Stay updated with breaking news from Elsevier Connect. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
From building apps to giving flex time, local companies are taking different approaches, but lots are doing something to encourage staffers to vote on Tuesday.
COVID-19 in Brazil is threatening, and it has forced the government to adopt partial lockdown as a strategy to stop the spread of the virus at the beginning of the pandemic (March 2020). These preventive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic may affect the motor and non-motor symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Multiple sclerosis (MS). Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on the motor and non-motor symptoms, physical activity level, and quality of life, and sleep quality in Brazilian people with PD and MS. One hundr...
Probiotics as adjuvant therapy for COVID-19 patients Back in 1892, Doderlein first established the beneficial association of microorganisms in the human body. Therefore, under the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be beneficial to assess microorganisms' role in the human body and the use of probiotics as therapy for COVID-19 patients. While the term "microbiome" (coined by the Nobel laureate Joshua Lederberg, 2001) includes the entire genetic inheritance of all living microorganisms in the human body (gastrointestinal system, skin, respiratory system, urogenital system, etc.), the term "microbiota" r...