At first, it was just a few cheers, echoing somewhere in the distance. But before long, it had spread – and soon, the whole street had erupted with noise. I couldn’t believe my ears as neighbours – gathered in small clusters on their doorsteps, or leaning from windows – whooped, clapped and rang bells. Then friends … Read more
NHS guidelines will be changed to offer blood pressure-lowering drugs to hundreds of thousands more people in the UK. The threshold a patient has to hit before being given the life-saving drugs will be lowered and more than triple the number of people diagnosed with stage one high blood pressure. Health service watchdog, the National … Read more
Linda Lusardi’s husband Sam Kane has shared another update on the star’s health as she continues to battle the coronavirus. Taking to Facebook on Wednesday, Sam, 51, revealed that his wife’s oxygen and low blood pressure were ‘still a problem,’ but she was feeling ‘at least a little brighter’ than she had just the day … Read more
New York is ‘pursuing’ testing residents’ blood for coronavirus antibodies, which indicate that they have had, recovered from and become immune to the virus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday. Researchers at Mt Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine announced Monday that they had developed the first so-called serologic test for COVID-19 in the US, and … Read more
‘Please keep donating’: NHS urges people to keep giving blood and says it is an ‘ESSENTIAL form of helping the vulnerable’ as coronavirus crisis sees 15 per cent slump in daily stocks Leaving home to donate blood is allowed under new lockdown measures It comes under the category of ‘helping vulnerable people’ allowing movement Since … Read more
New York scientists have created the first blood test to detect whether someone has already been infected by and developed immunity to coronavirus. Researchers at Mt Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine have made the first so-called serologic test for COVID-19 in the US, and they plan to roll it out in the next few days … Read more
Tennis aficionados used to insist that Bjorn Borg had ice in his blood. The bigger the challenge, it was said, the better the Swede used to play. Judging by his appearances over the past week, we must therefore assume that through Rishi Sunak’s bulging veins flows nothing but pure liquid nitrogen. For the third time … Read more
Sarah Hyland ventures outside to get blood tests… after revealing she’s at higher risk of contracting coronavirus following kidney transplants By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 21:24 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 21:41 GMT, 20 March 2020 She recently revealed her ‘panic level is pretty high’ in light of her increased susceptibility to coronavirus. … Read more
British scientists discover antibody in blood of patient who fought off SARS that could NEUTRALISE coronavirus Academics have discovered an antibody that could neutralise the coronavirus Researchers examined the blood of a patient who had recovered from SARS Using powerful x-ray machine they were able to find an antibody from patient Coronavirus symptoms: what are … Read more
Vampire bats ‘form friendships’ over time and can rescue hungry roostmates from the brink by regurgitating their blood meals in what looks like a French kiss. The only mammals to feed exclusively on blood, the bats can form deep social bonds by increasingly grooming their peers. If a strong enough bond is formed, they may … Read more