Health
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Therapy that can lower death rate in COVID-19 patients
There is no vaccine or specific antiviral drug approved to prevent or treat severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2 infection, which…
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Lockdown has adversely affected sleep quality
Rhythms of work and leisure activities thus set a cycle that is often at a mismatch with the body's internal…
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Efficiency of face mask adversely affected if this continues
For the findings, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, the research team used precise computer models to map out…
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Practice that prevents 4 million early deaths every year
The proportion of deaths that were prevented because people are physically active.
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Taking a tiny step can reduce heart disease risk
Researchers have found that greater adherence to a variety of healthy eating patterns was associated with a lower risk of…
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Risk of depression is related to sleeping quality
This study highlights that those young people who have experienced depression and anxiety had overwhelmingly experienced poor sleep during their…
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Decrease in sexual behaviour evident during pandemic
The study examined changes in solo and partnered sexual behaviours from about mid-March to mid-April.
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New study on bats may give clues to protect against coronavirus
While many similar studies of virus in bats focus on the host's immune system, this study centres on goblet cells,…
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Pregnant women should be tested for Covid-19 to reduce transmission
The researchers noted that universal testing in this specific patient population is an especially important public health priority.
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The symptoms might signal Covid-19 before fever and cough
A SARS-COV-2 infection may present with neurologic symptoms initially, before any fever, cough or respiratory problems occur.
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