Health

Coronavirus in Belgium: overloaded psychiatric wards

[ad_1] In their little windowless office, they crowd the phone to the computer, then from the computer to the filing cabinet, then they wander through the long corridors of the hospital. We are at the Crisis and Psychiatric Emergency Center of the Clinics of the Saint-Luc University of Brussels. For …

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Bariatric surgery can reduce coronavirus severity in obese patients

[ad_1] Among obese patients who tested positive for COVID-19, a past history of bariatric surgery was significantly associated with a lower risk of hospitalization and intensive care unit admission, a Cleveland clinical study reveals. The findings were published in the Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases journal. In recent months, …

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A new gene therapy against eye diseases

[ad_1] THE ESSENTIAL By restoring the functioning of the OPA1 gene, gene therapy improved the performance of the mitochondria, responsible for the emergence of dominant ocular atrophy. This technique could also lead to treatments for other disorders related to cellular aging, such as neurodegenerative diseases. Consisting of the introduction of …

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