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BREAKING! Hong Kong Scientists Discover That The Metabolite Glycylproline Is Responsible For Waning Antibodies In Recovered COVID-19 Patients
Source: COVID-19 News - Sitagliptin to counteract waning SARS-CoV-2 antibodies  Oct 15, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 News: In what can be regarded as a breakthrough study, scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) along with researchers from various research institutions in China have discovered that the plasma metabolite glycylproline (gly-pro) is responsible for the wanning antibodies in recovered COVID-19 patients.   The breakthrough study findings can help formulate strategies to ma...
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German Health Minister Advocates Increasing COVID-19 Safety Measures As COVID-19 Infections And Hospitalizations Rise. What Variants At Play Are Not Known!
Source: COVID-19 News  Oct 15, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 News: Germany’s Health Minister German Karl Lauterbach media on Friday that he favors and advocates requiring mask-wearing indoors, a measure that has largely faded in Germany except on public transport, in medical facilities and care homes.   He also urged the 16 states in the country to consider stepping up their COVID-19 prevention and safety measures as cases rise in the ...
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University Of California Study Involving Rhesus Macaques Finds That SARS-CoV-2 Virus Infects The Neurons Of The Brain And Induces Neuroinflammation
Source: Medical News - SARS-CoV-2 - Brain  Oct 14, 2022  2 years ago
A new study by researchers from the University of California-Davis, USA involving animal models such as the Rhesus Macaques has found that SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is able to infect the neurons of the brain and induce inflammation.   SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the etiologic agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), can induce a plethora of neurological complications in some patients.   ...
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John Hopkins Study Shows That HIV Patients With Moderately Low CD4 Cell Counts Risk Severe Breakthrough COVID-19 Infection
Source: Medical News - COVID-19 -HIV  Oct 14, 2022  2 years ago
A new study led by researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that HIV patients with moderately low CD4 cell counts risk severe breakthrough COVID-19 infections.   The study team said that understanding the severity of postvaccination SARS-CoV-2 (ie, COVID-19) breakthrough illness among individuals with HIV (PWH) can inform vaccine guidelines and risk-reducti...
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5 Ways to Fix A Chipped Tooth
Source: Sponsored Content  Oct 13, 2022  2 years ago
SPONSORED CONTENT A damaged tooth can be a source of distress. Read to find out how dental crowns can help repair a chipped tooth right away There can be a number of reasons that can result in a chipped tooth. It could be due to a facial trauma, or maybe because of having chewed a hard food item. Whatever the case maybe, leaving it untreated can prove to be dangerous for both your mouth and over...
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Study Finds That Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Factors Such As Age, Smoking And Diabetes Increase Risk Of COVID-19 Mortality And Not Preexisting CVD Itself!
Source: COVID-19 News  Oct 13, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A new study by researchers from the University Of Michigan-USA has found that cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as age, smoking and diabetes increase the risk of COVID-19 mortality and not preexisting cardiovascular disease itself!   The study findings showed that the occurrence of myocardial injury, regardless of preexisting CVD, and its association with outcomes...
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BREAKING! Leading Cardiologists And Doctors From Massachusetts Issue Warning Of Adverse Drug Interactions In COVID-19 Patients Treated With Paxlovid!
Source: COVID-19 Drugs - Paxlovid  Oct 13, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 Drugs: Leading cardiologists and physicians from various hospitals and medical centers across the state of Massachusetts-USA have issued a warning of adverse drug interactions especially involving heart medications in COVID-19 patients treated with Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir).   The team of specialists from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital...
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LATEST! Researchers Find That Dysregulated Cell Signaling As A Result Of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Contributes To Disease Severity.
Source: SARS-CoV-2 Research  Oct 13, 2022  2 years ago
SARS-CoV-2 Research: A new study has found that SARS-CoV-2 mediated dysregulation in cell signaling events are actually driving COVID-19 severity.   In a normal setting, in order to eradicate the illness, an immune response balanced against an unknown pathogen is essential.   Typically, a cascade of cell signaling events is immediately activated upon sensing the presence of SARS-CoV-2 ...
