Medicine
Next Two Weeks Will Show If We Have Global Pandemic Coronavirus
Posted in Medicine on 11th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
“The next two weeks are really critical to understand what’s been happening,” said Benjamin Cowling, head of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Hong Kong. We will see if coronavirus has outbreaks in other countries.
500 People Will Get Ten Day Clinical Trial For Antiviral Drug Versus Coronavirus
Posted in Medicine on 8th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
Doctors in Washington State gave remdesivir (Gilead antiviral drug) to the first coronavirus patient in the United States last week after his condition worsened and pneumonia developed when he’d been in the hospital for a week. His symptoms improved the next day.
Dead Bodies Are Revealing The Secrets Of How Cancer Kills
Posted in Medicine on 7th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
One in two people will develop cancer in their lifetime, according to figures from Cancer Research UK. And while research has advanced in leaps and bounds in terms of finding drugs and improving our understanding of the disease, doctors still don’t know the answer to one of the biggest questions: why do patients die?
Why Are Cancer Rates Increasing?
Posted in Medicine, Science on 6th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
There are now more people than ever living to an age where they have a higher risk of developing cancer.
Never Too Late To Quit: Protective Cells Could Cut Risk Of Lung Cancer For Ex-smokers
Posted in Medicine on 5th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
Protective cells in the lungs of ex-smokers could explain why quitting smoking reduces the risk of developing lung cancer, Cancer Research UK-funded researchers have determined.