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Doctors, nurses and paramedics are 'soft targets' for criminals
May 12th, 2021 Not only are doctors, nurses and paramedics on the COVID-19 frontline, but they are increasingly being seen as soft targets by opportunistic criminals, writes Legalbrief. Doctors in private practice are under siege by criminals who pose as patients...
ACC-2021: Moderate drinkers have 20% lower heart risk that teetotallers
May 12th, 2021 Moderate drinking, possibly by dampening stress-related neurological signals, is associated with a significantly lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD) when compared with abstainers or excessive drinkers, according to research at the...
New CDC guideline admits that COVID-19 transmission is airborne
May 12th, 2021 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is finally acknowledging something that health experts have been saying for a while now: COVID-19 spreads through the air and can be inhaled by someone who is more than six feet away, writes...SPONSORED EDITORIAL
Proudly SA anti-viral textile solution to fight Covid — Protection against a multitude of pathogens
May 12th, 2021 Proactive Alchemy has launched a certified, anti-viral textile solution, which de-activates Covid-19 and other viral pathogens on contact, providing unparalleled protection and setting a new industry benchmark for medical-grade PPE for...
CARDIOLOGY
Sleep duration's effect on elevated heart risk — ACC:2021
People who clock six to seven hours of sleep a night had the lowest chance of dying from a heart... May 12th, 2021CORONAVIRUS
Pfizer vaccine 'extraordinarily effective' against UK and SA variants — Two studies
The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is "extraordinarily effective" at protecting against severe... May 12th, 2021Cutaneous reactions to Moderna and Pfizer vaccination — Registry-based study
While some dermatologic reactions to Moderna and Pfizer vaccines mimicked SARS-CoV-2 infection... May 12th, 2021WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Mkhize: SA will 'start small' with vaccinating over 60s from Monday
People over 60 who have registered to receive the vaccine on the government’s system will soon... May 12th, 2021Mucormycosis: The deadly ‘black fungus’ afflicting COVID-19 patients in India
Mucormycosis, a rare “black fungus” that invades the brain and has a mortality rate upwards of... May 12th, 2021SAHPRA appeals for a bigger budget to fill key vacancies
The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has appealed to the Treasury for a bigger... May 12th, 2021Prof Abdool Karim warns on dangers of fast-spreading variants
The COVID-19 variants detected in SA could spread “quite quickly” and no-one should become... May 12th, 2021WTO chief hopes that COVID-19 patent waiver will be settled by December
The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said she hopes that by... May 12th, 2021NEWS RELEASE
MSF in Burkina Faso: Providing healthcare in a region ravaged by violence
As of March 2021, and according to the Council for Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation (CONASUR),... May 12th, 2021NUTRITION
Even obese vegetarians who smoke and drink have healthier biomarkers than meat-eaters
Vegetarians have a healthier biomarker profile than meat-eaters, and this applies to adults of any age and weight, and is also unaffected by smoking and alcohol consumption, according to a study in over 166,000 UK adults, according to research...
May 12th, 2021