SHANGHAI: According to sources, doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat those still battling the infection. This has been reported to provide encouraging preliminary results, a Chinese professor said recently. The coronavirus epidemic was believed to have originated in a seafood market in…
Your digestive health is directly impacted by the foods you eat and the lifestyle you live. By taking steps to improve your digestive health, you’ll help your digestive system to function more efficiently, improving your overall health and sense of well-being. Try these 10 tips for better digestive health: Eat a high-fiber diet According to…
The effects of migraines are well known, but the causes are less clear. Now scientists think they may have found a link between the neurological condition and a part of the brain called the visual cortex. It’s the bit of the brain that handles visual information as it comes in, and based on a study…
Sihanoukville: After being stranded at sea for two weeks because five ports refused to allow their cruise ship to dock, the passengers of the MS Westerdam were anything but sure their ordeal was finally over. Then the authoritarian leader of Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen, agreed to let the Westerdam dock. Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, the…
BEIJING: China recently reported a sharp spike in deaths and infections from a new virus after the hardest-hit province of Hubei applied a new classification system that broadens the scope of diagnoses for the outbreak, which has spread to more than 20 countries. Japan reported its first death, a woman in her 80s who had…
Tokyo: The jump in the number of cases on the ‘Diamond Princess’ came as the death toll from the virus in China had surpassed 600. Japanese officials recently said that 61 people had tested positive for the coronavirus on a quarantined cruise ship in Yokohama, a steep increase from the 20 confirmed cases. Officials have…
BEIJING: A significant number of brave young Chinese born after 1990 have joined the front line of the battle against the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei Province in late December 2019. According to a Chinese local news report, Hu Pei, a nurse who worked in…
BARCELONA: According to a new analysis found, boosting efforts to fight pneumonia could avert nearly 9 million child deaths from pneumonia and other major diseases. This was featured ahead of the first-ever global forum on childhood pneumonia in Barcelona According to Johns Hopkins University, scaling up pneumonia treatment and prevention services could save the lives…
The gigantic coronavirus hospital that China constructed in just 10 days has opened its doors to patients. Huoshenshan Hospital located on the outskirts of Wuhan, where the deadly virus was first originated. The hospital welcomed its first patients at 10 a.m. at the 645,00-square-foot facility, according to state media. No information was provided about how…
BANGKOK- Thai doctors have seen success in treating severe cases of the new coronavirus with combination of medications for flu and HIV, with initial results showing vast improvement 48 hours after applying the treatment.. The doctors from Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok said a new approach in coronavirus treatment had improved the condition of several patients…
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