Guidance needed for singlehanded GPs to deal with covid-19 pandemic
Singlehanded GPs are worried about what will happen to their practice patients if they themselves…
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Covid-19: diabetes clinicians set up social media account to help alleviate patients’ fears
A group of diabetes doctors and other clinicians has set up a social media account…
Report: COVID-19 May Kill 200,000 In US By End Of 2020
Disease experts predict that COVID-19 would kill millions of people in the U.S. starting in…
Over 90% Of Legal Marijuana In US Too Strong For Pain Relief
Intake of marijuana products with higher concentration of THC for pain relief could increase the…
Study Finds Missing Link That Helped Coronavirus Jump To Humans
A study, published in Journal of Proteome Research, found that pangolins are more likely the…
COVID-19 Prevention: Does Vitamin D Help Lower Risk?
Find out if taking Vitamin D supplements could help protect you from coronavirus. Read Original…
Top Diet Tricks To Stay Healthy During Lockdown
Here are the top dietitian-recommended diet tips that will help you stay healthy during the…
Man Arrested For ‘Terrorist Threat’ After Licking Walmart Products For Coronavirus Video
A man in Missouri gets arrested for ‘terrorist threat’ after licking Walmart products. Read Original…
COVID-19 Pandemic: US Records World’s Largest Coronavirus Cases
The U.S. has become the new center of the COVID-19 pandemic with more confirmed cases…
Arkansas Churchgoers Contract COVID-19 As Virus Spreads To More US States
Church officials said nearly three dozen people in Arkansas tested positive for COVID-19 after attending…
Grocery Shopping Tips Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Here are doctor-recommended tips on how to do grocery shopping amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read…
NYC Nurse With ‘Hole In His Lung’ Dies After Contracting COVID-19
Kious Jordan Kelly, an assistant nursing manager at Mount Sinai Hospital, suffered from severe asthma…
Patients Share Ventilators In New York Amid Coronavirus Crisis
COVID-19 patients have been sharing on one ventilator at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in…
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Why SARS-CoV-2 Is Spreading Much Faster Than SARS-CoV
There are many differences between SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV that enable the virus to spread quickly….
Old FDA Approved Drugs Could Hold Key To Treatment For COVID-19, Researchers Hypothesize
A recent study has identified 27 FDA approved drugs with potential to treat the COVID-19….
Study Finds Acupuncture As Effective Migraine Treatment
A new study shows that acupuncture could help improve the quality of life of people…
COVID-19 Pandemic Update: Over 113,000 Patients Now Virus Free
Latest data shows the number of patients recovering from COVID-19 has been growing worldwide despite…
Here’s Why You Should Sleep, Rest More To Avoid COVID-19
An expert explained that the effects of stress, loneliness and disrupted sleep could increase the…
Dementia Prevention: Daily Aspirin Does Not Help Avoid Memory Problem
A study, published in the journal Neurology, found that taking aspirin daily does not help…
Worldwide scientific collaboration unveils genetic architecture of gray matter
For the first time, more 360 scientists from 184 different institutions have contributed to a…
Global, regional, and national burden of neck pain in the general population, 1990-2017: systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
AbstractObjectiveTo use data from the Global Burden of Disease Study between 1990 and 2017 to…
Covid-19: weathering the storm
The UK is at last in near lockdown. While further measures may be needed, the…
Unilateral bloodstained nasal discharge
A man in his 40s presented with six months of bloodstained nasal discharge from his…
Covid-19: Don’t forget the impact on US family physicians
As covid-19 continues its exponential growth in parts of the United States, we have heard…
Validation may be best way to support stressed out friends and family
In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But…
A possible treatment for COVID-19 and an approach for developing others
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease is more transmissible, but has a lower mortality…
As the ocean warms, marine species relocate toward the poles
Since pre-industrial times, the world’s oceans have warmed by an average of one degree Celsius…
Experiments in mice and human cells shed light on best way to deliver nanoparticle therapy for cancer
Researchers in the cancer nanomedicine community debate whether use of tiny structures, called nanoparticles, can…
Covid-19: Gilead withdraws orphan drug designation from potential treatment after criticism
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn orphan drug designation from a potential…
Europe’s migrant containment policies threaten the response to covid-19
The world has watched the growing global health crisis caused by covid-19 with alarm, fear,…
Covid-19: FDA approves use of convalescent plasma to treat critically ill patients
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of plasma from recovered patients…
The world’s largest refugee camp prepares for covid-19
Bangladesh, with its 168 million inhabitants, is one of the poorest and most densely populated…
Covid-19: doctors’ leaders warn that staff could quit and may die over lack of protective equipment
The BMA has called the shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) across the NHS “totally…
Italian doctors call for protecting healthcare workers and boosting community surveillance during covid-19 outbreak
Italy is in a dramatic situation owing to the spread of covid-19,1 but we could…
Fertility clinic must release records of dead man’s sperm to his brother, ȷudge rules
The top family court judge in England and Wales has ordered a fertility clinic to…
Medicine, so far from an exact science
McCormack and Holmes’s article clearly shows how far the practice of medicine is from an…
Seven days in medicine: 18-24 March
Covid-19NHS strikes major deal with private hospitals to boost capacityThe NHS in England will benefit…
Covid-19: India imposes lockdown for 21 days and cases rise
The Indian government has announced a countrywide lockdown for three weeks starting at midnight on…
Nurses’ professional ȷudgment: appropriate care for people according to their stage of life
The loss of a valuable nurse because of an irrational decision by the Nursing and…
Covid-19: what treatments are being investigated?
With no current specific treatment for covid-19, the race is on to develop or repurpose…
Covid-19: risk factors for severe disease and death
As the covid-19 pandemic accelerates, governments are warning people at high risk to be particularly…
Clinical characteristics of 113 deceased patients with coronavirus disease 2019: retrospective study
AbstractObjectiveTo delineate the clinical characteristics of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) who died.DesignRetrospective case…
Covid-19: medical schools given powers to graduate final year students early to help NHS
Medical schools have been granted the power to graduate their students early to allow them…
Covid-19: What is the UK’s testing strategy?
What tests are currently available in the UK?The NHS is using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)…
The BMJ Awards 2020: Primary care team
Opioid reduction programme—Crimond Medical CentrePatients have gained a better understanding of chronic pain and cut…
The BMJ Awards 2020: Respiratory team of the year
The respiratory infection team—University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation TrustBetter support for pneumonia…
Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic
The covid-19 pandemic is likely to put healthcare professionals across the world in an unprecedented…
The hidden pupil: a unilateral congenital corectopia
This slit lamp photograph (fig 1) shows unilateral congenital corectopia in the left eye. The…
Causes of lower GI bleeds . . . and other stories
Lower gastrointestinal bleedsIf a patient taking oral anticoagulants has a lower gastrointestinal bleed, it’s a…
Why Life Simulation Video Games Are Very Popular Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
As people over the world practice self-quarantine and stay inside their homes to help slow…