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Researchers looked at the effect of surgical masks and homemade single-layer cotton face coverings. A person standing 6ft away from someone without a mask was up to 1,000 times greater risk of inhaling droplets than 1.5ft away from someone with a mask (above)

The State August 28, 2020 0 Comments CORONAVIRUS, dailymail, health

Homemade cotton masks can prevent 99.9% of coronavirus droplets from spraying into the air

[ad_1] Homemade cotton masks can prevent 99.9% of coronavirus droplets from spraying into the air when someone coughs or speaks

Scientists have studied Loreen Willenberg for decades, with the 66-year-old insisting she has never taken medication to keep the virus at bay. Doctors say her body fights the infection naturally

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The State August 27, 2020 0 Comments dailymail, health

Rare group of HIV patients don’t need drugs to suppress virus due to way it integrates in their DNA

[ad_1] A woman diagnosed with HIV almost 30 years ago may have been cured of the virus — without taking

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The State August 27, 2020 0 Comments dailymail, health, London

Experts fear osteoporosis drugs may make bones WEAKER

[ad_1] Osteoporosis drugs designed to salvage crumbling bones may actually make them weaker, research suggests. Imperial College London experts compared

Roughly 25% of all American deaths from coronavirus have been among blacks despite this group making up just 13% of the US population. Pictured: A healthcare worker tends to a patient in the COVID Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, July 2

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The State August 26, 2020 0 Comments CORONAVIRUS, dailymail, health

One million more whites would have die from COVID to reach life expectancy levels of blacks

[ad_1] Coronavirus would have to kill an additional one million white Americans for their life expectancy levels to fall to

The analysis of 48 studies over 20 years, concluded that even minimal caffeine intake raised the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth or low birth weight. (File photo)

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The State August 25, 2020 0 Comments dailymail, health

Mothers-to-be urged to avoid caffeine as study finds there is NO safe level of consumption

[ad_1] Pregnant women should avoid caffeine altogether for the sake of their baby’s health, a study warned last night. The research

For many of us, meal times have become just another to-do job, and the temptation is to multi-task [File photo]

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The State August 25, 2020 0 Comments dailymail, health

Why eating at your screen could be making you FAT

[ad_1] A sandwich at your desk, eaten in bites as you type on the keyboard. Tea and biscuits while absorbed

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University studied nose samples and trachea samples for ACE2, the receptor uses to enter and infect cells (file image)

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The State August 25, 2020 0 Comments CORONAVIRUS, dailymail, health

Nose cells that help us detect odors are key entryway for coronavirus, new study finds

[ad_1] Is this why COVID-19 patients lose their sense of smell? Nose cells that help us detect odors are key

When I saw patients with your symptoms, I would examine their lower legs and feet and, with their eyes closed, test to see if they could feel the sensation of being touched with cotton wool, a pin, a metal instrument or a vibrating tuning fork [File photo]

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The State August 25, 2020 0 Comments Alcohol, dailymail, health

DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

[ad_1] Over the past two years, on waking, I have felt as if I have sponges on the bottom of both

Rosa Felipe, 41 (pictured), a technician at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, tested positive for coronavirus on March 9

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The State August 25, 2020 0 Comments CORONAVIRUS, dailymail, Florida, health

Florida healthcare worker, 41, may lose both of her HANDS after developing blood clots

[ad_1] A Florida healthcare worker may lose her hands after a long and arduous five-month battle against the novel coronavirus.

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The State August 24, 2020 0 Comments CORONAVIRUS, dailymail, Donald Trump, health

Experts are divided over FDA approval of plasma for COVID-19 treatment

[ad_1] Health experts are divided over the recent approval of convalescent blood plasma as a treatment for coronavirus patients in