By Peter G As medical professionals race towards the COVID-19, many people are now hoping that the cure will be coming in far more than ever. What about the next best thing to a treatment that is safe for human consumption and is already widely available? What Treatment And Why Now? Prazosin is a drug...
Doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are enrolling patients in an international clinical trial to find out if inhaled nitric oxide benefits those with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) who have severely damaged lungs. Right now, there are no approved treatments for the illness caused by COVID-19. The severe form of lung failure—acute respiratory...
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads and nears its so-called apex in New York State, the need for N95 respirator masks, which protect against inhalation of airborne coronavirus molecular particles, is still a top concern. According to new research being conducted at the Stony Brook University MART building, dry heat ovens have been shown to be...
by David King, The Conversation New cases of the coronavirus are reported every day, and as yet there’s no vaccine. So what treatments are available if you’re one of the unlucky ones who gets infected? If your symptoms are mild, you should treat them the same way you would a cold or flu. A spectrum...
by Dr Lena Ciric, The Conversation COVID-19 has only been around for a few months, so at this point scientists don’t know that much about it. But more is being learned every day. We now know, for example, it can live on surfaces for up to nine days and survives in the air for a...
by Craig Janes, The Conversation As the coronavirus pandemic continues its spread, it has infected more than half a million people and killed tens of thousands on nearly every continent. With offices shut down, people staying at home and hospitals bracing for an influx of patients, many people are unsure of what’s safe and what’s...
A store employee waits for customers at a re-opened retail street in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province on Monday, March 30, 2020. Shopkeepers in the city at the center of China’s virus outbreak were reopening Monday but customers were scarce after authorities lifted more of the anti-virus controls that kept tens of millions of...
New exercise programme does not only help patients GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY The research group “geriatric psychiatry in motion” of the German Sport University Cologne and the LVR-Hospital Cologne develop and evaluate exercise programmes for geriatric mental health care. Latest results from a study in acute dementia care indicate a special exercise programme is not only...
As the coronavirus continues to make the news, a host of untruths has surrounded the topic. In this special feature, we address some of these myths and conspiracies. A variety of myths have sprung up around the novel coronavirus. The novel coronavirus, now known as SARS-CoV-2, has spread from Wuhan, China, to every continent on...
by Anne Sliper Midling, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Many people are feeling anxious and fearful now that the virus is spreading, hospital admissions are increasing and society is shutting down for a few weeks, resulting in layoffs and unemployment. You’re not alone in feeling that way. But what can you do when your...
