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Skinz.gg Launches as the First Health and Wellness Company for Videogamers; Seeks to ‘Power Your Performance’

October 12, 2020

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Skinz.gg, the first health and wellness company for videogamers, announced today that is has launched to “Power Your Performance.” Skinz.gg is a lifestyle brand featuring a wide variety of products and services for the more than 2.6 Billion videogamers across the globe. The launch marks the availability of Skinz.gg’s clinically-tested supplements that address key areas that impact gamer performance including energy, focus, pain and sleep. In the coming months, Skinz.gg will also unveil details on an array of services dedicated to videogamers’ wider needs, whether trying to find a job, an academic scholarship or a date, or simply some videogaming related entertainment options.

“Skinz.gg is the only company which creates products that are purposely-formulated to promote videogamers’ health and wellness that powers their performance,” said Natalia Sokolova, Co-Founder and CEO of Skinz.gg. “Our company uniquely sits at the intersection of dietary

Trump seeks to put COVID-19 behind him, get back to election campaign

October 11, 2020

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By Andrea Shalal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump is no longer a transmission risk for COVID-19, his doctor said late on Saturday, as the U.S. president seeks to put his bout with coronavirus behind him and return to the campaign fray.

Trump, trailing his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in opinion polls, addressed supporters from a White House balcony on Saturday afternoon. He urged a crowd of hundreds of largely Black and Latino supporters to help get out the vote in the Nov. 3 election.

His physician Sean Conley said in a statement later that Trump had taken a test on Saturday showing he was no longer “a transmission risk to others,” and there was no longer evidence “of actively replicating virus.”

The White House had no immediate comment on whether Conley’s statement meant Trump had actually tested negative for the coronavirus.

Trump first revealed that he had tested positive on

Global initiative seeks to raise $10bn for mental health research

October 9, 2020

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Leading global health and development bodies are launching a $10bn research fund to fight brain disease and mental illness — a huge and growing problem that has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Healthy Brains Global Initiative (HBGI) aims to do for mental health what the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria has achieved in reducing the burden of infectious diseases.

Due to launch early next year, HBGI’s interim chief executive Brad Herbert — who helped to create the Global Fund — is tapping philanthropic foundations, companies, wealthy individuals and governments to raise the required funds. Funding sources are expected to include the International Finance Facility that Gavi, the international vaccines alliance, uses to finance its immunisation work.

“I commend HBGI for thinking creatively not only about new science but new funding strategies from bonds to direct investments in this transformational global fund,” said Mr Tedros Adhanom

USDA Seeks Nominations for Membership on Food Safety Advisory Committee | Money

October 8, 2020

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USDA Seeks Nominations for Membership on Food Safety Advisory Committee

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is soliciting nominations for membership to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). There are nine vacancies on the advisory committee.

Nominations are being sought for individuals with scientific expertise in the fields of microbiology, epidemiology, food technology (food, clinical, and predictive), toxicology, risk assessment, infectious disease, biostatistics, and other related sciences. USDA is also seeking nominations for one individual affiliated with a consumer group to serve on NACMCF. This member will serve as a representative member to provide a consumer viewpoint and is not required to have a scientific background. Individuals who may be currently employed by state and federal governments, industry, academia or consumer groups are invited to submit nominations. Self-nominations are welcome.

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Novel Brain Surgery Seeks to Reverse Epilepsy in Sea Lion

October 8, 2020

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VALLEJO, Calif. — The adolescent patient turned sullen and withdrawn. He hadn’t eaten in 13 days. Treatment with steroids, phenobarbital and Valium failed to curb the symptoms of his epilepsy. Then, on Sept. 18, he had a terrible seizure — violently jerking his flippers and turning unconscious in the water.

Cronutt, a 7-year-old sea lion, had to be rescued so he didn’t drown. His veterinarian and the caretakers at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom began discussing whether it was time for palliative care.

“We’d tried everything,” said Dr. Claire Simeone, Cronutt’s longtime vet. “We needed more extreme measures.”

On Tuesday morning, Cronutt underwent groundbreaking brain surgery aimed at reversing the epilepsy.

