by D’Or Institute for Research and Education Credit: CC0 Public Domain Among the health problems developed or aggravated by COVID-19, those that affect neurological and respiratory functions draw special attention from specialists. Considering several studies that show the adverse effects of COVID-19 on human autonomic functions, which are those regulated by the autonomic nervous system...
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Oxygen saturation overestimated in minority COVID-19 patients
Asian, Black, and Hispanic patients with COVID-19 have persistent overestimation of arterial oxygen saturation, according to a study published online May 31 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Ashraf Fawzy, M.D., M.P.H., from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study of clinical data for COVID-19 patients who self-identified as...
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Do fish yawn? And what is yawning in the first place?
Everybody yawns once in a while. In fact, there is a huge chance that you are going to yawn while reading this article. Just seeing the word “yawn” may make you yawn. People yawn, dogs yawn, snakes yawn, but do fishes yawn? And why do we yawn in the first place? Yawning in the painting...