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After spending months dealing with coronavirus, there is still no confirmation on its origin and end. Where did this virus come from? How does it spread? how can it be killed? Questions like these are still a mystery. Adding up to this, many people are interested to know if they can get coronavirus from frozen…
While the schools are opening after weeks of lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, health experts are worried about following safety protocols. The data from the World Health Organization- UNICEF tells that 2 out of 5 schools had no basic handwashing facility even before the ongoing pandemic was started. It makes nearly 43% of the…
Since decades, scientists have encountered a big variety of medical problems that have occurred either naturally or after historical events. One of these is the gulf war syndrome, which was first diagnosed by doctors in the US soldiers that fought against Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq during the Persian-Gulf War of the 1990s. According to…
Recently, TauRx Therapeutics Ltd, which is a member of TauRx Pharmaceuticals, a company dedicated to developing the technology from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, announced unexpected results in their clinical trial based on the pharmacokinetic analysis of the relationship between treatment dosage, pharmacological activities and, blood levels and of the drug hydro-methyl thionine. The drug…
The largest study on marijuana reveals that using it during pregnancy can result in a high risk of autism in newborn babies. This risk is 1.5% higher in women who smoked weed than those who didn’t. The lead study author, Dr. Darine El-Chaâr from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada explains that these studies are…
A woman from New Hampshire has received a face transplant for the second time in the last ten years. This patient, Carmen Blandin Tarleton was attacked by her ex-husband leaving her face to be permanently disfigured. Carmen has become the first American to receive this facial transplant. She is the second person in the world…
Oxygen shortage can be one of the most devastating things to happen to a newborn. It can lead to babies developing epilepsy, have brain damage, experience cognitive disabilities, and possibly even death. It is a problem that changes the lives of millions of children across the globe each year and it usually happens through pregnancy,…
Bacterial Vaginosis commonly called BV is a common infection that affects nearly 20% of women across the globe. It is typically caused by a certain change in the natural bacterial count inside vaginal and an ignored BV can lead to pregnancy-related complications and increase the risk of sexually transmitted infections i.e. HIV, herpes, gonorrhea, etc….
Researchers have come up with a breakthrough test to identify brain damage in newborns based on the oxygen deprivation at the time of their birth. With this test, the neuro disabilities such as cerebral palsy as well epilepsy’s risk can be reduced. Right now, only the prototype test is developed which searches for specific genes in…
All common pain killers for chronic pain i.e. paracetamol and prescription-based opioids are no longer advised by the British GP’s. The NICE ruling discussing chronic pain has concluded that there is not plenty of evidence explaining how these medicines are helping to improve the quality of life in public. They also have no as such…