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What is the Clinical Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Patients?

Cancer patients are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, can experience more severe complications of COVID-19 and treatment can be delayed.

21 Jan 2021

Repurposing Drugs for COVID-19

The term ‘drug repurposing’ refers to the process by which new therapeutic uses for existing drugs are identified. This has been essential in COVID-19.

21 Jan 2021

COVID-19 and Animals

COVID-19 has been classified as a zoonotic disease - a disease which is naturally communicable between humans and vertebrate animals.

20 Jan 2021

What is Long COVID?

Whilst COVID-19 symptoms subside in most patients after a couple of weeks, there is an emerging group of people who suffer long-term effects (long COVID).

20 Jan 2021

COVID-19 and Obesity

The SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) has been associated with a number of comorbidities, including obesity.

20 Jan 2021

How is ECMO Being Used to Treat Severe COVID-19?

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a method of providing heart and lung support to patients that may be used in extreme cases of COVID-19

19 Jan 2021

What is Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)?

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a method of lung and heart life support for patients with inadequate blood perfusion or gas exchange.

18 Jan 2021

An Overview of the COVID-19 Vaccines

Pharmaceutical companies have been racing to develop safe and effective vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), reaching clinical trials in record time.

18 Jan 2021

What Mutations of SARS-CoV-2 are Causing Concern?

As SARS-CoV-2 has spread, it has evolved and developed mutations, causing new variants of the disease. This article provides an insight into all variations.

15 Jan 2021

Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factors

Changes to the brain can lead to the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a type of dementia, and it has several risk factors associated with it.

14 Jan 2021

How Does Pain Affect Your Sleep?

The fact that pain affects sleep negatively is well known; however, there are ways in which this can be managed and curtailed.

13 Jan 2021

How Does Sleep Affect Your Immunity?

During sleep, your body releases cytokines, which are essential for immunity and the regulation of the immune system.

8 Jan 2021

Difference Between Nightmares and Night Terrors

Nightmares and night terrors (also known as sleep terrors) are both part of a group of sleep disorders referred to as parasomnias.

8 Jan 2021

How Effective are Antibodies for Treating COVID-19?

The COVID-19 pandemic has led scientists to investigate alternative treatments for the effects of this disease, including monoclonal antibody therapies.

7 Jan 2021

How are Smell and Memory Connected?

Olfaction, otherwise known as the sense of smell, can trigger emotional memories, largely due to its anatomical location within the brain.

7 Jan 2021

Sex Differences and Smell

Olfaction, the sense of smell, plays a role in many aspects of human life. Ever since scientists began studying it they have been interested in sex differences.

7 Jan 2021

Vitamin D and COVID-19

Supplementation with vitamin D has recently been studied for its potential to reduce the risk of infection by COVID-19.

7 Jan 2021

Blockchain Applications in Healthcare

With improved blockchain security and systems promoting synchronized transactions, blockchain services could enhance the management of healthcare data.

5 Jan 2021

Serological Testing for COVID-19

Serological tests (also known as antibody tests) are a diagnostic method for COVID-19 that analyzes the antibodies and antigens in a patient’s blood sample.

5 Jan 2021