September 22, 2020 | 1:41pm | Updated September 22, 2020 | 2:47pm Plastic face shields are all but useless when it comes to defeating the spread of the coronavirus, according to a new Japanese study. The clear coverings were tested in a simulation by Fugaku, the world’s fastest supercomputer, which found that nearly 100 percent…
Police are trying to find the parents of a baby left in a plastic bag outside the Bellville Melomed Hospital on Tuesday. The baby girl was abandoned at around 17:50 outside the hospital. Inside the packet, the baby was found wrapped in a green towel; her parents have not been located yet. A baby, believed to be about…
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the United States, 1 in every 250 people has inherited a genetic variant that leads to dangerously high cholesterol levels from birth. If high cholesterol isn't lowered early, people with this genetic condition, called familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), have a high risk of having a heart attack or stroke as early
I was officially diagnosed with Lupus in May of 2021. I say officially because my symptoms started long before that, I just didn't know it. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation and pain in different parts of the body. Your immune system is meant to help your body fight infection. But