Health and Medicine

Obese Patients at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Complications By | May 18, 2020
Shakespeare was a literary genius. But his health advice needs a rewrite. Today, our health will be the better for “a lean and hungry look”
Video: Could a polio vaccine stop the coronavirus pandemic? By | May 12, 2020
Could the Polio Vaccine Save the World...Again
In major breakthrough, Israeli researchers isolate coronavirus antibody By | May 7, 2020
After the monoclonal neutralizing antibody is patented, the institute will find an international manufacturer to mass produce it as a treatment
New AI technology helps pathologists spot cancer By | May 7, 2020
Ibex Medical Analytics uses artificial intelligence to scan tissue biopsies and make sure human eyes haven’t missed anything crucial
Israeli startup to purify hospital air from coronavirus By | May 7, 2020
Aura Air’s new filtration and disinfection system is piloted at Sheba Medical Center for its potential to screen and target Covid-19 in the air.
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Video: Coronavirus drugs: Where are we, and what’s next? By | May 7, 2020
Another Pandemic We Don’t Understand By | May 5, 2020
If you yourself are having suicidal feelings, you must reach out too
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Diagnostic biosensor quickly detects SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal swabs By | April 29, 2020
An artist’s rendering above shows a new test that quickly detects SARS-CoV-2 (spheres) through binding to antibodies (Y-shapes) on a field-effect transistor.
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How probiotic Bifidobacteria could help celiac disease patients By | April 27, 2020
Researchers are exploring how probiotic Bifidobacteria could help those suffering from celiac disease
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Alzheimer’s patients may need dosing changes in medicines prescribed for other conditions By | April 27, 2020
Patients with Alzheimer’s disease might need dosing changes in medication prescribed for other conditions that they have
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Who’s Fighting the Obesity and Diabetes Pandemics? By | April 27, 2020
Deaths from obesity and Type 2 diabetes will slowly, silently, and surely bring our health care systems to their knees
Accelerated Urgent Care doctors recommend lifting shelter-in-place order By | April 27, 2020
• Only Sick and Elderly Should be Quarantined, Businesses Should Open
• State is Pressuring Drs. to Add COVID-19 Numbers
Video: How effective are cloth masks against coronavirus? By | April 23, 2020
New COVID-19 test quickly and accurately detects viral RNA By | April 23, 2020
A new method could quickly and accurately detect COVID-19 viral RNA
Sometimes It Takes an Apple to Hit You on the Head By | April 23, 2020
How Our Leaders Can Minimize Coronavirus-Related Suicide & Depression By | April 13, 2020
American Thought Leaders: Dr. Roger McIntyre
Is Home Confinement a Good Time to Try Fasting? By | April 13, 2020
For too many of us, the problem is not genetic or societal. It is a lack of individual will, poor lifestyle choices that result in overconsumption of too many calories. Combined with not enough exercise, confinement at home, is a recipe for trouble
Researchers share perspectives on coronavirus pandemic By | April 9, 2020
Researchers are sharing their perspectives on the novel coronavirus pandemic in various ACS journals
Putting remdesivir to the test for COVID-19 By | April 9, 2020
Gilead Sciences’ antiviral is in multiple late-stage trials to treat coronavirus infections. Don’t expect a home run, say infectious disease experts
Montana physician Dr. Annie Bukacek discusses how COVID 19 death certificates are being manipulated By | April 8, 2020
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The Perfect Storm for Hypertension By | April 6, 2020
Keep blood pressure from increasing by eating right and exercising well. We know ships get barnacles when tied up too long. So do humans!
New immunotherapy to target blood cancers, solid tumors By | April 1, 2020
Natural killer cells treatment offers the potential for an effective, safer treatment option than most current immunotherapies
Stress Won’t Kill You, But Your Reaction To It Might By | March 29, 2020
Even without the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety is already the world’s top driver of poor mental health
Israel’s Teva donating potential COVID-19 treatment to US hospitals By | March 25, 2020
Teva Pharmaceuticals to donate 6 million hydroxychloroquine tablets through wholesalers to hospitals by March 31, and 10 million within a month
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Israeli firm aims to disrupt mammograms and other X-rays By | March 25, 2020
Nanox, based in Israel and Japan, is poised to digitize, democratize and totally revolutionize 125-year-old X-ray technology
Ten Cents a Dance: Or Twenty Cents to Fight the Virus By | March 22, 2020
One gram (1,000 milligrams) of oral vitamin C taken three times a day can decrease the risk of employees developing COVID-19. Imagine the chaos when all or many are unable to work
Special report highlights potential therapeutic agents, vaccines for COVID-19 By | March 18, 2020
A special report examines the published scientific information on potential therapeutic agents and vaccines for coronaviruses
Magnolia bark compound could someday help treat drug-resistant epilepsy By | March 17, 2020
A compound from the bark of a Chinese magnolia tree shows promising activity against drug-resistant epilepsy
The Tongue, You’d Better Brush It By | March 17, 2020
And don’t forget to brush the tongue or use a variety of tongue scrapers after eating. It’s a simple way to avert many diseases
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Israel’s Soapy claims its hand-washing solution can kill coronavirus By | March 11, 2020
Breakthrough pairs up Soapy's handwashing microstation with an Israeli plant-based reagent, that together can kill a virus more resistant than corona.