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Tech sites hype Apple Watch for COVID-19 prediction without providing the evidence

Milwaukee oncologist Michael Thompson, MD, wrote to me yesterday morning (February 10) about an article – “New Study Suggests Apple Watch Heart Rate Sensor Can Predict COVID-19 Up to a Week Before a Swab Test” – promoted on Twitter by MacRumors.com. The story was about the so-called Warrior Watch Study at Mount Sinai Medical Center in… Read More: Tech sites hype Apple Watch for COVID-19 prediction without providing… »

Returning to sports and physical activity after COVID-19: What parents need to know

While most children and teens who have COVID-19 recover completely, sometimes the virus can have lasting effects. One of those effects can be damage to the muscle of the heart — and if a damaged heart is stressed by exercise, it can lead to arrhythmias, heart failure, or even sudden death. This appears to be… Read More: Returning to sports and physical activity after COVID-19: What parents… »

Kombu vs Nori: Battle of the Umami Flavours

Both Kombu and Nori are common ingredients in Japanese cooking. The delicious umami flavours might seem similar to the untrained eye, but there is a world of flavourful undertones separating the two. Today, we wanted to take a closer look at both these ingredients, to find out more about them. What are they, where do they… Read More: Kombu vs Nori: Battle of the Umami Flavours »

Novel coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China

Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Arizona and Illumina, Inc., estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December… Read More: Novel coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in… »