An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign conducted a two-year study on the efficacy of workplace wellness programs and found that such programs have little impact on employee health, health beliefs and medical utilization. Since the passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the workplace…
Dementia symptoms: Seven common warning signs of the condition you need to look out for
Dementia mainly affects people over the age of 65, but how can you spot the condition early enough to seek appropriate care? There are seven common warning signs. People suffering from dementia experience cognitive decline that is beyond what may be expected from normal ageing. Increasing difficulties in memory emerge…
Corona: High mortality rates in severe COVID-19-gradients in New York – Naturopathy naturopathy specialist portal
Largest COVID-19-case study from America published Even in hospitals with state of the art equipment critical COVID-19-diseases in New York are often fatal. The largest case-analysis from America shows that 39 percent of all intensive care patients, die. The most common complications that lead to death, are pulmonary, circulatory or…
Effectiveness of cold therapy depends on water temperature, muscle position
A new study finds that cold water therapy affects blood flow to individual muscles of the leg differently and is dependent on the temperature of the water. The first-of-its-kind study is published ahead of print in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Cold therapy is often used to treat soft tissue…
Children half as likely to catch coronavirus than adults, UK study shows
But the review of global test and tracing and population screening studies, led University College London (UCL), said evidence “remains weak” on how likely children are to transmit the virus to others. Researchers also concluded they did not have sufficient data to examine whether children under the age of 12…
Multi-drug regimen for heart failure could meaningfully extend patients’ lives
Patients with heart failure have substantially shorter life expectancies than people without this condition. Approximately 6.5 million people in the U.S. and over 64 million people worldwide have heart failure, and about half of them have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). In the last three decades, there have…
Video game helps neuroscientists understand second language learners
An alien ship appears on the left side of the screen. The player hears it coming and has a laser ready. With a quick tap of the space bar, the alien is toast. The player is safe for just a moment before hearing another alien approaching, this time from the…
Corona-Pay in Germany: a more obvious increase in the number of New infections
The number of positive Corona Tests in Germany has risen to 176.486. Thus, the number of new infections is on the day, at 814. This is a significant increase. On Tuesday, the number of new infections at 499 was, on Monday, at 401. The reproduction number is on Wednesday rose…
Blocking the deadly cytokine storm is a vital weapon for treating COVID-19
The killer is not the virus but the immune response. The current pandemic is unique not just because it is caused by a new virus that puts everyone at risk, but also because the range of innate immune responses is diverse and unpredictable. In some it is strong enough to…
Type 2 diabetes: Experiencing this impairment in your ear is a warning of high blood sugar
Type 2 diabetes impacts a person’s blood sugar levels. Having frequent or ongoing high blood sugar can cause damage to the nerves, blood vessels and organs. This in turn can majorly impact the body and if experiencing this impairment in your ear it could mean your blood sugar levels are…
