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Health A-Z Conditions-Procedures Drugs & Suplements Interactive Tools HOME » 2020 » AUGUST Arthritis drug may help coronavirus SEARCH patients by calming deadly inflammatory New coronavirus cases fell most sharply cytokine storms Search in counties where people stopped going to offices Is Acterma the next severe COVID-19 treatment? All RECENT POSTS seven critically ill patients recovered from their Cellphone tracking data reveals new coronavirus fevers and needed less... Covid-19: Impact on Israel cases fell by 20% in US counties where people Covid-19: How winter exercise could help us cope with stopped going to offices and... Coronavirus US: 78% think vaccine pandemic approval is politics-driven Covid-19: How will the pandemic affect global health in Coronavirus US: Over 90% fatalities had 2021? underlying conditions Nearly 80% of Americans think that the speedy Is it wise to carry on shielding in the 12 weeks between your approval process of a coronavirus vaccine is driven first and second jabs? CDC says 94% of ALL Americans who have died of by politics – NOT... Thousands at risk of blindness set to benefit from a new eye COVID-19 had at least one other underlying disease drug More than 180,000 Americans... Why are patients STILL at risk from stem HEALTH NOTES: Surge in patients admitted to hospital for cell jabs? alcohol-related liver disease Flu vaccine during pregnancy has NO link I caught Covid from a hospital, we must give all NHS to a baby’s risk of developing autism, A patient left blinded in one eye, another who workers the jab study confirms suffered a life-threatening artery blockage and a My chest pains are terrifying third now blighted with... How many have to die before Britain tackles its black and Getting the flu jab while pregnant doesn’t increase Asian organ donor crisis? the baby’s risk of being diagnosed with autism later Are YOU getting the right pills to help A couch potato took part in experiment on boosting immunity on,... beat crippling gout? ‘Covid loves a crowd… so stay at home this New Year’s Eve’ says NHS boss How virus-proof is your mask? Under For seven years, Sue McDonagh struggled with Professor Hugh Montgomery says hospitals are facing a laboratory conditions, a professor agonising gout attacks so intense, it felt as though \"tsunami\" of Covid cases. answers the burning question shards of glass were... Face masks: How to wear one correctly ‘We filmed our dad’s final months to help people’ Face coverings may be compulsory in more places How antibiotics interact JOANNA HALL’S 30-day exercise plan to kickstart your New now than ever — but how much protection do they Year really afford to people... ‘We wanted to find out how antibiotics that inhibit New mutant coronavirus strain IS more contagious by nearly protein synthesis in bacteria work when combined 50% Fungi in gut linked to higher Alzheimer’s with each other,... DR MICHAEL MOSLEY launches a new series to make risk can be reduced through ketogenic 2021 your healthiest year yet diet Genetic mutations may be linked to Allergists offer reassurance regarding potential allergic infertility, early menopause reactions to COVID-19 vaccines The small study is published in the current online Putty-like composites of gallium metal with potential for real- edition of the journal EBioMedicine. “Our study The study appears Aug. 28 in the journal Science world application reveals that unique... Advances. The human gene — called nuclear Nanoparticle drug-delivery system developed to treat brain envelope membrane protein... disorders Novel Dual CAR T cell immunotherapy holds promise for targeting the HIV Being a selfish jerk doesn’t get you reservoir ahead: Study “This study highlights how relatively straightforward That’s the clear conclusion from research that alterations to the way T cells are engineered can tracked disagreeable people from college or lead to dramatic... graduate school to where... Scientists develop first drug-like Unique antibody profile sets gluten compounds to inhibit elusive cancer- sensitivity apart from Celiac disease linked enzymes Until recently, many doctors often dismissed the The enzymes — known as the nuclear receptor- complaints of people who claimed to be sensitive to binding SET domain (NSD) family of histone foods containing gluten... methyltransferases — have... How’s the transit weather? To the choir: Forward-thinking faculty sharing innovations mostly among If the words in a weather forecast, such as “cool,” themselves “sunny” or “windy,” can influence... A seminal theory proposed in the mid-20th century would suggest that she, as an early adopter of the innovations, might share... Improving FDA’s COVID-19 vaccine authorization and approval process HANOVER, N.H. – Aug. 31, 2020 – On March 28, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) exercised its Emergency Use...

