Health

Victoria Gray, Age 34, The First Person Treated In The USA With The Gene-Editing Tool Called CRISPR, Is Showing Positive Signs A Year After Her Treatment, Which Comprises Infusing Billions Of Genetically Modified Cells Into Her Body By Doctors. This Appears To Be Alleviating Virtually All Complications Of Her Sickle Cell Disease Disorder.

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A Recent Research, Over A 2-Year Period, Based On The Study Of Over 350 People Over The Age Of 55, Has Determined That Folks Who Repeatedly Think Negatively, Later In Life, Have 1) A Build Up Of Tau And Beta Amyloid–2 Proteins That Cause Alzheimer’s Disease; And 2) Worse Memory And Greater Cognitive Decline Compared To Optimistic People.

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The First Human Trial, On 45 People, By The US Biotech Firm Moderna, Is Indicating Positive Results, As Their COVID-19 Vaccine Triggered An Immune Response In People And Protected Mice From Lung Infections With The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The Company Plans To Press On With Further Trials With 600 People Shortly. Cool!

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If You Are Like Me Who Has Been Obsessively Wiping Down Surfaces Like Doorknobs, Groceries, And Packages To Protect Against The Coronavirus, Well, The CDC, Contrary To Previous Finds, Is Saying To Ease Off As Coronavirus Only Easily Spread Between Humans Who Are Within 6 Feet. However, Though, I Will Not Stop Wipping Down Those Surfaces.

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Could The Recent Discovery, That Coronavirus Persists In Semen Of Male With Or Recovering From COVID-19, Indicate That COVID-19 Is Sexually Transmittable? Coronavirus Was Found In The Semen Of 16% Of The 38 Male Patients Treated At The Early Onset Of The Pandemic In China. Ebola And Zika Viruses Were Both Found To Spread In Male Semen.

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Researchers May Have Found A Microbe, Called Microsporidia, In Mosquitoes, Around Lake Victoria In Africa, Which Could Be Used To Stop The Spread Of Malaria In Humans. However, Researchers Are Yet To Determine How The Microbe Blocks Malaria In Mosquitoes. More Than 400,000 People, Globally, Die Annually From Malaria.

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It’s Quite Promising That Six Monkeys, Rhesus Macaques, The Closest Animal We Have To Humans, After Taking The Vaccine, hAdOx1 nCoV-19, Developed By The University Of Oxford, Did Not Contract COVID-19, At Least 28 Days, After Being Heavily Exposed To Coronavirus. About 80 Coronavirus Vaccines Are Now In Development. Awesome!

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Could The Drug “Remdesivir” Be The Light At The End Of The Tunnel As The US FDA Plans For Its Emergency-Use Authorization? This Comes As Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director Of The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Has Stated The Promising Effect Of The Drug In Reducing The Recovery Time Of Patients With COVID-19.

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The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC), In Addition To Fever, Cough, And Shortness Of Breath, Has Now Listed 6 Additional Symptoms Of COVID-19. They Are Chills, Repeated Shaking With Chills, Muscle Pain, Headache, Sore Throat, And New Loss of Taste Or Smell.

CDC officially adds 6 new coronavirus symptoms to list | K…

The USA FDA Has Approved A Twice Daily Pill For People With Aggressive Breast Cancer, Also Known As HER2-Positive Breast Cancer, Which Spreads In The Body Including The Brain And Is Tough To Treat. Though A Welcome News For ~50,000 People Diagnosed With This Cancer, It Comes With A Hefty Price Tag Of $18,500/Month Without Insurance.

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There Seem To Be A Correlation Between Obesity And COVID-19 Related Higher Risk Of Hospitalization And Critical Illness In Folks Younger Than 60 Years And With BMI Between 30 And 34. And This May Be Nudging Rates Of Severe Illness And Death In The USA, Higher Than In South Korea, China, and Italy Where Obesity Rates Are Lower.

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The Unpublished Research By Belgian-Dutch Researchers Support The Claim That Coronavirus Could Spread Further Than The 6 Feet Buffer Recommended By Health Officials. The Unpublished Result Is Important To The Many Folks Who Now Run And/Or Cycle, As Respiratory Droplets Potentially Containing Coronavirus May Spread As They Pass Each Other.

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A Couple Of Worrisome Updates Regarding COVID-19. The National Academy of Sciences Panel Is Stating That Coronavirus Can Not Only Be Spread By Sneezing Or coughing But Also By Talking Or Even Breathing. Another Expert Is Indicating 6 Feet May Be Inadequate As Coronavirus Is Said To Travel 27 Feet And Linger For Hours.

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It Started From Wuhan, China, Then Escalated To Italy. And Now The United States, The Third Most Populous Country And One Of The World’s Most Developed, Unfortunately, Is Now Said To Lead The World In Confirmed Cases Of The Coronavirus, With At Least 81,321 Infected People, Including More Than 1000 Deaths—Higher Than Any Other Country.

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Researchers Have Engineered Tiny Particles That Can Trick The Body Into Permanently Accepting Transplants As Its Own. The Particles Release Protein Secreted By Tumors, CCL22, Which Draws Regulatory T Cells To Foreign Transplant To Tag It As Self, Enabling The Transplant To Evade Immune System Attack. This Was Successfully Used On Rats.

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This Recent Data May Be A Welcome Relief, As It Indicates No Direct Spread From A COVID-19 Infected Mother To An Infant Before Birth, A Process Called “Vertical Transmission.” This May Imply That The Babies Infected In Wuhan And London May Have Been Exposed To The Virus Via Conventional Means. Only Time And More Studies Will Tell.

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A New Born, In London, Is Now Said, To The Best Of Knowledge, To Be The Youngest Person To Contract The Coronavirus Within Minutes After Birth. This Has Also Prompted The Question On How Babies Contract The Disease? Is It In The Womb Or Via Conventional Process, From The Mother, After Birth? Coronavirus Has Killed >5000 People Globally.

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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Has Been Labeled A Pandemic By WHO. COVID-19 Has Resulted In Both The Loss Of Lives And Businesses, With The Panic Keeping Consumers And Business People Away From Stores And Conferences Respectively. Even Schools Are Shutting Down. Clean Hygiene Practices Help. But Hopefully, A Cure Is Discovered Soon.

A New Study Is Indicating That By Replacing Just 5 Grams Of Butter, Mayonnaise, And Margarine With That Same Amount Of Olive Oil, Can Lower The Risk Of Coronary Artery Disease By 7%. And 15% For Folks That Use More Than 7 Grams Of Olive Oil /Day. Olive Oil Is Part Of The Mediterranean Diet, Which Has Many Health Benefits.

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A New Study, Based On Data Gathered From 26,991 Men And Women, Btw The Ages Of 45 And 85, Who Took Part In A Canadian Longitudinal Study On Aging, Is Indicating That Folks Who Eat Less Than Three Portions Of Fruits And Vegetables Per Day Had At Least A 24% Higher Chance Of Being Diagnosed With An Anxiety Disorder. Hmm!!

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