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University Of Birmingham Study Finds That SARS-Cov-2 Infections Can Cause A Variety Of Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases Including T1DM, IBD And Psoriasis!
Source: Long COVID  Oct 12, 2022  2 years ago
A new study by researchers from University of Birmingham-UK has found that SARS-CoV-2 infections can also trigger a variety of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDS) especially type 1 diabetes mellitus, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and psoriasis.   The aim of the study was to assess whether there is an association between SARS CoV-2 infection and the incidence of immune mediated ...
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Harvard’s Humoral Immune Profiling Study Discovers That Immunity To Non-COVID-19 Endemic Coronaviruses May Play A Role In Who Develops Long COVID!
Source: Long COVID  Oct 12, 2022  2 years ago
A study by Harvard researchers involving humoral immune profiling has discovered that immunity to non-COVID-19 endemic coronaviruses may play a role in who develops PASC (Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19) commonly known as Long COVID!   The study team comprised scientists from Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard-USA, Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Boston, Massachusetts General Hospi...
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Cleveland Clinic And Northwestern University Study Shows That Metformin Could Be Repurposed To Treat Atrial Fibrillation. (Findings Relevant In COVID Setting)
Source: Pharma News - Metformin - Atrial Fibrillation  Oct 12, 2022  2 years ago
A new study by researcher from Cleveland Clinic, Ohio-USA And Northwestern University-Illinois-USA has found that the common generic drug used to treat type 2 diabetes..metformin, can be used to treat atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots in the heart. AF increases the risk of stroke, heart failure...
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University of Toledo And U.S. NIH Study Shows That Diets High In Processed Fiber Could Increase Risk Of Liver Cancer
Source; Medical News - Liver Cancer  Oct 12, 2022  2 years ago
A new study by researchers from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Ohio -USA and the U.S. National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Maryland-USA has found that diets high in processed fiber could increase risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer.   The study also involved researchers from Georgia State University, Atlanta-US...
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BREAKING! Wuhan Study Shows That Glutamine And Pyruvate Supplementation, Also Rosiglitazone Can Reduce And Prevent Hyperinflammation In COVID-19!
Source: COVID-19 Drugs -Glutamine, Pyruvate, Rosiglitazone, Arginine, 2-DG  Oct 11, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 Drugs: A new breakthrough study by researchers from the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University-China and Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen-China has found that glutamine and pyruvate supplementation, and also the drug diabetic drug Rosiglitazone can reduce and prevent cytokine upregulation hyperinflammation as result of inflammation in macrophages induced by the SARS-...
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Spanish Study Shows That Metformin (Glucophage) Lowers Risk Of Disease Severity And Fatal Outcomes In Diabetic Patients Infected With COVID-19
Source: COVID-19 Drugs - Metformin  Oct 11, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 Drugs: Spanish researchers and physicians have in a new study found that the diabetic drug Metformin (Glucophage) lowers the risk of disease severity and fatal outcomes in diabetic patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The study involved medical researchers from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona-Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Spain and Fundació Institu...
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COVID-19 And Long COVID Researchers In A Dilemma As Fundings For Such Research Has Been Cut Or Reduced Drastically In Many Countries!
Source: Medical News - COVID-19 Research  Oct 10, 2022  2 years ago
When Thailand Medical News contacted many researchers and labs that had been involved last year and early this year with studies on the properties, characteristics and pathogenesis of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and early Omicron variants to see if they had any updates on the latest emerging Omicron sub-lineages, we were shocked to find that most had already stopped such research since June and July 2022...
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Medical Researchers Warn That Systemic Inflammation Triggered by COVID-19 Infections Affects Female Reproductive Health In A Variety Of Ways
Source: COVID-19 News - Women Reproductive Health  Oct 10, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 News: A review study conducted by researchers from the Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences at the American University of Beirut-Lebanon and from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore-USA has found that systemic inflammation triggered by COVID-19 infections affects female reproductive health in a variety of ways. &nb...
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LATEST! Chinese Researchers Develop New Face Mask That Detects And Identifies Type Of Respiratory Viruses In Proximity And Alerts User!
