Scientists have found the first indications that some of the neurological symptoms in long-COVID are being caused by protein clumps appearing in the brain that are similar to those that lead to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, shows similarities between the effects of COVID-19 and the early stages … Read more
Health trackers worn on the wrist can help detect COVID-19 days before the first tell-tale signs of the viral disease appear, according to a study. Researchers noted that a growing number of people globally use health trackers to monitor changes in skin temperature, heart and breathing rates. The latest study, published in the journal BMJ … Read more
Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, medical experts say most of the patients are showing mild symptoms and fatality is low in the present “mild wave”, and also no new virus variant of concern has been observed. The patients were being administered paracetamol, and not Remdesivir drug, which … Read more
Trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study published in the journal BMJ Global Health. This method of detection is likely to be valuable, not only in the early stages of a pandemic when other resources might not yet be available, but also … Read more
About 30% of COVID-19 patients developed the condition known as long COVID, UCLA researchers said in a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The UCLA researchers studied 1,038 people enrolled in the UCLA COVID Ambulatory Program between April 2020 and February 2021. Researchers found that 309 of them developed long COVID. A … Read more
As things have started normalising and COVID-19 restrictions coming to an end, you all must have heard the health authorities and politicians saying that we’re going to have to learn to live with it. Although, we have learned to live with the flu, but the comparison between the flu and Covid-19 worries Colin Furness, an … Read more
A team of international researchers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict how much extra oxygen a COVID-19 patient might need during hospital care. To check the accuracy of the AI tool, it was tested out in a number of hospitals across five continents. The results showed it predicted the oxygen needed … Read more
It is possible for people to be infected with flu, as well as Covid-19, and exhibit symptoms of both diseases. By Dr. Vignesh Naidu, Flu and Covid-19 are respiratory illnesses caused by different groups of viruses. Covid-19 appears to spread faster than other types of flu, especially at super spreading or huge gatherings with the … Read more
Covid-19 and dengie, malaris can ahve overlapping symptoms Monsoons bring with it tons of vector-borne infectious diseases that become a grave concern for the healthcare system. Cases of malaria and dengue are at rising. Delhi this year witnessed the highest number of dengue cases compared to the last three years. Both dengue and malaria are … Read more
It is necessary to take adequate rest to store the energy lost during the fight against the disease. (Representational image) By Dr Sachin D, INTRODUCTION The country began to unlock at several places after a devastating second wave of COVID-19. People start rushing into the gyms and initiated strenuous exercises. However, intense physical activities, including … Read more