Nearly half a million lives saved by COVID-19 vaccination in less than a year

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Nearly half a million lives saved by COVID-19 vaccination in less than a year: A new study by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published in Eurosurveillance estimates that 470,000 lives have been saved among those aged 60 years and over since the start of COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in […]

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New Landmark Tool in the Fight Against the Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Launched

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New Landmark Tool in the Fight Against the Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Launched: As part of the ‘Time To Act’ campaign, the European Cancer Organisation is launching its Data Navigator, making key data on the impact of Covid-19 on cancer available across European countries. The ‘Time to Act’ Data Navigator was launched on Thursday 18 November at the annual European […]

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Women with long COVID-19

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Women with long COVID experience heart rate irregularities in response to physical exertion, and this has the potential to constrain not only exercise tolerance but free-living physical activity. In perspective of the greater prevalence of age-related physical disability among women, compared to men, these findings highlight a need for targeted rehabilitation programmes to manage the consequences of persistent heart and […]

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Showcasing the best practice in AF

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Showcasing best practice in AF – charity publishes new report to mark the start of Global AF Aware Week: Published today, The AF Association Healthcare Pioneers Report – Showcasing Best Practice in AF 2022, marks the start of Global AF Aware Week (15-21 November 2021). This new report illustrates how healthcare professionals have found new […]

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Anticoagulant has benefits for COVID-19 patients

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Anticoagulant has beneficial side-effects for COVID-19 patients: Clotting problems and resulting complications are common in COVID-19 patients. Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna have now shown that a member of the anticoagulant group of drugs not only has a beneficial effect on survival of COVID-19 patients, but also influences the duration of active infection […]

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3.6 million workers feel rushed back to the office

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With more than 13.5 million workers having returned to their place of work for at least one day a week, more than four million say that they do not feel entirely safe doing so, reveals new research by Direct Line Life Insurance.  Some 5.5 million workers would work from home permanently if given the option […]

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Fertility: ‘heartbreaking’ impact of COVID

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‘It is a real possibility we won’t be able to have children now because of the delay’.  A survey of nearly 400 patients by the charity Fertility Network UK has explored the devastating impact of the COVID pandemic on those waiting for fertility treatment. A majority of respondents (58%) had experienced delays being able to […]

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Surgery: Pandemic Rehabilitation of Spine

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Surgery: Pandemic Rehabilitation of Spine: In these pandemic times, one assumes that patients are prone to staying still and to staying isolated. Not so! My observation is that something happens, and there is a significant behavioural change. More and more, patients are anxious and worried about getting back to life and living. They want to […]

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Vascular disease in COVID-19 is not caused by viral infection of blood vessels

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Vascular disease in COVID-19 is not caused by viral infection of blood vessels: The SARS-CoV-2 virus does not infect blood vessels, despite the high risk of blood clots to COVID-19 patients, University of Queensland researchers have found. Dr Emma Gordon and Dr Larisa Labzin from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Dr Kirsty Short from UQ’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences pooled their […]

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TrioMed Active technology deactivates 99.9%+ of COVID-19 in 5 minutes

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 i3 BioMedical Inc. achieves the fastest and most efficient “killing speed” of SARS-CoV-2. TrioMed sets the unequalled standard of superiority in Active protection worldwide. The Virucidal technology developed by i3 BioMedical Inc. was confirmed to deactivate more than 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – on the outer surface of the TrioMed […]

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