Archive: 14/02/2020

Cocoa could bring sweet relief to walking pain for people with peripheral artery disease

Consumption of cocoa may improve walking performance for patients with peripheral artery disease, according to the results of a small, preliminary, phase II research trial published today in the American Heart Association's ...

Feb 14, 2020

0

1381

AI helps predict heart attacks and stroke

Artificial intelligence has been used for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow, in a study led by UCL and Barts Health NHS Trust.

Feb 14, 2020

0

21

Stress in small children separated from their parents may alter genes

Experts in the emotional needs of small children say increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol in babies and small children who are separated from their parents, especially their mothers, could have a long-term genetic ...

Feb 14, 2020

1

5

Virus renews safety concerns about slaughtering wild animals

China cracked down on the sale of exotic species after an outbreak of a new virus in 2002 was linked to markets selling live animals. The germ turned out to be a coronavirus that caused SARS.

Feb 14, 2020

Feds to track how private Medicare info gets to marketers

A government watchdog plans to launch a nationwide probe into how telemarketers may be getting hold of seniors' personal Medicare information, a red flag for potential fraud and waste.

Feb 14, 2020

0

2

China's virus crackdown leaves millions working at home

In the middle of a phone call with a customer, an important visitor knocks on Michael Xiong's door: his 3-year-old son.

Feb 14, 2020

0

2

China virus death toll nears 1,400, US bemoans 'lack of transparency'

The death toll from China's virus epidemic neared 1,400 on Friday, as the United States complained of a "lack of transparency" from Beijing over its handling of a crisis that has fuelled global panic.

Feb 14, 2020

0

8

Effectiveness of travel bans—readily used during infectious disease outbreaks—mostly unknown, study finds

Because of the quick and deadly outbreak in late December of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, now known as COVID-19—infecting tens of thousands and killing hundreds within weeks, while spreading to at least 24 other ...

Feb 14, 2020

0

61

China says 6 health workers died from virus, 1,716 infected

Six health workers have died from the new coronavirus in China and more than 1,700 have been infected, health officials said Friday, underscoring the risks doctors and nurses have taken due to shortages of protective gear.

Feb 14, 2020

1

2

Virus-hit Hong Kong says it with face masks, not flowers

Hong Kong's flower markets are lamenting dismal Valentine's Day sales as the city battles the deadly coronavirus outbreak, with admirers joking that a box of face masks is a better way to say "I love you" than a bouquet.

Feb 14, 2020

0

2

page 8 from 10

«
»