UK trial will follow covid-19 patients for a year to see what long-term damage the virus has inflicted By Sophie Goodchild for the Daily Mail Published: 01:11 BST, 2 June 2020 | Updated: 01:12 BST, 2 June 2020 A ground-breaking trial will examine the long-term damage inflicted by Covid-19 on major organs. While growing evidence … Read more
America’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, said he is ‘cautiously optimistic’ that one of several coronavirus vaccines being developed in the US will work to prevent infection, and be ready in ‘a reasonable period of time.’ Speaking at a The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Health Conference on Tuesday, Dr Fauci said that he … Read more
Hay fever, excess screen time, even some medications can affect our eye health. Here, Elizabeth Hawkes, a consultant ophthalmic and oculoplastic surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Trust and the Cadogan Clinic in London, assesses a range of eye health products. We then rated them. A massager for puffiness, eye wash to ease hay … Read more
Flu researchers say we should make a NEW antiviral to prevent coronavirus from replicating throughout the body and stop focusing on repurposing old drugs Researchers looked an older treatment for the flu, Tamiflu, and a newer treatment, Xofluza, the first new type of flu drug in 20 years Xofluza limited the amount of time a … Read more
Summer may slow the growth of the coronavirus pandemic in the US but will NOT stop the spread without social distancing, Harvard study warns Researchers looked at daily weather patterns in all 50 states and DC and compared it to the five-day incubation period of the coronavirus States with maximum daily temperatures below 30F would see … Read more
The virus that causes COVID-19 is named for its attack on the respiratory system. But as doctors continue to report high rates of blood clots, strokes, brain swelling and heart problems in their coronavirus patients, researchers have been increasingly suspicious the infection is more than a respiratory disease, but stumped for an explanation. One study, … Read more
Nearly three-quarters of coronavirus patients in ICUs become delirious – and those with confusion triggered by the virus face 10% higher risks of death More than 73% of patients admitted to ICUs with coronavirus experience delirium, which lasts for about seven days About 87% had hypoactive delirium, characterized by a reduction in physical movements, and 13% … Read more
One-quarter of Americans say there are willing to accept greater risks of contracting the novel coronavirus if it would shorten the timeline of economic recovery, a new study suggests. Researchers found that about 36 percent of people surveyed were ‘risk minimizers’ who did not want to accept any increases in risk of becoming ill with … Read more
A new blood test could determine which cancer patients have a higher risk of their disease spreading, according to new research. The test, developed by British researchers, analyzes fragments of DNA that are shed by tumors into the bloodstream. In a study on 47 patients with rectal cancer, they found the test accurately predicted whose … Read more
The vast majority of the tens of thousands of patients in the UK who have tested positive for Covid-19 will be counting their lucky stars that they have had only a mild encounter with the deadly virus — but they may not be able to relax just yet. There is growing evidence from China, where … Read more