Source: COVID-19 Medical Devices  Oct 09, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 Medical Devices: Researchers and scientists from The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science at Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai-China have developed a new face mask that detects the specific type of respiratory virus that is in close proximity and in surrounding environment and alerts the user via a smartphone app. The new face masks are capable of identifyi...
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GREAT NEWS! New Omicron Sublineages Do Not Discriminate Against The Old Or Young, Healthy Or The Immunocompromised, Jabbed Or Unjabbed. They Love All!
Source: Medical News - New Omicron Sub-lineages  Oct 09, 2022  2 years ago
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw that it was the elderly and those with existing comorbidities like high blood pressure, cardiac issues and diabetes that were more susceptible to the disease severity and mortality risk of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Most of the young especially babies and young kids were spared from the original Wuhan wildtype strain and also from the early varian...
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BREAKING! Singapore Is Under Attack By The New SARS-CoV-2 XBB Recombinant Variant With COVID-19 Infections And Hospitalizations Rising. Thailand Could Be Next!
Please Refer To Correction Notice Below  Oct 09, 2022  2 years ago
UPDATES: 10th Novermber 2022 Singapore Health Authorities have informed media in Singapore that the local data and reports from hospitals show that the XBB variant does not cause any disease severity and that the current infections and hospitalization rates in Singapore are not rising exponentially and that as of Tuesday, there are only 11 Covid-19 patients under intensive care and 50 needing ox...
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BREAKING! Germany Facing Critical COVID-19 Crisis As SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Hospitalizations And Deaths Rises. Average Of More Than 170,000 Daily Infections!
Source: COVID-19 Crisis In Germany  Oct 08, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 Crisis In Germany: While the German government continues to downplay the seriousness of the current COVID-19 crisis, daily COVID-19 cases are going up with more than 174,112 new COVID-19 cases reported for just the 6th Of October along with 117 new COVID-19 deaths. https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Situationsberichte/Okt_2022/2022-10-07-en.pdf?__blob=publication...
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SARS-CoV-2 Upregulates CD55 Complement Regulator And Prolongs Its Activation Causing An Immune Dysfunction That Contributes To Disease Severity In Some
Source: COVID-19 Immunology  Oct 08, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 Immunology: A new study by Greek researchers from Kapodistrian University of Athens, Evangelismos General Hospital-Greece and the Institute for Bioinnovation-Greece has found that the upregulation of CD55 complement regulator in distinct PBMC subpopulations of COVID-19 patients is associated with suppression of interferon responses.   The complement system, also known as complement...
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University Of Maryland Study Finds That Mutations In SARS-CoV-2 Accessory Proteins Play Key Roles In Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations And Disease Severity!
Source: SARS-CoV-2 Research - Medical News  Oct 08, 2022  2 years ago
A new study by researchers from University of Maryland School of Medicine-USA and the J. Craig Venter Institute-USA has found that aside from the spike proteins, the various SARS-CoV-2 accessory proteins also play key roles in pathogenesis and in COVID-19 disease severity with mutations in them contributing to different clinical presentations.   The continued COVID-19 surges with the emerge...
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University of Pennsylvania Study Finds That SARS-CoV-2 Uses Histone Mimicry To Disrupt Host Epigenetic Regulation For Disarming Host Immune Responses.
Source: Medical News -SARS-CoV-2 Research  Oct 08, 2022  2 years ago
A new study led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia-USA has found that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus utilizes histone mimicry to disrupt host epigenetic regulation in order to disarm host immune responses.   The study findings showed that the SARS-CoV-2 protein encoded by ORF8 (ORF8) functions as a histone mimic of the ARKS motifs in histone H3 to disrupt host cell...
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WARNING! SARS-CoV-2 Infections Causes Intestinal Ischemia That Increases Disease Severity And Risk Of Mortality!
Source: SARS-CoV-2 Intestinal Ischemia  Oct 07, 2022  2 years ago
SARS-CoV-2 Intestinal Ischemia: Unknown to many, SARS-CoV-2 infections also causes intestinal ischemia in many and very often it is a sign of disease severity and also increases the risk of mortality.   Intestinal ischemia describes a variety of conditions that occur when blood flow to the intestines decreases. Ischemia can be due to a fully or partially blocked blood vessel, usually a...
