Latests Medical News from around the world and also Thailand, bringing you updates, discoveries, studies and findings on various aspects and diseases in the medical world. Most of these articles are not only meant for Doctors In Thailand or Hospitals In Thailand but also for any patients or health conscious individuals wanting to know more.
COVID-19 News - Immunity Debt versus COVID-19 Induced Immunodeficiency Dec 04, 2022 3 hours ago
COVID-19 News: Off late, there is much talk online about so called “Immunity Debt” leading to primarily children and also some adults contracting other pathogenic infections especially respiratory viral illnesses like influenza, RSV, Adenovirus and even other disease like measles, chicken pox etc.
The charlatans behind the concept of “Immunity Debt” claim lockdowns...
COVID-19 News - Infections and Hospitalizations Rising Dec 03, 2022 20 hours ago
COVID-19 News: While the Western governments and their paid mainstream media are more concerned about meddling in China’s Zero COVID policies and instigating mobs and protests among the stupids in the country, COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are rising in their own countries along with a whole string of other pathogenic infections including RSV infections Adenovirus infections, Infl...
Health News - Haemophilus Influenza Type B (Hib) Outbreak In Canada Dec 03, 2022 1 day ago
Health News: Island Health also known as the Vancouver Island Health Authority, ie the publicly funded health care provider in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of British Columbia has issued a warning about the outbreak of Haemophilus Influenza Type B (Hib) Disease in parts of Canada.
https://www.islandhealth.ca/sites/default/files/mho/newsletter/mho-newsletter-hib-outbreak.pdf
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Medical News - Strep A Outbreak In UK Dec 03, 2022 1 day ago
While COVID-19 Infections, Influenza and also RSV infections are plaguing the United Kingdom and children this time are the ones being badly infected, another worrying disease outbreak has been reported in the country.
British health officials issued a warning in the last 24 hours about the outbreak of a more serious Group A strep-related illness among children and youngsters after six ch...
COVID-19 News - New BA.5.7 and BM.2 Sub-lineages in Australia Dec 02, 2022 2 days ago
COVID-19 News: According to the latest United Kingdom technical briefing on SARS-CoV-2 variants, an international alert has been raised about the identification of new BA.5.7 and BM.2 sub-lineages spotting a variety of mutations!
According to the report, concerns were raised on a cluster of BA.5.7 sequences from Australia, due to more nucleotide synonymous transition mutations (purine to ...
Herbal Medicine - Green Tea - EGCG Dec 02, 2022 2 days ago
Herbal Medicine: There is a common fallacy that herbs and traditional medicine involving only plants and phytochemicals are basically harmless and safe and hence one should not worry about consuming them. In reality, many herbs and phytochemicals if used wrongly can actually not only exacerbate conditions that they are used to treat but also give rise to other medical conditions and in some cases ...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Viral Persistence Dec 02, 2022 2 days ago
COVID News: A new study conducted by researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine, New York - USA has found SARS-CoV-2 viral presence in the lung up to 359 days after acute phase of disease, even in patients with negative nasopharyngeal swab tests!
The study findings validate that SARS-CoV-2 viral persistence is a major health issues that needs to be addressed immediately as it is not only a c...
HIV News -Long Lasting PrEP Injectables Dec 01, 2022 3 days ago
HIV News: A new injectable PrEP to combat HIV infections and can last for two months has entered the market but unfortunately the cost of the drug was deliberately aimed at HISO sluts and upmarket prostitutes as it cost about US$3,800 per dose or over US$22,000 per person per year in the United States!
The new injectable PrEP called CAB-LA or cabotegravir-long acting was developed and pat...
COVID-19 News - Bebtelovimab Dec 01, 2022 3 days ago
COVID-19 News: The U.S. FDA issued an announcement in the last 24 hours stating that Bebtelovimab is not currently authorized in any U.S. region to treat COVID-19.
According to the announcement, the predominant variants in circulation that includes the BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 variants ad sub-lineages can no longer be neutralized by the monoclonal antibody drug Bebtelovimab that is made by ph...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Binds With Estrogen Receptors Dec 01, 2022 3 days ago
COVID-19 News: A new study funded by the U.S. NIH has found that the spike proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus also binds to estrogen receptors (Erα and Erβ) and modulates them. The study findings suggest that, given the role of ERα in the coagulation cascade, S-protein could increase the pro-coagulation activity of endothelial cells leading to an enhanced risk of thrombosis.
