Three scientists who discovered the virus Hepatitis C have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The winners are British scientist Michael Houghton and US researchers Harvey Alter and Charles Rice. The Nobel Prize committee said their discoveries ultimately “saved millions of lives”. The virus is a common cause of liver cancer and…
COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, can cause lung complications such as pneumonia and, in the most severe cases, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. Sepsis, another possible complication of COVID-19, can also cause lasting harm to the lungs and other organs. COVID-19 Pneumonia In pneumonia, the lungs become filled with fluid and…
Since the pandemic officially began in March, we’ve been told staying home is the best way to avoid catching Covid-19. And it is. But life in confinement can cause physical ailments on its own. Being home-bound for so long contorts the body, weakens the heart and lungs and even impairs brain function. The effects of…
Աշնան շատերը կը հանդիպին ախորժակի բարձրացման խնդիրին՝ անընդհատ ուտել կ՛ուզենք ցուրտի եւ ցերեկային ժամերու կրճատման պատճառով: Ինչո՞ւ այդ մէկը տեղի կ՛ունենայ։ Աշնան, երբ օրերը կը կարճնան, օրկանիզմը շատ աւելի «մելաթոնին» կ՛արտադրէ՝ հորմոն, որ յոգնածութիւն եւ քուն կը յառաջացնէ: Միեւնոյն ժամանակ, «սերոթոնին»-ի՝ այսպէս կոչուած «ուրախութեան հորմոն»-ի արտադրութիւնը կը նուազի: Որպէսզի «սերոթոնին»-ի մակարդակը կրկին բարձրանայ, օրկանիզմը համապատասխան…
Patients who received heart transplants from severely obese donors had the same short-term outcomes and long-term survival rates as those who received hearts from non-obese donors. Such findings were published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Heart Failure, US News reported. “These findings were somewhat surprising because the severely obese donors did tend to…
Humanity is about to face an even more devastating pandemic than the coronavirus, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board noted. According to experts, this indicates that, despite all efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, society remains unprepared for such disasters, despite warnings about the inevitability of global outbreaks, ScienceAlert reported. The organization’s report says that…
COVID-19 can pose an even greater health risk to young people than heart attacks, said scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. According to Foxnews.com, a new study published in the journal Jama Internal Medicine examined data from 781,000 coronavirus patients discharged between April 1 and June 30. 35% of them were young people…
The COVID-19 can have devastating effects on the brains of patients, The Independent reported referring to the scientists from Yale University. According to Lenta.ru, scientists discovered an infection in the brain of a person who died from COVID-19. It was also found in the central nervous system of lab mice infected with COVID-19, and in…
A new study, published in the scientific journal Annals of the American Thoracic Society, compares the prevalence of asthma among patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19. After reviewing data from 15 peer-reviewed studies and taking into account the prevalence of asthma in the relevant population, the scientists had an intention to understand whether asthma is a…
According to Rodda, “Herd immunity is the concept that if enough people are protected from infection, either by gaining immunity from having the infection or receiving a vaccine, then the chance of a non immune person contracting the disease is exceedingly low.” “This is important because there are people in our communities (babies, the elderly,…
