Ultraviolet light therapy reduces viral load in critically ill COVID-19 patients
A team of scientists from the United States has recently evaluated the safety and efficacy profiles of ultraviolet-A (UVA) light applied via an endotracheal tube to critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. The findings reveal that specific and monitored…
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Research shows that BSers are more likely to fall for BS
People who frequently try to impress or persuade others with misleading exaggerations and distortions are themselves more likely to be fooled by impressive-sounding misinformation, new research from the University of Waterloo shows. The researchers found that people who frequently engage…
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How to use Boris Johnson’s roadmap plan to ease your post-lockdown anxiety
Feeling unsure about the prospect of restrictions easing over the next couple of months? Here’s how to use the lockdown roadmap to prepare yourself for the return to “normality”. This week marks the first step in Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ plan…
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How do viruses evolve in bats?
Bats have played a crucial epidemiological role in the evolution of many viruses and house many coronaviruses. Until 2002, coronaviruses had been known to cause mild respiratory ailments in human beings. However, this notion changed in the same year when…
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Continued vigilance needed as COVID lockdown is relaxed in England, warn researchers
Researchers have reported findings from round nine of the REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission Study (REACT-1) that estimates community prevalence of infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in England. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the agent responsible for…
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Prescription Pad a ‘Lethal Weapon’ for MD Indicted for Murder
A New York physician has been indicted on five counts of murder, with prosecutors alleging he demonstrated a depraved indifference to human life when he prescribed opioids and other drugs to patients who professed substance use disorders and later overdosed….
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Greater tobacco use linked to higher levels of inflammation in HIV-positive people
Inflammation in the body has been linked to the intensity of tobacco smoking among people with HIV, according to a team of University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers. Krishna Poudel, associate professor of community health education in the School of Public…
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Dietary Salt Reduction Tied to Improvement With Overactive Bladder
(Reuters Health) – Some patients with overactive bladder who reduce dietary salt intake may experience improvements in urinary symptoms, a small study suggests. Researchers examined data on 98 patients diagnosed with overactive bladder who received a brochure advising salt reduction…
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Italy’s virus death toll tops 100,000
Italy on Monday surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 official coronavirus deaths, amid warnings the spread of new variants is fuelling a fresh wave of infections. Just over a year since it became the first European country to be overwhelmed…
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What Drives Treatment Satisfaction Among Adults With AD?
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is associated with lower patient satisfaction scores in adults, suggesting there are unmet needs in clinical AD management. Satisfaction scores were higher when specialists prescribed systemic therapy, but were lower when nonspecialists prescribed systemic therapy and when…
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