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. This article was updated on March 20, 2020 The novel coronavirus, now known as SARS-CoV-2, has...
by Connor Bamford, The Conversation Patrick Vallance, chief scientific adviser to the UK government, recently said that many groups are working on blood tests for COVID-19, adding: “That would tell us who has had it and now has antibodies, therefore won’t catch it again.” But is Vallance right? Once we have the antibodies, are we...
CR shows you how to use them and tells you which products to stay away from By Perry Santanachote When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission. News of stores running out of hand-sanitizing gels and...
The Food and Drug Administration just pointed out something about bottles of hand sanitizer people are hoarding during the coronavirus pandemic: They have an expiration date. It’s likely few notice the fine print while grabbing handfuls off shelves in recent weeks. It’s hard enough just to find a bottle lately. Should we worry, given 86,000...
Processed carbohydrates have become a staple of the American diet, and the consequences are wreaking havoc on our bodies. I stood in the supermarket a couple of years ago examining the Nutrition Facts label on a box of breakfast cereal and realized that it did not tell me all I needed to know about what...
Most cases of COVID-19 are mild, but mild does not mean symptom-free. Most people with COVID-19 develop a fever, and even some of those with mild symptoms develop pneumonia. The symptoms vary depending on the severity of illness. People with any symptoms of COVID-19 or any other illness should stay home until they are symptom-free....
Many people find it difficult to get clear skin. The methods for getting clear skin will vary, depending on the person’s skin type. In general, people struggling with acne or blemishes have skin that is dry, oily, or a combination of the two. Numerous skin care tips exist for different skin types, and there are...
by Matthew Perrone This Sept. 30, 2019 file photo shows a box of Zantac tablets at a pharmacy in Miami Beach, Fla. On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, U.S. health regulators are telling drugmakers to immediately pull their popular heartburn drugs off the market after determining that a contamination issue with the medications poses a greater...
