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Can Yoga Help Improve Balance for Stroke Victims?

Statistics relating to strokes and falls are bleak, with research revealing that strokes can increase the risk of falling by 4 times and drastically increase the risk of breaking a hip following a fall. Approximately 80% of individuals who have strokes will also have impaired balance to some degree. A study which presented a yoga… Read More: Can Yoga Help Improve Balance for Stroke Victims? »

The Pandemic’s Hidden Victims: Sick or Dying, but Not From the Coronavirus

Maria Kefalas considers her husband, Patrick Carr, a forgotten victim of the coronavirus. In January, Mr. Carr, a sociology professor at Rutgers University, suffered a relapse of the blood cancer that he has had for eight years. Once again, he required chemotherapy to try to bring the disease, multiple myeloma, under control. But this time,… Read More: The Pandemic’s Hidden Victims: Sick or Dying, but Not From… »

Coronavirus cure hope: Blood of recovered victims helps ICU patient come off ventilation

Coronavirus has killed 6,159 Britons who were admitted to hospital for treatment. A new study reveals there’s hope for a coronavirus “cure” that could save lives. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers got to work on human trials. The first trial investigated whether the antibodies of people who had… Read More: Coronavirus cure hope: Blood of recovered victims helps ICU patient… »