Agonizing decisions being made in Spain’s virus hot spots
Raquel Fernández watched as cemetery workers lowered her grandmother’s casket into the grave and placed it on top of the coffin of her grandfather, buried just three days earlier. Eusebio Fernández and Rosalía Mascaraque, both 86, are two of Spain’s…
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Phone-based therapy beneficial for depression in Parkinson’s disease
Telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy (T-CBT) seems to be an effective intervention for depression in Parkinson disease (PD), outperforming treatment-as-usual (TAU) on all depression, anxiety, and quality-of-life measures, according to a study published online April 1 in Neurology. Roseanne D. Dobkin,…
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Coronavirus overview: Here’s the app you were looking for
There is nothing quite like a quarantine to make one itch to do something useful. Three Ph.D. students from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have done just that. The trio of statisticians have repurposed their tedium and isolation to develop…
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Putin extends non-working period to end of April to curb coronavirus
Credit: CC0 Public Domain President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russians will continue not going to work while receiving pay until the end of the month to combat the coronavirus. “I’ve taken a decision to extend the period of non-working…
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WHO reiterates warning that kids are hit by coronavirus too
The World Health Organisation on Thursday reiterated its warning that children can also be affected by the new coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of several young people. “The very notion that ‘COVID-19 only affects older people’ is factually wrong,”…
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Get An Effective At-Home Workout With These Mini Pilates Balls
There’s no reason you can’t get just as an effective workout at home. Whether you don’t have time to go to a gym or group class, you can still get your sweat on and get those endorphins going with the…
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Stop calling them ‘elderly’: Talking to older adults about self-isolating
Geoffrey Hoffman, assistant professor of nursing at the University of Michigan, studies older adult care and health policies that affect older adults. The mortality rate for COVID-19 increases for older adults, yet we’ve seen anecdotal evidence and media reports of…
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Pilates reduces blood pressure, improves cardiovascular health in obese women: Study
A lot of Bollywood celebrities also swear by Pilates, from Deepika Padukone to Jacqueline Fernandez. Mat Pilates could improve the cardiovascular health of young obese women, a new study suggests. Mat Pilates is a strengthening exercise that works on your…
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North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus
North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million. The already isolated, nuclear-armed North quickly shut down its borders after the virus…
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Have you heard of cookie diet? Here’s how it promotes weight loss
Cookie diet can help you lose weight quickly, but is it good for your health? Replace meals with cookies to shed those extra kilos, so claims a particular fad diet. But it is not just any regular cookie that can…
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