This sweet golden retriever named Claude celebrated finishing radiotherapy in one of the sole machines in the UK intended for treatment of cancer in animals. The 9-year-old retriever was diagnosed with a brain tumor back in 2018 and his owner Anita and Ian decided to ask around about the new […]
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Why Turning Covid-19 Patients on Their Belly Saves Lives
When a patient with coronavirus has low levels of oxygen and is admitted in the Texas University Hospital in San Antonio, the doctors immediately flip them to lie on the stomach. This practice is known in medicine as proning and it’s considered beneficial as it elevates the patients’ chance for […]
Recommendations for Pregnant Women to Protect Themselves during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Although the riskс for pregnant women from the COVID-19 virus still remain unknown, medical experts believe that the symptoms may be stronger in pregnant women than in women who’re not. On the basis of several small studies, the new virus doesn’t seem to pass from the mother to the fetus; […]
China Has Sent a Team of Experts to Italy to Help in the Fight against COVID-19
Several days ago, 9 experts from China and tons of medical help have been on a special flight to Italy to help the country’s fight against the severe coronavirus outbreak. China was the epicenter of the outbreak which first happened in December, 2019 and their health authorities claim the peak […]
Italian Nurse Working with COVID-19 Patients Says It’s an Experience She Would Compare to a World War
One nurse who’s on the forefront in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy says that the experience is similar to being in a war state. There’s immense pressure and medical staff is working around the clock, trying to cease the spreading of the virus which has so far […]
Why Are Nurses in Wuhan, China, the Epicenter of the Coronavirus, Shaving their Heads?
Some medical nurses who’re working at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China have taken a very extreme measure in an effort to better their efficiency- they’re shaving their heads. Why are they doing this exactly? In the last couple of days, there’ve been videos circling on social […]
Chinese Pharmacist, 28, Died after 10 Days of Helping with the Coronavirus
A 28-year-old hospital pharmacist who worked 10 days in a row while fighting the coronavirus in central China died from a heart attack. The pharmacist Song Yingjie was part of a medical team which measured the temperatures of drivers at a motorway checkpoint in Hunan, the province that is to […]
Surgeons Separate Conjoined Twins For Free Because Parents Couldn’t Pay
A team of brave surgeons at the S.S. Hospital in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India separated conjoined twins for free because the parents couldn’t afford the expensive procedure. The twins with a combined weight of 7 pounds were joined at the stomach. When they were born, the parents were advised it’s […]