Category Health

Selenium helps fight coronavirus.

Selenium helps fight coronavirus Mikhail BOGOMOLOV, President of the Russian Diabetes Association, answers questions from readers of the news portal World. This means that selenium, indeed, through potential immunomodulatory effects, can have a real impact on viral mutations and evolution.…

During a Hurricane, What Happens Underwater?

A hurricane the size of Irma can cause extensive damage on land with massive storm surges, excessive rainfall and raging winds. But what exactly happens below the ocean’s surface, in the deep sea, when these storms pass through? Hurricanes can…

Study hints at how ‘elite controllers’ stifle HIV

Some people with HIV have a seemingly miraculous ability to control the disease without life-long antiviral medications or risky bone marrow transplants, and now, a new study hints at how this “elite” group bridles the infection. In less than 0.5%…