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As of August 19, 2020, there were 170 research teams around the world (tracked by the World Health Organization) working post haste on developing a vaccine for COVID-19. It’s a race among different nations; in fact, it has become a matter of great prestige and immensely high stakes for nations. …

Coauthor Zhibo Liu of a research on risk factors for death from COVID-19 identified in Wuhan patients, has stated that,  “Older age, showing signs of sepsis on admission, underlying diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes, and the prolonged use of noninvasive ventilation were important factors in the deaths of …

Basel, 13 March 2020 – Roche, a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the cobas® SARS-CoV-2 Test. It is intended for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, in …

Medical education is one of the most competitive and demanding professions. It was only after the dawn of democracy in 1950 that the Department of Health Service was established in Nepal (1). During the past 70 years, more hospital and academic centers for health services have come up in different …

PREFACE Pain has a myriad of concepts, and no one really welcomes pain and always tries to dispose of it as soon as possible. This is understandable, as pain is unpleasant and irksome, but the unpleasantness of pain is what it makes it so effective and an essential part of …

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind – Jacob Bronowski From mind to hand and seamlessly to our fingers, we can execute an array of complex tasks without even thinking about them. Even now, as you read this article, complicated hand movements were executed to be able to …

Kidney is the major retroperitoneal organ in the body. The function of kidney involves mainly filtration and excretion to get rid of metabolic waste, reabsorption or secretion of substances, and acid-base, electrolyte, and fluid balance. In addition, kidney also regulates endocrine functions, such as synthesis of vitamin D and erythropoietin, …

Every time I fell ill when I was a child, my aunt fed me only boiled parwal, toast, and milk. That was her standard diet for the sick and the convalescent. It must have worked, since I always recuperated quickly. And, being a firm believer in wisdom of the ages, …

Humans have gained immensely from the advancement of science and technology, and now they even have the power to control their fertility. Both the eggs and sperm can be frozen and used when needed. Eggs freezing is a new way of delaying a woman’s pregnancy, it allows a woman to …

Colorectal cancer is cancer that affects the large intestine and the rectum. Colon cancer and rectal cancer are often grouped together, because they are related diseases with many of the same characteristics.The most common type is adenocarcinoma. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world (after lung …