by Shelly Miller, The Conversation The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. The best way to prevent the virus from spreading in a home or business would be to simply keep infected people away. But this is hard to do when...
by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Iron is an important component of the protein haemoglobin, which is contained in red blood cells and carries oxygen around the body. Credit: Haemoglobin and Sickle Cell Anaemia WEHI.TV animation. A new iron intervention study has determined which of the world’s low-and-middle income countries would benefit...
by Peter Grad , Medical Xpress “This paper made my jaw drop.” “It is just a wacko hypothesis.” “This article isn’t so much a scientific paper as a representation of what a moron thinks a scientific paper is.” “You haven’t seen the stupidest published SARS-CoV-2 take yet [until you read this]. I PROMISE you.” The...
Reviews of hundreds of studies show that a growing number of chemicals—in pesticides, flame retardants, and certain plastics—are linked to widespread health problems, including infertility, diabetes, and impaired brain development. Researchers from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine led a team of environmental health experts in an analysis of research published in the...
Durham, NC – A new study released today in STEM CELLS addresses a significant problem that has been confronting human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) therapy. While hundreds of clinical trials involving thousands of patients are under way to test hMSCs’ ability to treat everything from heart disease to brain injury, there has been no way...
Of all the hepatitis viruses, D is the most poorly known. This small virus, which can only infect people already infected with Hepatitis B, has so far been little studied. Hepatitis D is one of the most dangerous forms of chronic viral hepatitis because of its possible progression to irreversible liver diseases (cancer and cirrhosis, in particular)....
By SAM BLANCHARD SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE and STEPHEN MATTHEWS HEALTH EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE he illness is similar to COVID-19, doctors say, but some children test negative Children with the condition have been found to have swelling in their hearts Young people have been largely unaffected during the coronavirus pandemic Here’s how to help...
