Health

How Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine works: mRNA

How Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine works: mRNA

In January 2020, cases of the new mysterious coronavirus start growing in China. In the end of June 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the disease a pandemic, a handful of small biotech companies began scrambling to develop vaccines using an as-yet-unproven technology platform that relies on something called messenger RNA, usually shortened to mRNA. One was Moderna, which completed its first clinical batch of a vaccine by February and launched human trials in March, faster than any other vaccine in history. Another was BioNTech, a German company that later partnered with Pfizer to make a vaccine that…
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Fat loss hacks! – 10 charts show why you don’t need them.

Fat loss hacks! – 10 charts show why you don’t need them.

With the increase of Internet in our lives, there is more search for "Fat Loss Hacks". Many things has changed but one thing that hasn’t changed - Obesity is still on the rise. Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in the United States from 1999 to 2018. There are no legitimate fat loss hacks - despite server farms filled with fat loss hacks. That’s because obesity isn’t a simple, hackable problem. There are many interconnected factors i.e. physical, psychological, social, environmental, emotional - that influence our ability to eat less and move more. And the magnitude of each factor can vary…
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6 Simple Low Carbs Recipes For Weight Loss

6 Simple Low Carbs Recipes For Weight Loss

Consuming a low carb diet is a great way to lose weight fast through eating in normal routine. Below are 6 very simple low carb diet recipes for a successful weight loss. 1. Steamed ginger fish Steamed ginger fish Fish is low in carbohydrates and rich in Omega 3 fatty acids. Omega 3 fatty acid is essential for our body compared to omega 6, as taking too much of omega 6 can cause inflammation. Fish also contains vitamins such as vitamin D and vitamin B2, which helps in hair growth. Fish is also rich in minerals like magnesium, and iodine. This is…
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Ways Mobile Apps Will Transform Healthcare

Earlier this year Kaiser Permanente leapfrogged the industry when it made its entire electronic health care system – the most extensive electronic medical record offering in the world – available to its 9 million members via an Android app. The country’s largest medical organization quickly announced that the app had garnered more than 95,000 downloads. Kaiser patients now make appointments, check lab tests, order medicines, and communicate with their physicians from the palm of their hands. CEO George Halvorson asserted that accessing health information on mobile devices is becoming the “new norm.” The numbers support Halvorson’s prediction. Global sales of smartphones are expected to…
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Reasons you always feel tired

You skip exercise when you are tired You don't drink enough water You are not consuming enough iron You are a perfectionist You make mountains out of molehills You skip breakfast You live on junk food You have trouble saying 'no' You have a messy office You work through vacation You have wine or take some drug before bed You check emails at bed time You rely on caffeine to get through the day You stay up late on week ends Ref: Ideadigezt
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FrontlineSMS – Healthcare Mobile App

FrontlineSMS:Medic was preceded by two independent projects, Mobiles in Malawi and MobilizeMRS. Josh Nesbit initiated Mobiles in Malawi in the summer of 2007, working at a rural Malawian hospital that serves 250,000 patients spread 100 miles in every direction. To reach remote patients, the hospital trained volunteer community health workers (CHWs) like Dickson Mtanga, a subsistence farmer. Dickson had to walk 35 miles to submit hand-written reports on 25 HIV-positive patients in his community. The hospital needed a simple means of communication, and in the summer of 2008 Josh returned to the hospital with mobile phones and a laptop running…
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