Doctors rely on a variety of risk assessments to evaluate how likely a person is to develop heart disease. While the scores provide an invaluable…
The coronavirus lockdown might help limit this year’s flu season – but you should still get your flu jab anyway
Lockdown measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 should actually help cut the cases of flu this year. That’s because keeping people apart to…
Pandemic puts health care workers’ mental health on the line
Doctors and nurses are trained to deal with life-and-death situations, to be calm in the face of crisis. But whether it’s in hard-hit New York…
The snood that could mask you from infection
The snood that could mask you from infection: Germ-trapping scarf could be the latest way to protect yourself from coronavirus Unlike ordinary masks the Virustatic…
The human body as an electrical conductor, a new method of wireless power transfer
The project, Electronic AXONs: wireless microstimulators based on electronic rectification of epidermically applied currents (eAXON, 2017-2022), funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant…
Fecal transplants beat C. diff superbug 90% of the time
First reported in ancient China, human fecal transplants have made a comeback in modern medicine. Evidence shows this treatment can be effective in treating C.…
University of Erlangen, reports of progress in therapy of Corona patients
In the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus in the Erlangen University hospital relies on the Transfusion of blood plasma. On weekends, the facility…
Patients with Parkinson’s disease face unique ‘hidden sorrows’ related to the COVID-19
While much attention has focused on the potential for severe respiratory complications and unfavorable outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic among patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD),…
Telemedicine is great during a pandemic, but older laws are standing in the way
As of April 1, there are more than 179,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. Nowhere has been hit harder than New York City…
What the coronavirus does to your body that makes it so deadly
COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses belong to a group of viruses that infect animals, from peacocks to whales. They’re named for…