By Emilly Dubeau Researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and the Centre of Excellence on PTSD and Related Mental Health Conditions are seeking 500 Canadian health care workers to participate in a study on moral distress and psychological ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — How Dangerous Are the Kids?
The wisdom concerning how susceptible children might be to the coronavirus, and how much risk they present to other family members, is constantly evolving. Emily Oster is an economics professor at Brown University, with an impressive publications ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — Body Heat Goes Back to School
Scientists are enamored of testing for multiple reasons. Theoretically, testing reveals who has the virus and who does not. That is a big subject, for another day. The exciting thing about testing is how it unveils misconceptions, like the one that ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — Symptoms, Confusion, and Ongoing Harm
Apparently, as many as half of coronavirus-infected individuals never manifest any noticeable symptoms, which leads the curious to wonder, how bad can an asymptomatic illness be? But one study suggests that as many as half of those ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — The Perhaps Symptomless Disease
In mid-June, the state of knowledge was: Most of the identified asymptomatic cases are diagnosed by random screening of healthcare workers, and individuals who had been in close contact with COVID-19 cases. In addition, there is a high number of ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — The Seeming Paradox of a Symptomless Disease
The previous post outlined some of the crazy things that coronavirus does when it wants to remain incognito. Childhood Obesity News also touched on the topic of the asymptomatic version of the illness nearly a month ago which, because the news in ... [Continue Reading]
Coronavirus Chronicles — What Does Asymptomatic Mean?
As we have discussed, presymptomatic is a descriptor used in retrospect, for a subject who tested positive a while back, but showed signs of illness only after some time had elapsed. In a nutshell, asymptomatic means the person tested positive for ... [Continue Reading]
Does Type 1 Diabetes Fight Covid? A Theory Goes Viral
The Type 1 diabetes online community was abuzz this week when an article from the journal Medical Hypotheses went viral. The article, authored… The post Does Type 1 Diabetes Fight Covid? A Theory Goes Viral appeared first on ... [Continue Reading]