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COVID-19 News -SARS-CoV-2 Dysregulates Endocrine Genes Nov 30, 2022 4 days ago
COVID-19 News: Disturbing findings from a study conducted by Italian researchers reveal that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causes transcriptional alterations of endocrine-specific genes leading to a variety of endocrine issues as result of many of these genes being dysregulated while some are upregulated or downregulated compared to normal healthy settings.
The study team comprised of Italia...
COVID-19 News - Molnupiravir Nov 30, 2022 4 days ago
COVID-19 News: When Thailand Medical News in September 2021 warned about the dangers of the US FDA approved drug Molnupiravir to treat COVID-19, our news coverage was not taken seriously as most Westerners always think that only the media in their own countries that is funded by crooked politicians, unethical billionaires, greedy pharma giants and those controlling the COVID-19 narratives are the ...
HIV News - Heart Issues And HIV Nov 29, 2022 5 days ago
HIV News: A new study review led by researchers from Kings College London British Heart Foundation Centre, School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences -UK has found that HIV infections increase risk of cardiovascular issues!
The study team warned that HIV-associated cardiovascular disease is increasing in prevalence, but its mechanisms remain poorly understood.
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Cancer News -Anal Cancer - United States Nov 29, 2022 5 days ago
Cancer News: A new study led by researchers from the Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina – USA has found that the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA), a type of anal cancer is rising in the United States especially in the Midwestern and Southeastern States, including South Carolina.
The study findings also indicated that most anal cancers...
Medical News - COVID-19 Mortality Nov 29, 2022 5 days ago
In the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was seen that it was mostly the aged that were at a higher risk of mortality upon contracting the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Hence many of the elderly perished in the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 especially in the United States and Europe.
Now, a new study by researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts-USA is showing the mortalit...
COVID-19 News - D-Alanine Supplements Prevents COVID-19 Severity Nov 29, 2022 5 days ago
COVID-19 News: A new breakthrough study by researchers from the National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN)-Japan and the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine – Japan has found that supplementation with the amino acid D-Alanine can help prevent and also treat COVID-19 severity. The study besides finding the critical role that D-Amino acids play in vir...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Induced Silent Stroke Nov 28, 2022 6 days ago
COVID-19 News: New emerging reports from various physicians around the world are reporting that the incidence of ‘silent strokes’ is greatly rising and the worse is that many who have been affected are not even aware of it or about the damage that these ‘silent strokes’ causes to their brains and other parts of their bodies.
The growing incidence to such silent str...
COVID-19 News - CH.1.1 with P681R Mutation SARS-CoV-2 Lineage Nov 27, 2022 7 days ago
COVID-19 News: Researchers and virologist are extremely concerned about the emergence of a new SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineage CH.1.1 spotting Delta’s P681R mutation in Austria.
There is no data on where this strain emerged but to date it has been seen in 12 samples that were sent for genomic sequencing in patients hospitalized in Vorarlberg-Austria.
The CH.1.1 variant is a BA...
COVID-19 News - Lethal Variants Nov 27, 2022 7 days ago
COVID-19 News: International researchers led by the Sigal lab in Durban-South Africa are warning that contrary to the fallacy that is being disseminated by many so called ‘experts’, mainstream media, COVID-19 News outlets and health authorities that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is evolving to be more milder, the next variants to emerge are likely to be more lethal and worrisome based on ...
COVID-19 News - soluble HLA and SARS-CoV-2 T Cell Immunity Nov 26, 2022 8 days ago
COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from the University of Tübingen and the University Hospital Tübingen - Germany has found that inflammation-driven release of soluble HLA (sHLA) in COVID-19 influences immunopeptidome diversity and T cell immunity!
Human leukocyte antigen or HLA-presented antigenic peptides are central components of T cell-based immunity in infectiou...
HIV News: A new study by researcher from Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina – USA have found that a protein complex called SMC5/6 allows HIV to evade antivirals and immunity.
To date, it is already known that after viral entry and reverse transcription, HIV-1 proviruses that fail to integrate are epigenetically silenced, but the underlying mechanism has remained ...
