Doctors worldwide say malaria drug is the best coronavirus treatment

Doctors around the globe report that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine seems the most effective treatment they’ve tried for coronavirus patients – but less than half as many doctors are prescribing it in the US as in other hard-hit countries like Spain.  A survey of 6,200 doctors around the globe reveals that while few corners of … Read more

British scientists say they’re on the cusp of curing blindness with stem cell treatment

Victims of a devastating form of blindness have been given hope by a new stem-cell treatment that rejuvenates the eyes. There is no cure for retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited condition that slowly constricts vision, but a British firm has reported early success with a revolutionary procedure that helps to repair a damaged retina. The treatment … Read more

Private clinics are to provide NHS cancer treatment

Scared — too shocked to cry. That’s how mother-of-three Catherine Wilcockson felt as she put the phone down after learning that her next chemotherapy session due next week had been cancelled – yet another victim of the Covid-19 outbreak as it takes its toll on the NHS and its resources.  School kitchen assistant Catherine, 37, … Read more

Two coronavirus patients in the US saved by experimental blood treatment

A Seattle ER doctor who had been tirelessly treating people dying of coronavirus became a patient of the infection himself. A Phoenix man went having from minor symptoms to relying on life support in a matter of days.  Both men were under 60 and had been otherwise healthy before they found themselves life-threateningly ill with … Read more