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3 Things your daughter needs to know about PCOS
Here’s what you and your daughter both need to understand about PCOS...
What happens when infants have COVID-19?
What COVID-19 looks like in an infant younger than 3 months...
How coronavirus affects the brain
There are detailed reports of brain illness emerging in people with relatively mild lung illness, in those who ...
CGMs, bloodless blood sugar tests and how they work
CGMs are the bloodless blood sugar test that could change how you manage diabetes...
Become a bone marrow donor today
Bone Marrow Registries around the world report a decline in donor registrations since COVID-19 outbreak...
COVID-19 vaccine: the challenges of running a trial in the middle of a pandemic
What you need to know about COVID-19 vaccine trial...
In many countries the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, not slowing
Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating. While some countries such as Australia and New Zealand have ...
Can people spread the coronavirus if they don’t have symptoms? 5 questions answered about asymptomatic COVID-19
Infectious diseases researchers are convinced asymptomatic COVID-19 infections play a major role in the pandemic...
Coronavirus linked to greater risk of life-threatening infection in people with obesity
As worldwide coronavirus-related deaths tip a quarter of a million, a concerning trend is surfacing in the medical ...
High percentage of people with Covid-19 never show symptoms – research
An extraordinary percentage of people infected by the virus behind the ongoing deadly COVID-19 pandemic never show symptoms ...
Breaking the stigma around Multiple Sclerosis with knowledge
What you need to know about Multiple Sclerosis and how you can help a loved one living with ...
Being pre-diabetic means you can still turn things around.
While being pre-diabetic means you are at high risk of developing diabetes, you can still turn things around.
COVID-19 may cause a thyroid disease
Being infected with COVID-19 may cause a thyroid disease known as subacute thyroiditis...
COVID-19 can be life threatening even without the ‘typical’ symptoms
Some people don’t exhibit the symptoms of COVID-19 and yet develop sudden and potentially life-threatening complications...
COVID-19 cardiovascular complications: How the virus affects the heart
Emergency medicine doctors have compiled a new guide detailing the potentially deadly COVID-19 cardiovascular complications...
Could this help reduce indoor COVID-19 airborne transmissions?
With the coronavirus being a highly contagious respiratory virus, is there anything we can do to reduce indoor ...
COVID-19 can cause cardiac injury in healthy people
New research has found that COVID-19 can cause cardiac injury, even in patients without underlying heart conditions...
COVID-19: Make this your personal disinfecting routine
Every trip to the grocery store may increase your risk if being infected with COVID-19, which is why ...
Eating too much salt weakens your immune system
If you want to maintain a healthy immune system, cut down on your salt intake...
How can you tell the difference between TB and COVID-19?
They are both respiratory illnesses with similar symptoms, so how can you tell the difference between TB and ...
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