Source: COVID-19 Research - ORF3c - Mitochondria Nov 26, 2022 8 days ago
COVID-19 Research: A new international led by researchers from University of Cambridge - UK has found that the SARS-CoV-2 ORF3c protein localizes to mitochondria, inhibiting innate immunity by restricting IFN-Β production!
The study also involved scientists from University of Manchester - UK, University Medical Center Göttingen - Germany, University of Liverpool, University of B...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Induced Isolated Diastolic Hypertension -IDH Nov 26, 2022 8 days ago
COVID-19 News: In the last few months, based on data that we have been collating from various Long COVID clinics and also small research groups involved in Post COVID medical issues, it has been found that many post-COVID patients tend to be displaying a unique condition that is termed as Isolated Diastolic Hypertension or IDH.
Isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH) is defined as diastolic...
Pharma News - Ibuprofen - Naproxen Nov 25, 2022 9 days ago
Pharma News: A new study lead by researchers from the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco- USA have found that the usage of pain relievers like Ibuprofen and Naproxen actually worsens arthritis inflammation.
The study team warns that the use of NSAIDS such as ibuprofen and naproxen might not have the desired effect patients are see...
COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-3 Nov 25, 2022 9 days ago
COVID-19 News: Chinese researchers from Sun Yat-Sen University, Fudan University, Yunnan Institute of Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Yunnan University, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention-Beijing, City University of Hong Kong along with Australian scientists from University of Sydney have discovered a recombinant strain of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-2 viruses in bats ...
COVID-19 News - BR.2.1 - XBF Nov 24, 2022 10 days ago
COVID-19 News: Scientist are predicting that the new SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant called BR.2.1 and also a new recombinant variant XBF is expected to be become dominant in circulation sometime midway in the winter surge and will join other newly emerging variants in creating non-stop COVID-19 surges globally.
The BR.2.1 variant is part of the BA.2.75 lineage and spots 3 extra spike mutation...
COVID-19 News: SARS-CoV-2 Infections are typically associated with abnormalities in blood coagulation in severe cases and even in those with mild infections, clotting issues that causes strokes seems to be a lingering issue in Long COVID.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been detected in the blood samples collected from COVID-19 patients.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33413461/
Though de...
Medical News - Ectonucleotidases And COVID-19 Severity Nov 24, 2022 10 days ago
Researchers from Brazil have discovered a new mechanism that contributes to COVID-19 disease severity. According to the study team lead by scientists from the University of São Paulo Medical School, unmetabolized ATP (adenosine triphosphate), a key source of energy for cellular processes causes the dysregulation of the immune system leading to cytokine storms that contributes to the di...
Pharma News: A new study by Italian researchers has shockingly found that Nirmatrelvir which is a key component of the drug Paxlovid that is being peddled by American and British medical ‘experts’ to treat COVID-19 actually blunts the development of antiviral adaptive immune responses in mice infected with SARS-CoV-2!
According to the study team, this might help explain the vi...
HIV News - Chronic Inflammation Nov 23, 2022 11 days ago
HIV News: A new study by researchers from The George Washington University - USA, University of Melbourne - Australia and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston – USA have found that a HIV protein called Nef causes permanent changes to immune cells, leading to chronic inflammation and associated co-morbidities including cardiovascular issues.
According to the...
COVID-19 News - Pediatric Ischemic Stroke Nov 23, 2022 11 days ago
COVID-19 News: Study findings from a new research conducted by medical scientists from the University of Utah School of Medicine alarmingly shows that prior COVID-19 infections increase the risk of strokes in children. The study also found that even children who were asymptomatic upon infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus were still at risk of developing strokes! It should be noted that stroke mani...
COVID-19 News - Ultrasound To Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Nov 22, 2022 12 days ago
COVID-19 News: Researchers from University of Sao Paulo - Brazil have in a new study demonstrated that inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in vitro infectivity, adding more published evidence to validate previous research data that shows ultrasound vibrations may kill coronaviruses including the SARS-CoV-2.
As early as May 2021, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology published study findi...
Long COVID News - Persistent Interferon Gamma Release Nov 22, 2022 12 days ago
Long COVID News: A new study by researchers from University of Cambridge - UK, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - UK, Cambridge National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - UK, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research - UK and Addenbrooke's Hospital – UK has found that most individuals with Long COVID tend to have persistent T-cell dependent Interferon Gamma (IFN-&g...
