New research published in the International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design describes a novel lipopeptide antibiotic that can inhibit the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. The compound, known as Kannurin, interferes with RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase activation and function, the researchers explain. H. Shabeer Ali of the…
Insomnia may be a risk factor for highly fatal brain aneurysm rupture
Insomnia may be a potential risk factor for a brain bleed from a ruptured aneurysm along with more well known risk factors of smoking and high blood pressure, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart…
Has a treatment for Alzheimer’s been sitting on pharmacy shelves for decades? Scientists have two possible candidates
Two drugs approved decades ago not only counteract brain damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease in animal models, the same therapeutic combination may also improve cognition. Sounds like a slam dunk in terms of a cure—but not yet. Researchers currently are concentrating on animal studies amid implications that remain explosive: If…
La pandemia obligó a mi esposa transgénero a pelear con nuestra aseguradora por las hormonas
GUNNISON, Colorado – Durante los últimos ocho años, mi esposa, Ky Hamilton, se ha sometido a una terapia hormonal que reafirma el género. Como mujer transgénero, se inyecta estrógeno líquido Depo-Estradiol en el muslo una vez a la semana. Este medicamento le ha permitido hacer una transición física a ser…
Could Long Covid be a little-known nervous system problem?
Long Covid: Could the debilitating illness be a little-known nervous system problem which can be cured by Hula Hoops and salted peanuts? Long Covid symptoms are similar to postural tachycardia syndrome or PoTS Some doctors believe Covid infection is now triggering the little known illness Before Covid-19, some 130,000 –…
Does a lifetime of vigorous exercise increase the risk of developing ALS?
There is debate over whether vigorous physical activity is a risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A new study suggests it depends on whether that vigorous activity you get over your lifetime happens on the job or during leisure time. The research is published in the October 20, 2021,…
Researchers develop a new way to find cancer at the nanometer scale
Diagnosing and treating cancer can be a race against time. By the time the disease is diagnosed in a patient, all too often it is advanced and able to spread throughout the body, decreasing chances of survival. Early diagnosis is key to stopping it. In a new Concordia-led paper published…
‘An Arm and a Leg’: How One State Protects Patients From Hospital Lawsuits
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. In Maryland, hospitals had been suing people — taking them to court and garnishing wages — even though these patients legally qualified for financial assistance, also known as charity care. Those lawsuits are now illegal, because of the state’s new Medical Debt Protection…
Man chops off his penis with a kitchen knife and is left with a stump
Schizophrenic Kenyan man, 48, is left with a stump after chopping off his penis with a kitchen knife following ‘marriage problems’ A schizophrenic man amputated his own penis with a kitchen knife in Kenya Doctors could not reattach the penis because it was not preserved properly They operated on the…
Color-coded nutrition labels and warnings linked to more healthful purchases
A new analysis has integrated findings from 134 studies of the impact of color-coded nutrition labels and warnings found on the front of some food packaging, indicating that these labels do indeed appear to encourage more healthful purchases. Jing Song of Queen Mary University of London, UK, and colleagues present…
Turkey registers 30,563 new COVID-19 cases, highest since April 30
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks walk along a street amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Diyarbakir, Turkey July 27, 2021. Picture taken July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Sertac KayarISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey logged 30,563 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest number of daily infections since April 30, health ministry…