Category: Health
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Johnson and Johnson, Apple team up on new iOS-based heart study
Johnson and Johnson’s pharmaceuticals brand Janssen wants to improve heart health, and for its latest study it’s turning to the iPhone and the Apple Watch to help gain a better understanding of the vital organ. In an announcement Tuesday, the health care giant announced a partnership with Apple on a new Heartline study designed to get more information on heart health…
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The Coronavirus Is Already Affecting the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is still five months away, and officials insist the Games will go on as planned, despite the global coronavirus panic. But the deadly and still-mysterious infection caused by the virus, known as COVID-19, has already begun to affect preparations for the Summer Games. Movement of athletes has been…
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Get Your Body Back on Track After Depression with A Help of Swimming
Depression is a mental disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. And while some symptoms are the same in all people, some of them are different. While someone would have a hard time getting up and going to work, others find no difficulty in doing this. But they can both have depression. Depression can be…
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Virologist: Tokyo Olympics Probably Couldn’t Be Held Now
A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn’t be held because of the fast-spreading virus from Wuhan, China. “We need to find the best way to have a safe Olympics,†Dr. Hitoshi Oshitani said, speaking at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. “Right now we don’t…
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COVID-19: Ex-Singapore swimmer Tao Li recounts experience in Wuhan after release from quarantine
When former Singapore national swimmer Tao Li flew to Wuhan to visit her family in January, little did she know her city would soon be locked down over the spread of a new coronavirus. Now back in Singapore and out of quarantine, she recounts her experience exclusively to CNA’s Lee Li Ying: https://cna.asia/322rrPw
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Doctors in Temple experimenting with aquatic therapy to improve longevity of heart patients
Baylor Scott and White doctors and researchers are teaming up with experts from across the state to improve the lives of heart failure patients. Doctors explained to 25 News, those diagnosed with heart failure often have additional ailments, like arthritis, which often impede with the patients ability to exercise; and without exercise heart failure patients…