COVID News - SARS-CoV-2 BW.1 Variant Nov 22, 2022 12 days ago
COVID News: Scientists from the Instituto de Biotecnología - Mexico, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social and MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CNRS are warning that a new SARS-CoV-2 variant called BW.1 is spreading rapidly in Mexico and is likely to spread across to the United States, Canada and also elsewhere due to ...
Source: Medical News - New RSV Variants Nov 21, 2022 13 days ago
In early November, Thailand Medical News had called for various international research teams to look into the possibility of new respiratory syncytial virus or RSV variants emerging that could be causing anomalous manifestations in the current RSV surge that is affecting many countries globally especially the United States as there has not been any studies done in the last two years since the emer...
COVID-19 - News - Gut Microbiome - Disease Progression Nov 20, 2022 14 days ago
COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Spanish National Research Council (IATA-CSIC), Valencia – Spain has found that gut microbiome composition and function play a role in COVID-19 disease progression.
Despite SARS-CoV-2 mainly affecting the respiratory system, it has been found that the gastrointestinal tract is also a ta...
COVID-19 News - Interferon Lambda Nov 19, 2022 15 days ago
COVID-19 News: A new breakthrough study by Canadian researchers from the University of Manitoba, University of Toronto, Canada University Health Network and University of Alberta, Edmonton has found that treating SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals with interferon Lambda helps in rapid clearance of the virus even in those with age-related delays in the induction of T cell immunity!
This new t...
Source: COVID-19 News - Inhalable Sodium Bicarbonate As An Adjuvant For COVID-19 Nov 19, 2022 15 days ago
COVID-19 News: A randomized clinical trial conducted by researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University - Egypt has found that inhalable sodium bicarbonate could be used as adjuvant in COVID-19 prophylactic and treatment protocols!
Most COVID-19 News outlets have not been covering on the various clinical trials involving cheaper repurposed drugs or compounds that can be used...
Source: COVID-19 News - Cats - SARS-CoV-2 Nov 19, 2022 15 days ago
COVID-19 News: Researchers from MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research - Scotland and the School of Biodiversity at the University of Glasgow – Scotland are warning based on their study findings that domestic cats are increasing contracting circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants from human and that they could end up being viral reservoirs that can also lead to the emergence of more wor...
Source: COVID-19 Drugs - Metformin Nov 18, 2022 16 days ago
COVID-19 Drugs: Study findings from yet another research led by scientists from the University of Minnesota Medical School has added to the growing evidence that metformin, a common and cheap generic diabetic drug is able to decrease the risk of COVID-19 severity.
Thailand Medical News had previously covered on various past studies that showed metformin not only reduced the risk of COVID-...
Source: COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Variant Soup Nov 18, 2022 16 days ago
COVID-19 News: While governments and health authorities along with paid mainstream media around the world try to downplay rising COVID-19 infections and the seriousness and dangers of Long COVID-19, the good news is that as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants and sub-lineages along with many new recombinant variants evolving rapidly to fight both natural and vaccine or drug induced immunit...
Source: COVID-19 News - Cyclodextrins - SARS-CoV-2 - Antivirals Nov 17, 2022 17 days ago
COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from Spain led by scientist from the Cell Structure Lab, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CNB - CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid -Spain has found that cheap natural cyclodextrins especially Beta Cyclodextrins can be used as antivirals against SARS-CoV-2!
Cyclodextrins are a family of cyclic oligosaccharides, consisting of a macrocyclic ring of...
Source: COVID-19 Supplements - Vitamin D Reduces Severity Nov 16, 2022 18 days ago
COVID-19 Supplements: A new study by American researchers from Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan, University of Chicago and St John Fisher College has shown that vitamin D supplementation can lower risk of COVID-19 severity and even reduce spread of SARS-CoV-2.
It has already been known that vitamin D deficiency is associated with reduced immune function that can lead to vi...
Source: COVID-19 News - neuroPASC - Immunologic Imprinting Nov 15, 2022 19 days ago
COVID-19 News: A new study lead by researchers from Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge – USA has found that NeuroCOVID manifestations in post infections are determined by immunologic imprinting from previous coronaviruses!
