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Cocoa and 5 other brain foods that can make you smarter
The study was carried out twice and very interestingly, those who drank cocoa rich in flavanols (the antioxidants found in cocoa) performed better and faster. What's more, in the flavanol-rich group the oxygenation response was about one minute faster. Participants also experienced improvements in cognitive performance in tasks that measure executive function (higher-level cognitive skills you u... [Full Article...]
Coronavirus Canada Updates: Ottawa sees 40 new COVID-19 cases
This is the third straight day of more than 1,500 cases in Ontario. Ontario is also reporting 21 deaths today, which include six people between the ages of 60 and 79 years old, and 15 people over the age of 80. There were 140 COVID-related deaths confirmed this week, which is up from 112 last week. "There are 1,363 more resolved cases and almost 46,700 tests completed". [Full Article...]
Ontario deploys rapid COVID-19 tests
She adds the hard part of the vaccination process is that each immunization will take two separate shots 21 days apart. "We are continuously working to expand our testing capacity and evaluate new and emerging technologies to provide safe testing options for a greater number of people". [Full Article...]
FDA advisory committee to discuss emergency authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
Hahn said. The company has submitted a request to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval, as data for their vaccine has proven 95 percent effective. "We look forward to the upcoming Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee discussion and continue to work closely with the FDA and regulatory authorities worldwide to secure authorization of our vaccine candidat... [Full Article...]
AstraZeneca, Oxford vaccine produces strong immune response
However, that 70 percent figure is an average of two efficacy numbers from different tests of the shot, one of which showed the vaccine is 90 percent effective. He noted that each trial makes different decisions, for example about how to measure efficacy, making it hard to compare figures from different trials. [Full Article...]
Azar: Regeneron rolling out 30k doses of COVID-19 treatment
This means that AstraZeneca/Oxford have had more time for follow-up and for participants to contract coronavirus . Commenting on the breakthrough, BBC host Andrew Neil told ITV Good Morning Britain he plans to take the antidote but will not "rush" for it as he urged those who are more at risk in society to be prioritised in the NHS rollout. [Full Article...]
38 new COVID-19 deaths, 6,423 new cases reported by MDH
The county now has 2,901 cases. An earlier version of this story put the total new cases at 82. "Of those, 1,203 patients were in the ICU and 668 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators", Gomez said. There were 62,299 test results reported to the department through 10 p.m., November 21 and 39,901 test results reported to the department through 10 p.m., November 22. [Full Article...]
941 cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 29 in Northern Health
Bonnie Henry reports that there have been 414 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 1,304 in the Fraser Health region, 48 in the Island Health region, 104 in the Interior Health region, and 61 in the Northern Health region. [Full Article...]