MEDICINE & HEALTH

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Are Malaria Drugs the Solutions to the Worsening COVID-19 Pandemic?

MEDICINE & HEALTH 03.25.2020 22:00 PM

Eagerness about the treatment for COVID-19 using malaria drugs has raised higher hopes which include US President Donald Trump. However, the pieces of scientific evidence are still lacking.

Hospitals are getting ready to test through the use of blood that newly-recovered patients donated

Can Blood from COVID-19 Survivors Treat New Patients?

03.25.2020 07:30 AM

Hospitals are getting ready to test through the use of blood that newly-recovered patients donated. (Photo : Robert DeLaRosa on Pixabay) Hospitals are getting ready to test, if a hundred-year-old treatment applied to battle measles and flu outbreaks when vaccines were not yet available and tested more recently against Ebola virus and SARS, just might as effective with COVID-19.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speculated that vaping might have contributed to COVID-19 although this has not yet been proven

Possibility of Link Between Vaping and COVID-19? Doctors Discuss It

03.25.2020 07:20 AM

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speculated that vaping might have contributed to the factor although this has not yet been proven and studies are currently being made to determine if there is indeed, a link between vaping and COVID-19.

Science Times - Scientists warn people about COVID-19 in 2007

Scientists Warned the World of Another SARS-Like Outbreak 12 Years Ago

03.25.2020 06:23 AM

Experts conducted numerous research following the SARS outbreak in 2002 and its reemergence in 2003 to counter for future coronavirus outbreak.

Oxford-based scientists developed a new faster-working test to determine whether a patient is infected with COVID-19

COVID-19 Test Results in 30 Minutes, Kits May Soon Be Available

03.24.2020 12:35 PM

Oxford-based scientists developed a new faster-working test to determine whether a patient is infected with COVID-19.

How We Use Smart Devices To Monitor Our Health

03.24.2020 08:20 AM

From sleep tracking to nutrition, there are various ways you can improve your well-being. Today's newest technological advances can help you achieve it effectively.

World Health Organization's (WHO) executive director for emergencies program Mike Ryan

Lock-Downs Alone Can Not Defeat COVID-19, Says WHO Expert

03.24.2020 06:32 AM

A top expert at the World Health Organization said lockdowns are not enough to combat COVID-19. There are more ways needed to be done to fith the disease.

Loss of Smell and Taste: Peculiar Signs of COVID-19

03.24.2020 06:31 AM

Recently conducted studies present that loss of smell, also known as Anosmia, or diminished sense of taste or ageusia, have both occurred as abnormal revealing signs of COVID-19, an infectious disease which has now infected more than 300,000 and killed over 16,000 people worldwide.

Toilet Paper Calculator, Because Why Not?

03.23.2020 21:06 PM

How long will your supply of toilet paper last in this pandemic? (Photo : Reuters)An employee stacks toilet paper at a warehouse of the Syassky Pulp & Paper Mill in Syasstroy Did you buy enough toilet paper during this lockdown? Are you worried it might not be enough? The answer to your questions could be answered by this online toilet paper calculator! Amazing, isn't it? The COVID-19 pandemic has created great scare to everyone in the world.

Diarrhea and thedigestive symptoms are found to be the major complaints of almost half of the COVID-19 patients

Digestive Symptoms: Common in COVID-19 Patients

03.23.2020 11:50 AM

Chinese researchers found that diarrhea and other digestive symptoms are found to be the major complaints of almost half of the COVID-19 patients.

COVID-19, the Flu, and Allergies: Here Are the Differences

03.23.2020 07:14 AM

Know the difference between COVID-19 and other illnesses. This way, you'll also know the best way to treat the illness you are experiencing.

Bill Gates Advised the World in 2018 to ‘Prepare for Pandemics Just Like War,' But No One Listened

03.23.2020 07:13 AM

Speaking before an audience in April 2018, via an event which the New Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and the Massachusetts Medical Society hosted, Bill Gates expressed what he believed, saying, the world needed to be prepared for pandemics in the similar serious manner it usually "prepares for war."