The study also involved medical researchers from the Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of V...
Source: Medical News - Amoxicillin - United States Nov 15, 2022 19 days ago
Due to the sudden shortage of the antibiotic Amoxicillin as oral tablets, powder suspension and especially in liquid form for intravenous use in the United States, Thailand Medical News has arranged for free disbursement of stocks to any hospitals, clinic or individuals needing it in the United States as our way of helping the American healthcare community.
A post-COVID-19 surge in upper ...
Source: Medical News - COVID-19 - Strokes Nov 14, 2022 20 days ago
A new study by The Global COVID-19 Stroke Registry which comprises of over 39 researchers from over 40 institutions across the world has found that individuals with acute ischemic stroke and COVID-19 showed higher rates of intracranial bleeding complications and worse clinical outcomes!
It is already known that COVID-19 related inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and coagulopathy may in...
Source: Medical News - SARS-CoV-2 Wildlife Nov 13, 2022 21 days ago
A new study by researchers from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia - USA has shown that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has already spread extensively among various wildlife including racoons, squirrels, possums, deer, foxes, skunks etc.
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Thailand Medical News would like to add that with the human populations around the world currently under attack b...
Source: Medical News - Cancer - Supplements Nov 12, 2022 22 days ago
A new study by researchers from Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia - USA has shockingly found that intake of Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) dietary supplements (a form of Vitamin B3) actually increases the prevalence of cancers and also contributes to metastases formation in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) even up to the brain!
The study also involved researchers from The ...
Source: COVID-19 News - Bivalent Nov 11, 2022 23 days ago
COVID-19 News: Shocking findings from a study involving the comparisons of the bivalent BNT162b2mRNA jabs and original monovalent boosters by researchers from University Hospital Wuerzburg - Germany and University of Oxford - UK is causing a stir among the research and medical communities.
The study involving healthcare workers has found that those receiving the new bivalent jabs had more...
Source: SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections Nov 11, 2022 23 days ago
SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections: We have more great news just at the opportune time as more Omicron variants and sub-lineages along with recombinant variants that are more immune evasive and able to cause breakthrough infections and reinfections have emerged and are slowly becoming predominant in circulation especially just in time for winter.
A new study by researchers from the Clinical Epidemiolo...
Source : COVID-19 News - China Nov 10, 2022 24 days ago
COVID-19 News: China announced the lockdown of manufacturing hub Guangzhou in the last 24 hours, causing the southern metropolis with more than 5 million residents to cease all activities as health authorities and local officials rush to stamp out a widening SARS-CoV-2 outbreak.
Guangzhou reported 3,007 local infections on Wednesday, accounting for over one third of new cases across China...
Source: Long COVID Treatments - Melatonin Nov 10, 2022 24 days ago
Long COVID Treatments: A new multinational study involving researchers from Pontificia Universidad Católica - Argentina, University of Toronto - Canada and Saveetha University, Chennai – India has found that melatonin supplements can aid in relieving and treating certain Long COVID symptoms. Being a cheap generic supplement that is easily available, the study team suggested that melat...
Source: COVID-19 News - SARS-CoV-2 Alters Human RNA Nov 10, 2022 24 days ago
COVID-19 News: Shocking findings of a new study by researchers from the Center for Medical Bioinformatics and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology at Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP (Federal University of São Paulo)-Brazil has revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 also alters the RNA of infected host cells!
The study findings have numerous implications for the pa...
Source: Medical News - Pediatric COVID-19 -United States Nov 09, 2022 25 days ago
Despite many states in America either not reporting COVID-19 statistics or are not collating data properly, indications from hospital and healthcare professionals show that COVID-19 cases are rising in the country and the only difference between the previous surges are that more children are getting infected and getting hospitalized.
The rise in pediatric COVID-19 cases has prompted the A...
Source: NeuroCOVID - SARS-CoV-2 - Microglia Nov 08, 2022 26 days ago
NeuroCOVID: A new study by researchers from the University Of Queensland- Australia has revealed that the spike proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus induces NLRP3 inflammasome activation in human microglia!
The study findings have enormous implications and bearings on the long term NeuroCOVID complications in individuals exposed to the novel coronavirus and also potential increase in cu...
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