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Scientist From John Hopkins Find That Fat Intermingling With Heart Scar Tissue Triggers Ventricular Arrhythmias That Can Be Fatal!
Source: Cardiology News  Oct 07, 2022  2 years ago
Cardiology News: A new study led by researcher from Johns Hopkins University along with support from researchers at University of Pennsylvania has found that fat intermingling with heart scar tissue triggers ventricular arrhythmias that can be fatal!   Infiltrating adipose tissue (inFAT) has been recently found to co-localize with scar in infarcted hearts and may contribute to ventricular a...
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BREAKING! Researchers From University of North Carolina Discover That The Protein Ascl1 Can Help Heal Damaged And Failing Hearts!
Source: Cardiology Updates  Oct 07, 2022  2 years ago
Cardiology Updates: Researchers from the McAllister Heart Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – USA have discovered that the protein Ascl1 which is a neuronal factor is capable of healing damaged heart muscles.   The approach of direct reprogramming has revolutionized the fields of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.   Direct reprogramming means t...
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UK Health Authorities And Agencies Deny That An Autumn COVID-19 Surge Has Started Despite More Than 224,316 New Infections In the Last 24 Hours!
Source: UK COVID-19 News  Oct 07, 2022  2 years ago
UK COVID-19 News: The United Kingdom saw more than 224,3176 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours. https://health-study.joinzoe.com/data   The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that about one in 65 people in England ie an estimated 857,400 individuals had COVID in the week ending 17 September, up from 766,500 people, or one in 70, the week before. An increase wa...
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Study Finds That Most Exposed To SARS-CoV-2 Will Develop Viral Arthropathy Besides Myalgia
Source: Medical News - Viral Arthropathy - SARS-CoV-2  Oct 07, 2022  2 years ago
A study led by researchers from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville-USA and Hospital Sisters Health System-Illinois-USA has found that a high proportion of the population that has been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus will eventually develop viral arthropathy beside myalgia.   Viral arthropathy (viral arthritis) is swelling and irritation (inflammation) of one or more joints parti...
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WARNING! Numerous Studies Are Showing That Mild Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections Can Lead To A Variety Of Cardiac Issues, Some With Fatal Outcomes!
Source: Medical News -Cardiac Issues -Mild COVID  Oct 06, 2022  2 years ago
Despite numerous warnings and even media coverage of studies regarding the long-term effects of COVID-19 on heart health, many people are still either not taking precautions to not get infected with the virus or to go for regular heart screenings after a SARS-CoV-2 infection even if it mild.   Considering that excess deaths related to COVID-19 involving heart failures is rising exponentiall...
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University Of Texas Study Findings Validates That SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Causes Endothelial Vascular Dysfunction
Source: COVID-19 Research  Oct 06, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 Research: The research findings of a new vitro study by researchers from the University of Texas-Austin-USA using three-dimensional engineered vascular networks has validated the previous claims that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein causes endothelial vascular dysfunction. The study findings not only have various implications on Long COVID but also about the usage of prophylactics and therap...
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BREAKING! University Of Cincinnati Study Finds That Alzheimer’s Disease Is Caused By Low Levels Of Amyloid Beta Protein And Not By Amyloid Plaques!
Source: Medical News-Alzheimer's Disease  Oct 06, 2022  2 years ago
A new study led by researchers from the University of Cincinnati-USA has found that Alzheimer’s Disease is caused by low levels of a soluble protein called amyloid beta and not by amyloid plaques!   The study team also compromised researchers from Karolinska Institutet-Sweden, Texas Tech University-USA, University of Eastern Finland, University of Oxford-UK, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto ...
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BREAKING! Children Cough Syrups And Children Paracetamol Syrup Made In India Kills 66 Children In Gambia And Sickens Hundreds More. WHO Investigating!
Source: Medical News - Pediatric Drugs  Oct 06, 2022  2 years ago
A worldwide alert has been issued over children cough and cold syrups that are made in India after more than 66 children died from these contaminated products and hundreds more were sickened by them.   The World Health Organization (WHO) issued the alert on Wednesday over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning they are linked to the deaths of 66 children...
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