Medicine Aspirin Use May Decrease Ventilation, ICU admission and Death in COVID-19 Patients (Medicine) 17 Mar 2021 Researchers from the George Washington University found that aspirin may have lung-protective effects and reduce the need for mechanical ventilation, ICU admission and in-hospital mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients George…
Medicine Asthmatics At No Higher Risk Getting Or Dying From COVID-19, Peer-reviewed Study Shows (Medicine) 28 Feb 2021 Review of 57 studies shows people with asthma had a 14% lower risk of getting COVID-19 and were significantly less likely to be hospitalized with the virus A new study…
Psychology University of Limerick Research Finds New Link Between Personality and Risk of Death (Psychology) 17 Feb 2021 Ground-breaking research led by University of Limerick has revealed for the first time that the immune system directly links personality to long-term risk of death. The study sheds new light…
Medicine Research Shows People with High Omega-3 Index Less Likely to Die From COVID-19 (Medicine) 26 Jan 202126 Jan 2021 Pilot study shows positive outcomes for those suffering from COVID-19. Researchers with the Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI) and collaborators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and in Orange…
Biology Spitting Cobra Venoms Evolved to Cause Extreme Pain (Biology) 22 Jan 2021 Venom from spitting cobras has evolved to cause predators extreme pain as a form of self-defence, rather than for capturing prey, according to new research. https://youtu.be/nKfvUHu-4xk An international team including…
Medicine Preventing Spread of COVID-19 Earlier Saves Lives (Medicine) 17 Jan 202117 Jan 2021 Rates of mortality from COVID-19 are lower in areas where public health measures aimed at preventing the spread of the disease were implemented earlier in the outbreak, according to a…
Medicine Rapid Blood Test Identifies COVID-19 Patients at High Risk of Severe Disease (Medicine) 16 Jan 2021 Measuring mitochondrial DNA could predict who will need ICU care, intubation. One of the most vexing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is doctors’ inability to predict which newly hospitalized patients…
