Lourdes Antenor author

Based on a city where the mountain meets the sea and where antique houses line the streets, my mind is free to wonder, to wander and to write.

yeast
Healthcare, Learning - Function
Are heavy metals toxic? Scientists find surprising new clues in yeast
Lourdes Antenor Jun 11, 2021

Lanthanides are rare-earth heavy metals with useful magnetic properties and a knack for emitting light. Researchers had long assumed that lanthanides’ toxicity risk was low

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cancer
COVID-19
Safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination in people with cancer
Lourdes Antenor Jun 11, 2021

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were questions about how people in active cancer treatment would fare if they became infected with

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gene
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Function
Gene protection for COVID-19 identifies why some people don’t get sick
Lourdes Antenor Jun 10, 2021

The first evidence of a genetic link explaining why some people who catch Covid-19 don’t become sick has been discovered. A scientific and medical team

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couple
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Couple who travelled from Victoria to Queensland under investigation, NSW on high alert
Lourdes Antenor Jun 10, 2021

A couple who travelled from Victoria through the NSW while infectious with COVID-19 have presented a “real and present danger” to the communities and places

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family
Children's Health, Healthcare, International News
What works in family planning and reproductive health programmes?
Lourdes Antenor Jun 9, 2021

The following are real-life lessons from family planning interventions and reproductive health programmes in 15 different countries.   Paola is part of a community-based, partner-led programme to reduce pregnancy

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lockdown
COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
Lockdown in Melbourne set to ease on Friday with one local case recorded
Lourdes Antenor Jun 9, 2021

Restrictions from Melbourne’s lockdown is set to ease on Friday with the government imposing a 25-kilometre travel bubble for Melburnian’s. This decision comes after Victoria

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blood clots
Healthcare, Healthcare News
A breakthrough in understanding the physics of blood clots
Lourdes Antenor Jun 8, 2021

Heart attacks and strokes — the leading causes of death in human beings — are fundamentally blood clots of the heart and brain. Better understanding

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rollout
COVID-19
Queensland Community Pharmacies leads the way for vaccination rollout
Lourdes Antenor Jun 8, 2021

49 community pharmacies across Queensland had begun the rollout and started offering the COVID-19 vaccine to members of the community. The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s

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fatigue
COVID-19, Mental Health
Neurological symptoms like fatigue common in mild COVID
Lourdes Antenor Jun 7, 2021

Neurological and psychiatric symptoms such as fatigue and depression are common among people with Covid-19 and may be just as likely in people with mild

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Emotion
Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
Understanding feelings and emotion: When less is more
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

A facial expression or the sound of a voice can say a lot about a person’s emotional state; and how much they reveal depends on

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Natural Killer
Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
SKI Scientists Learn What Fuels the natural killer cells of the Immune System
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer. If T

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Testosterone
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Low testosterone in men could mean higher risk of sever COVID infection
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Throughout the pandemic, doctors have seen evidence that men with COVID-19 fare worse, on average, than women with the infection. One theory is that hormonal

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