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Children with no COVID-19 symptoms Researchers find potential to make brain may shed virus for weeks cancers in children respond better to treatment WASHINGTON-(Aug. 28, 2020)- New research suggests that children can shed SARS-CoV-2, the IMAGE: Dr. Branavan Manoranjan is a graduate of virus that causes COVID-19, even... McMaster University’s MD/PhD program view more Credit:... Fossil trees on Peru’s Central Andean Plateau tell a tale of dramatic Knowledge about the past can preserve environmental change the biodiversity of tomorrow IMAGE: Paleontologist Edwin Cadena poses next to Approximately 40 per cent of terrestrial ecosystems giant, fossilized (permineralized) tree on Peruvian are projected to have experienced shifts in Central Plateau. ... temperature during the past... Sunflower oil shows unexpected \"Jumping\" DNA regulates human efficiency in corrosion prevention neurons IMAGE: Synthesis of epoxidized sunflower oil The human genome contains over 4.5 million (ESFO) and phosphorylated polyol (Phospol). view sequences of DNA called “transposable elements”, more Credit:... these virus-like... How bacteria adhere to fiber in the gut Study provides hope for young women after heart attack IMAGE: Depiction of a gut bacteria attached to cellulose fibers through adhesion proteins on the Sophia Antipolis, France – 30 Aug 2020: bacterial surface.... Premenopausal women have good long-term outcomes after a heart attack, according... Now doctors could STRIKE over pay amid public sympathy for NHS workers A novel salvinia-like slippery surface Now doctors could STRIKE over pay amid public IMAGE: Design of the Salvinia-like slippery surface. sympathy for NHS workers following the coronavirus (a) Salvinia molesta floating leaf on which water crisis The average GP partner... drop displays... How Neanderthals adjusted to climate A review of ridge subduction, magmatism change and metallogenesis Climate change occurring shortly before their IMAGE: Ocean spreading, mantle plume or hot spot, disappearance triggered a complex change in the and oceanic lithosphere subduction and arc behaviour of late Neanderthals... magmatism view... Maternal insecticide use during LSU Health study explains multipronged pregnancy and neonatal jaundice SARS-CoV-2 attack and widespread COVID-19 infection IMAGE: Association between pesticide usage during pregnancy and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia requiring New Orleans, LA – A study of a gateway receptor treatment: The... for SARS-CoV-2 led by Walter J. Lukiw, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience,... A coffee and catnap keep you sharp on the nightshift New study examines long-term aesthetic outcomes of implant-based breast A simple coffee and a quick catnap could be the reconstruction cure for staying alert on the nightshift as new research from the University... August 28, 2020 – Breast reconstruction is an important option for women undergoing mastectomy, Change is constant: How the COVID-19 and a two-stage approach... pandemic may shape the future of studying abroad First Scotland deaths after positive test for six weeks IMAGE: How will the pandemic affect the international student? view more Credit: East China The deaths of two people in Scotland are the Normal University... country’s first confirmed coronavirus fatalities in six weeks. It is... Coronavirus: Children’s role in spread puzzles scientists Coronavirus: Schools could go part-time and year-group bubbles be sent home Children can carry coronavirus in their noses for up to three weeks, according to a study from South Secondary school pupils in England could be kept Korea. Earlier studies... home every other fortnight if local coronavirus cases soar, new guidance... Coronavirus: Winter plans revealed in leaked Sage report Patch up a torn shoulder with a COW’S Achilles A leaked government report suggests a “reasonable worst case scenario” of 85,000 deaths across the An implant made from the Achilles heel of a cow is being used by NHS surgeons to repair debilitating

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Imaging scans of those diagnosed with alcohol use The findings, published in the journal Stem Cell disorder (AUD) taken one day to two weeks after Reports, pave the way for using stem cells to their last drink reveal... understand and treat a range... Mosquito immune system mapped to help Stereocenters rendered dynamic in one fight malaria succinct step Published today (27 August) in Science, the findings The research demonstrates the ability of photoredox offer opportunities for uncovering novel ways to catalysis to take traditionally static stereocenters prevent mosquitoes... and render them... NASA sees wind shear still battering Tungsten isotope helps study how to tropical storm Iselle armor future fusion reactors IMAGE: On Aug. 28 at 2:40 a.m. EDT (0640 UTC) IMAGE: ORNL researchers used natural tungsten the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s (yellow) and enriched tungsten (orange) to trace the Terra satellite revealed... erosion, transport... Cellular energy audit reveals energy Risk of heart attacks halves in patients producers and consumers with diabetes in 15 years IMAGE: Gladstone scientists Ken Nakamura (left) Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: Dramatic and Neal Bennett (right) screened the human reductions in the risk of heart attacks in patients with genome to discover how... diabetes... Can people with heart disease exercise What happens when babies with heart safely? defects become adults? Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: The first Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: More than recommendations on sports and physical activity in 90% of babies born with heart defects survive into all types of... adulthood. As... Heart rhythm disorders are best managed How to treat the most common heart when patients are listened to attacks Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: Atrial Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: One in five fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder patients die within a year after the most common and increases... type of heart... Coronavirus: Obesity ‘increases risks Boris Johnson hires personal trainer from Covid-19’ Harry Jameson Being obese doubles the risk of hospital treatment Boris Johnson has hired personal trainer Harry from Covid-19 and increases the risk of dying by Jameson to lose weight, after acknowledging he nearly 50%, a global... was “too fat” when... Scientists target coronavirus immunity Coronavirus cases continue to level off in puzzle England A new effort is under way to understand how the Cases of coronavirus are still levelling off in immune system responds to coronavirus. Scientists England, according to data from swab tests of from 17 UK research centres... thousands of people in random... Children without COVID-19 symptoms High blood pressure could ruin your love may spread the virus for up to THREE life weeks, study finds High blood pressure could ruin your love life: Men Children without COVID-19 symptoms may spread with untreated hypertension ‘are almost twice as the virus for up to THREE weeks, study finds likely to suffer... Researchers looked at 91 children... DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Ban Vaping companies took advantage of gossiping at the school gates? Never… pandemic offering frees roll of toilet paper or hand sanitizer King Canute famously (and apocryphally) took his throne to a beach and commanded the incoming Vaping companies took advantage of the tide to halt. This week, Education... coronavirus pandemic by offering products that were in short supply, a new study suggests. Care homes ‘bribed’ to take coronavirus Researchers... patients Poll finds those aged 40 to 60 are more Care home managers feel ‘pressured’ into accepting ‘glass half-full’ than younger people coronavirus patients into their facilities as they are offered... Middle-aged people are the ‘most optimistic’: Poll finds those aged 40 to 60 are more ‘glass half-full’... Prior Zika virus infection increases risk of severe dengue disease Thousands of physiotherapists, dentists and even vets will be trained to give Covid-19 injections

1. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur: 60million The study, which drew on data from two cohorts of doses The Government revealed on July 29 it had Nicaraguan children who lived through a Zika signed a deal with pharmaceutical... epidemic in 2016 and a dengue... Synthetic compound could serve as COVID-19 less deadly and causes milder prototype for novel class of drugs to treat symptoms in children, UK study finds neurological damage Obesity, Black ethnicity and being under one month The human brain’s neuronal network undergoes life- old are factors that increased the risk of a child long changes in order to be able to assimilate being admitted into... information and store... New malaria transmission patterns Making brain cancers in children respond emerge in Africa better to treatment Malaria is a climate sensitive disease; it thrives Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common where it is warm and wet enough to provide surface malignant childhood brain tumour and it has recently water suitable for... been categorized into four molecular... Cholesterol drug combinations could cut Vaccines against respiratory infections health risk linked to fewer heart failure deaths According to the authors, the study highlights a gap One out of five individuals will develop heart failure between current clinical guidelines and clinical in their lifetime. An estimated 26 million people are practice for cholesterol... affected worldwide.... Farmers’ quick sale of poultry during Infants in households with very low food outbreaks may increase deadly virus security may have greater obesity risk transmission The study tracked nearly 700 infants in North IMAGE: Small-scale poultry farmers in Vietnam tend Carolina over their first year of life, with regular to respond to viral outbreaks of highly pathogenic interviews of the infants’... avian influenza... Plant scientists study the interaction of Study shows efforts in mangrove heat stress responses in corn conservation and restoration paying off IMAGE: The Enviratron robotic collects data on IMAGE: Mangrove forests, such as the one in plants. view more Credit: ISU News Service AMES, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, are long known for storing Iowa –... large amounts of carbon... Researchers dramatically downsize Research brief: Researchers 3D print technology for fingerprinting drugs and lifelike heart valve models other chemicals Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with IMAGE: Schematic showing the steps for creating support from Medtronic, have developed a the optical waveguide view more Credit: Texas AM groundbreaking process for multi-material... University... Study finds that sleep restriction Host tissue T cells may have an amplifies anger unexpected role in graft-versus-host disease DARIEN, IL – Feeling angry these days? New research suggests that a good night of sleep may be Allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation just what you need. This... (HSCT) is a procedure that infuses a donor’s healthy blood-forming... Senators call for probe after hydroxychloroquine was administered to NASA Terra Satellite examines Tropical patients in nursing homes Storm Hernan’s relocated center Three US Senators are calling for a federal IMAGE: On Aug. 28, 2020 at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 investigation after two nursing homes administered UTC) the MODIS instrument that flies aboard hydroxychloroquine to residents... NASA’s Terra satellite... Drug for CATS may help fight coronavirus Train conductor almost BLINDED by deer in humans, study finds antler returns to work A drug designed for cats may protect people from A commuter rail conductor who was nearly blinded the coronavirus, scientists have claimed. The in a freak accident is now back on the job one year medicine GC376 was made to... later with perfect 20/20... Android cleaner patrols school corridors Hazmat officials board Ryanair flight at and classrooms blasting out a powerful Stansted and drag off Covid-infected UV ray passenger It’s Robomop! Android cleaner patrols school Holidaymakers were left gripping their seats in corridors and classrooms blasting out a powerful UV horror last night as hazmat-clad officials rushed onto ray to keep pupils... a Ryanair plane as...

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Public Health England still hasn’t Virus uses decoy strategy to evade pinpointed 30,000 duplicated test results immune system in coronavirus count The recent research, led by Dr Mihnea Bostina and Public Health England’s counts of new daily PhD student Sai Velamoor from the Department of coronavirus cases still includes 30,000 people who Microbiology and Immunology... were counted twice before... Leukemia breakthrough: CircASXL1-1 Cancer mapping may solve puzzle of regulates BAP1 deubiquitinase activity in regional disease links leukemia Epidemiologists use disease atlases to identify In a novel step forward, researchers from the disease prevalence and mortality rates and QUT Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI researchers say data could... Singapore) at the National University... Researchers design efficient low-cost Researchers develop cell injection system for producing power at night technique that could help reverse vision loss IMAGE: Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that uses radiative IMAGE: Nick Mitrousis is a recent PhD graduate cooling to efficiently... from the lab of University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME). Mitrousis... Reconstructing global climate through Earth’s history New catalyst efficiently turns carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals IMAGE: Sea surface temperatures in shallow, semi- enclosed seas today are warmer than they should PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As levels be for their locations.... of atmospheric carbon dioxide continue to climb, scientists are looking... People power and satellites help scientists study climate impacts on Newly identified gut cells nurture lymph Antarctic seals capillaries IMAGE: A crabeater seal in Antarctica view more IMAGE: Lacteals (in green) are shown in normal Credit: Credit: Ursala Rack A New Zealand-led conditions (left) and with YAP/TAZ hyperactivation international... (right). view... UMD discovers a new role for a well- This online calculator can predict your known molecule as a plant hormone stroke risk, study finds IMAGE: ACC facilitates fertilization. The pollen tubes IMAGE: Mark DeBoer, MD, of UVA Children’s, (stained in blue) fertilize only some of the ovules developed a calculator that can predict the risk of when there... stroke, diabetes... Over 4% US women use marijuana while Adding a meter between meals boosts pregnant vegetarian appeal More than 4% of US women use marijuana while Conservationists at the University of Cambridge are pregnant, CDC report reveals – despite Canadian investigating ways of “nudging” people towards research that finds the... eating more... Artificial intelligence recognizes How do we prioritize what we see? deteriorating photoreceptors The work, which appears in the latest issue of the There is no effective treatment for geographic journal Current Biology, relies on a method, atrophy, one of the most common causes of transcranial magnetic stimulation... blindness in industrialized nations.... When you’re smiling, the whole world Strict diet explains metabolic effect of really does smile with you gastric bypass surgery Groundbreaking research from the University of By monitoring individuals who underwent a six-week South Australia confirms that the act of smiling can low-calorie diet followed by a bariatric operation, trick your mind into... they can for the first... MS drug may be used to inhibit HIV Single-cell analysis provides new infection and reduce latent reservoir insights into mitochondrial diseases “While antiretroviral drugs have been effective in Mitochondrial diseases result from failure of treating HIV thus far, drug resistance, negative side mitochondria, specialized compartments within cells effects of... that contain their own... Academia from home The behavior of therapeutic antibodies in immunotherapy As the uncertainty around reopening college and university campuses this fall continues, those who Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are among the most work, study, teach and... common cancers affecting almost 1.5 million people globally. They cause uncontrolled...

