Health Headlines - 7-23-20

In today's health headlines we talk about how some studies are showing that having antibodies may not say that you will not get COVID-19 again.

A breathalyzer COVID-19 test is being tested for future use.

Finally, eating chocolate once a week may be good for your heart.

YOUR NATURAL IMMUNITY TO THECORONAVIRUS AFTER ANINFECTION... COULDDECLINE SOONER THAN PREVIOUSLYTHOUGHT.THAT'S ACCORDING TO NEWRESEARCH.MANDY GAITHER EXPLAINS THEFINDINGS.ANTIBODIES ARE THE PROTEINS THEBODY MAKES TO FIGHT INFECTION --THE C-D-C SAYS THEIR PRESENCEMAY TELL YOU WHETHER YOU'VE BEENINFECTED WITHCORONAVIRUS IN THE PAST --BUT NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTSANTIBODY RESPONSES MAY START TODECLINE WITHIN A MONTHFROM THE TIME COVID-19 SYMPTOMSFIRST EMERGE -- SAYS WILLIAMHASELTINE -- PRESIDENT OF ACCESSHEALTH INTERNATIONAL.24 - :36WILLIAM HASELTINE ACCESS HEALTHINTERNATIONAL/"NOW THERE ARE TWOSTUDIES.

ONEFROM SPAIN AND ONE FROM THE UKTHAT ACTUALLY MEASURES THE VIRUSIN PEOPLE AND THEANTIBODIES AND WATCHED THEIMMUNITY DECLINE.

THAT'S WHATWE'RE AFRAID OFIN ONE OF THE STUDIES --RELEASED ON A MEDICAL SERVER ANDNOT YET BEEN PEER REVIEWED --THE RESEARCHERS SAY THOSE WHOHAVE A SEVERE FORM OF COVID-19MAY HAVE LONGER LASTINGANTIBODIES THAN THOSE WITH MILDCASES -- BUT IT'S STILL ONLY AMATTER OF MONTHS BEFORE THOSEANTIBODIES WANE.THEY SAY THE STUDY HAS IMPORTANTIMPLICATIONS WHEN CONSIDERINGPROTECTION AGAINST RE-INFECTION -- AND THE DURABILITYOF VACCINES --OTHER EXPERTS POINT OUT WE DON'TKNOW FOR SURE WHETHER PEOPLE CANGET REINFECTED WITHCORONAVIRUS.GUPTA/"IF IT WERE TRUE THAT THEANTIBODIES AND PROTECTION WEREONLY LASTING 20 TO 30 DAYS, ITHINK WE'D START TO SEE SOMESIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OFRE-INFECTION.

WE HAVEN'T."FOR TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, I'MMANDY GAITHER.A BREATHALYZER-STYLE CORONAVIRUSTEST... IS IN THE WORKS.A HOSPITAL IN FRANCE IS TESTINGPATIENTS FOR THE VIRUS USINGTHIS NEW MACHINE..WHICH ALLOWS PATIENTS TO BREATHEINTO A TUBE... INSTEAD OFGETTING A NASAL SWAB.RESULTS FROM THE TEST ARETYPICALLY READY WITHIN SECONDS.THE MACHINE HAS ALREADY BEENTESTED ON DOZENS OF PATIENTS INFRANCE.IT IS NOW ENTERING ITS SECONDTRIAL PHASE.NEED ANOTHER REASON TO EATCHOCOLATE?NEW RESEARCH FROM BAYLOR COLLEGEOF MEDICINE SUGGESTS... EATINGIT AT LEASTONCE A WEEK CAN BE GOOD FOR YOURHEART.RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT MORE THAN300- THOUSAND PEOPLE ANDFOUND... CHOCOLATEEATERS HAD AN EIGHT PERCENTDECREASED RISK OF DEVELOPINGCORONARY ARTERYDISEASE.EXPERTS SAY... CHOCOLATECONTAINS FLAVONOIDS THAT REDUCEINFLAMMATIONAND INCREASE GOOD CHOLESTEROL.THE STUDY DID NOT LOOK INTO WHATTYPE OR AMOUNT OF CHOCOLATE ISIDEA