 February 2021: Marking another marvel in medicine, scientists in the UK have now come up with a test to detect womb cancer using urine samples. At present doctors use an intolerably painful method which includes insertion of a narrow telescope into the womb to examine it and remove the lethal cells. However, this test, […]
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Thu 04 February 2021: GENEVA – Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most common form of the disease, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. “For the first time, breast cancer now constitutes the most commonly occurring cancer globally,” Andre Ilbawi, a cancer specialist at the WHO, told a U.N. briefing ahead of World Cancer […]
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Mon 01 February 2021: A new study from Shanghai Mental Health Center in eastern China’s Shanghai province suggests a “nap in the afternoon for healthier mental ability.” According to the study, sleeping, or napping, for less than two hours in the afternoon boosts locational awareness, verbal fluency and working memory. As part of the study, […]
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