UChicago scientists discover way to Exercise Enhancement make quantum states last 10,000 times longer Sugars and fats are the primary fuels that power every cell, tissue and organ. For most cells, sugar is IMAGE: A team of scientists at the University of the energy source... Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering announced... Engineered capsids for efficient gene delivery to the eye Bacterial enzymes hijacked to create complex molecules normally made by IMAGE: Journal in the field and provides all- plants inclusive access to the critical pillars of human gene therapy: research,... JUPITER, FL–Chemists at Scripps Research have efficiently created three families of complex, oxygen- Liquid crystals that can replace color containing molecules... shifting ink in preventing counterfeiting Cover crop roots are an essential key to IMAGE: A schematic diagram of multi-layered liquid understanding ecosystem services crystal particles developed by the KIST-KAIST joint research team ... IMAGE: Lead researcher Joseph Amsili taking core samples of cover crops at the Russell E. Larson Coronavirus: Leicester patient first to join Agricultural Research... ‘UK’s largest’ recovery study Sounds of action: Using ears, not just A man who had Covid-19 has become the first to eyes, improves robot perception take part in what is thought to be the UK’s largest study into how the... PITTSBURGH–People rarely use just one sense to understand the world, but robots usually only rely on Coronavirus: England’s contact tracing vision and, increasingly,... app trial gets under way Cosmetic surgeon struck off after A trial of the English coronavirus app is getting botched ops under way. It will be limited to residents in the Isle of Wight, the London... A cosmetic surgeon who did not have adequate insurance for operations that went wrong has been Coronavirus led to more NYC ‘excess struck off. One woman, from... deaths’ than Spanish flu, study suggests NHS figures reveal long waits for routine The 1918 Spanish flu was more deadly of fatalities ops in England in New York City than coronavirus has been in 2020 – but COVID-19... The number of patients admitted for routine treatment in hospitals in England was down 67% in More than 40% of Americans struggling June compared with the same... with mental health amid pandemic More than 4% of US women use About 40 percent of Americans were struggling to marijuana while pregnant maintain their mental health and abusing substances in late-June as the... More than 4% of US women use marijuana while pregnant, CDC report reveals – despite Canadian Coronavirus UK: 18 new fatalities in daily research that finds the... death toll Boris Johnson says the UK will be Another 18 people have died of Covid-19 in England ‘ruthless’ over travel quarantine ahead of but no-one else has died of the illness in Scotland, France decision Wales or Northern... Boris Johnson said the UK would be ‘ruthless’ when Recalling memories from a third-person it came to travel quarantine even with its ‘closest... perspective changes how our brain processes them Fundamentally new approach to ultrasound imaging “Our perspective when we remember changes which brain regions support memory and how these “Conventional ultrasound devices have a receiver brain regions interact together,”... that detects ultrasonic waves and converts them into an electrical... New type of taste cell discovered in taste buds Potential new approach against fatal childhood brain cancer Taste buds in the mouth are critical to our survival and help us to decide whether a food is a good That’s why researchers at the University of Michigan source of nutrients or... and their collaborators are excited about discoveries that point... Hepatitis B: Natural controllers shed light on immunity mechanisms Pollution linked to antibiotic resistance Hepatitis B is one of the major human diseases: it is Using a process known as genomic analysis, estimated that 2 billion people have been infected University of Georgia scientists found a strong with the virus and... correlation between antibiotic...