Enhancing immunity in viral infections, with special emphasis on COVID-19: A review

R Jayawardena, P Sooriyaarachchi… - Diabetes & Metabolic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and aims Balanced nutrition which can help in maintaining immunity is
essential for prevention and management of viral infections. While data regarding nutrition in …

[HTML][HTML] The COVID-19 pandemic and physical activity

JA Woods, NT Hutchinson, SK Powers… - Sports medicine and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2-caused COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a devastating threat
to human society in terms of health, economy, and lifestyle. Although the virus usually first …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of physical activity on psychological health during Covid-19 pandemic in Italy

G Maugeri, P Castrogiovanni, G Battaglia, R Pippi… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has upset the normality of Italian daily life, forcing
population to social distancing and self-isolation. Since the containment precautions also …

Changes in lifestyle behaviours during the COVID‐19 confinement in Spanish children: A longitudinal analysis from the MUGI project

M Medrano, C Cadenas‐Sanchez, M Oses… - Pediatric …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Home confinement during the COVID‐19 pandemic could have affected
lifestyle behaviours of children, however evidence about it is emerging and yet scarce …

Wearable sensors for COVID-19: a call to action to harness our digital infrastructure for remote patient monitoring and virtual assessments

DR Seshadri, EV Davies, ER Harlow, JJ Hsu… - Frontiers in Digital …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need to harness and leverage
our digital infrastructure for remote patient monitoring. As current viral tests and vaccines are …

Maintaining health and well-being by putting faith into action during the COVID-19 pandemic

HG Koenig - Journal of religion and health, 2020 - Springer
Anxiety and fear adversely affect the physiological systems that protect individuals from
infection. This article comments on the role that religious faith and practice can play in …

[PDF][PDF] The immunological case for staying active during the COVID-19 pandemic

RJ Simpson, E Katsanis - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2020 - Elsevier
confinement. For instance, recent work from our laboratory demonstrated that astronauts
with increased levels of cardiorespiratory fitness and skeletal muscle endurance were~ 40 …

Immune system dysregulation during spaceflight: potential countermeasures for deep space exploration missions

BE Crucian, A Choukèr, RJ Simpson, S Mehta… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies have established that dysregulation of the human immune system and the
reactivation of latent herpesviruses persists for the duration of a 6-month orbital spaceflight …

Herbal immune-boosters: Substantial warriors of pandemic Covid-19 battle

K Khanna, SK Kohli, R Kaur, A Bhardwaj, V Bhardwaj… - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Current scenario depicts that world has been clenched by COVID-19 pandemic. Inevitably,
public health and safety measures could be undertaken in order to dwindle the infection …

The host microbiome regulates and maintains human health: a primer and perspective for non-microbiologists

S Thomas, J Izard, E Walsh, K Batich… - Cancer …, 2017 - aacrjournals.org
Humans consider themselves discrete autonomous organisms, but recent research is
rapidly strengthening the appreciation that associated microorganisms make essential …