If successful, the treatment could save increasing numbers of sea lions and sea otters from succumbing to a new plague of epilepsy. The cause is climate change.

As oceans warm, algae blooms have become more widespread, creating toxins that get

Ailing rap icon Scarface seeks public’s help to find kidney donor

October 8, 2020

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Houston-based rapper Scarface posted a heartfelt plea to find a donor as he never fully recovered from previous surgery

Rapper Scarface continues to struggle with his health. In June, he announced that he was recovering from the coronavirus after saying he was “feeling funny” in March, according to Houston’s Fox 5 News. In a live stream in March with Geto Boys partner Willie D, Scarface, born Brad Jordan, said he thought he might not survive the virus.

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He said at the time that as an asthmatic, the virus had attacked his lungs and kidneys. While his lungs, one of the organs most impacted by COVID returned to functioning, he said then his kidneys had not.

Unfortunately, it appears that while he was on the road to recovery in June, Scarface has taken a turn

Eli Lilly Seeks FDA Approval On Coronavirus Treatment, Potentially Easing Rush For A Vaccine

October 7, 2020

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KEY POINTS

Eli Lilly’s three trials over the summer yielded positive results in patients with mild- to moderate-cases of coronavirus
The company could have nearly 1 million doses ready for distribution by the end of 2020 with FDA approval
Temporary protections provided by the antibody treatment could potentially give pharmaceutical companies more time to develop stronger vaccines

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co. asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Wednesday to authorize the use of a potential coronavirus treatment that’s shown promising results during clinical trials.

Eli Lilly asked the FDA to authorize the drug’s emergency use after results for their first three clinical trials all came back positive in people with mild- to moderate-cases of coronavirus. If approved, Eli Lilly said it could have 100,000 doses ready to go within a month and 1 million ready by the end of 2020.

However, it would not be used on

As Trump Seeks to Project Strength, Doctors Disclose Alarming Episodes

October 5, 2020

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In addition to the steroids, Mr. Trump has received an experimental antibody cocktail and is in the midst of a five-day course of remdesivir, an antiviral drug. The White House has a medical unit capable of responding to a president’s health troubles but not with the sophisticated equipment available at Walter Reed.

Mr. Trump, who historically hates hospitals and anything related to illness, has been hankering to get released, according to two people close to him, and some aides expressed fear that he would pressure Dr. Conley into releasing him by claiming to feel better than he actually does. But advisers were also troubled by the doctors’ prediction that they might release him on Monday because if they do not, it would signal that the president is not doing as well as indicated. They also worried that a premature return could lead to a second trip to the hospital if

State effort seeks to counter mental health problems worsened by pandemic | Local news

October 4, 2020

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Ilustration by Chiara Bautista / Arizona Daily Star

Yazmín García,manager of peer-to-peer programs for the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Southern Arizona.

Anxiety and depression have been a part of Paola’s life since she was 10 years old.

Her anxiety would cause her to overthink worst case scenarios, but antidepressants helped. But when the coronavirus pandemic started, those thoughts got worse.

Paola began to fight more with her boyfriend. She was convinced that he did not love her, and that he was only staying with her because of the kids.

“So I thought, ‘hey, if I’m not alive I don’t have to worry about any of this. I can just ‘sleep’ forever,” said Paola, who asked that her last name not be used in this news story. “When I started thinking about what

India seeks up to 500 million coronavirus vaccine doses by July

October 4, 2020

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India hopes to receive up to 500 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by July to inoculate about 250 million people, health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday, as infections in the world’s second-worst affected country continue to surge.

India’s has recorded some 6.55 million infections, with 75,829 in the past 24 hours, while COVID-19-related deaths have totalled 101,782, health ministry data showed.

“There is a high-level expert body going into all aspects of vaccines,” Vardhan wrote on Twitter. “Our rough estimate and the target would be to receive and utilise 400 to 500 million doses covering (200 million-250 million) people by July 2021.”

Serum Institute of India and private companies have been teaming up with organizations from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to U.S. drug developer Novavax Inc in a scramble to secure vaccines for the country of 1.3 billion people.

India has set up