by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 31, 2020 | Health News
“Novel coronavirus” is the proper term for this brand-new virus wreaking havoc on our unprepared world. But you can also call this nasty villain by its scientific name: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2 for short. Covid-19 seems to strike the elderly and immunocompromised the hardest, along with any of us with underlying […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 31, 2020 | Health News
Conjoined twins separated: New life, apart Anias, left, and Jadon McDonald were born conjoined at the head, something only seen in 1 out of every 2.5 million live births. They were separated in a 27-hour surgery at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 26, 2020 | Health News
The study, published in the medical journal JAMA Cardiology on Wednesday, found that among a group of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in Wuhan China, 19.7% suffered cardiac injury, which was found to be a risk factor for dying in the hospital. Cardiac injury, also...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 25, 2020 | Health News
You or a loved one has a mild fever, body aches, the start of a nagging, dry cough. Food doesn’t taste good nor smell as it once did. Maybe you have shortness of breath or struggle to breath deeply. You’ve called your doctor, and you are suddenly...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Mar 24, 2020 | Health News
Working from home while teaching and caring for your kids isn’t easy during this crisis. In today’s edition of “Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction,” CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to moms and dads about parenting in a...
