Are you making this major mask mistake? Shutterstock In the absence of medical grade personal protective equipment (PPE), many of us have turned to homemade cloth masks to help stop the spread of coronavirus. But increasingly, research has shown that not all masks are created equal, and some are downright ineffective. A new video case…
The team takes service seriously - in fact, during the pandemic, the team wrote every single client a personalised email. (Supplied) These local shoemakers are not taking the Covid-19 pandemic lying down - rather, their stock is attracting the attention of international investors including celebrities like Ashton Kutcher. VELDSKOEN is currently selling in 23 countries, including…
New research could mean the market opportunity for COVID-19 vaccines might be bigger than expected. Or maybe not. New twists and turns continue to come in the scramble to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Last week, Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) reported more great results from a phase 1 study of its vaccine candidate mRNA-1273. This week, medical journal…
Food Flash explores the wild world of food news, from the health benefits of red wine to why dark chocolate is actually good for you.The right food can be medicine, but a poor diet can increase your risk of chronic and life-threatening illnesses like diabetes, heart disease and certain types of cancer.According to the Center for…
Dr. Ethan Weiss making his way to New York in late April to treat Covid-19 patients.Source: Dr. Ethan WeissWhen Dr. Ethan Weiss arrived in New York in late April, he started his first shift almost immediately.Weiss is a cardiologist based in San Francisco, which has had relatively few hospitalizations related to Covid-19. He decided to help out…
3 min read HEART FAILURE. RECTAL cancer. Brain bleeds. Each of the people in this package of stories might not be alive today without a key medical innovation that took many years, millions of dollars, and countless setbacks and breakthroughs to get quite right. Who are the next people to be saved? Survivors Stories 1.
When the hair rises on the back of your neck through a process called piloerection or something hurts so much your primitive response prompts you to run away, your body can completely block out pain to deal with the survival scenario at hand. “Beautiful” is the word Luke Henderson, PhD, uses to describe this process
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