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Health Current Events

Face Masks Can Help Prevent Viral Spread

By Ann S. White 1 week ago

By Robert Preidt

HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, May well 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Confront coverings may possibly cut down the risk of transmitting COVID-19, a new study suggests.

Researchers assessed the usefulness of 7 sorts of encounter coverings — like healthcare-quality and home made masks — when individuals breathed or coughed when standing or lying down. They have been also analyzed applying a dummy connected to a cough-simulating device.

All encounter coverings with out an outlet valve cut down the ahead distance of a deep exhale by at least 90%, according to the study led by engineers at the University

Health Education

How to Prevent (and Treat) Stingray Stings

By Ann S. White 3 weeks ago

The warm days of summer are swiftly approaching, and summertime means several things. It means long days at the beach and nights spent under the stars, racing to the ice cream truck and eating watermelon on the curb, backyard BBQ’s and family camping trips… and (unfortunately for us coastal dwellers) it also means that it’s stingray season.

Here’s a guide to help keep you safe in the shallow, warm water this spring and summer.

Health Plans

Shun the Sun to Prevent Skin Cancer

By Ann S. White 4 weeks ago

News Picture: Shun the Sun to Prevent Skin Cancer

SATURDAY, Might 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — While most Individuals are very well knowledgeable that shielding by themselves from sunburn is important, several never consider safety measures, a new study finds.

Guarding yourself from exposure to daylight is the ideal way of stopping pores and skin cancer, according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).

The benefits of the AAD study clearly show that 76% of Individuals know the significance of solar safety, but only forty one% routinely protect by themselves outdoors.

Publicity to damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays is the most preventable danger component for pores and skin cancer, but

Health Food

Shut Down ‘Wet Markets’ to Prevent Next Viral Plague, Animal Advocates Say

By Ann S. White 2 months ago

News Picture: Shut Down 'Wet Markets' to Prevent Next Viral Plague, Animal Advocates Say

MONDAY, April 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Sometime in the late fall of 2019, probably in a live-animal “wet market” in Wuhan, China, a strain of coronavirus previously harbored only by animals made the leap to humans.

There are various theories on the intermediary species involved — snakes, bats or even an armadillo-like creature called the pangolin have been implicated.

A few months later, a global pandemic triggered by that mutated virus has infected more than 1.9 million, killed over 115,000, and devastated economies.

Now, advocates in the animal rights and public health spheres are warning that an even worse

Health Current Events

Chloroquine, Zinc, Vitamins to Prevent COVID-19 Infection

By Ann S. White 2 months ago

The best way to use chloroquine is in combination with zinc and vitamins C and D.

By Karen Weintraub

April 12, 2020 — In the United States and Europe, a handful of clinical trials have begun to test ways to keep health care workers and other vulnerable people safe from COVID-19.

Most are testing drugs called chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine that have long been used to prevent and treat malaria, and also as a therapy against rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. The hope is that, given before infection or early in the course of the disease, the drugs will protect someone against infection and illness from the virus, or, if they do, will ensure that their case is

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