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Early treatment with an asthma drug budesonide shortens recovery time in COVID-19 patients aged over 50 who are treated at home or in other community settings. The Platform Randomized Trial of Interventions against COVID-19 in
A McMaster University-led study has teased out the reason for blood clots caused by COVID-19, a serious potential complication of the virus. Blood from critically ill COVID-19 patients contains antibodies that can contribute to clotting,
Experimental drug cuts the risk of hospitalized COVID-19 patients needing a ventilator by 54%, trial data show Lenzilumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets a protein known as granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) GM-CSF is
A team of researchers at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has found more evidence of cognitive dysfunction in many “long haul,” non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients. In their paper published in the journal Annals of Clinical
Total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is cost-effective in patients with severe obesity (BMI of 40Kg/m2 or greater) and end-stage osteoarthritis. Typically, surgeons hesitate to perform TKR in these patients because they tend to have high
More than one in 10 patients with lung cancer do not know what type of tumor they have, according to data from a 17-country study carried out by the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) to
Grim rise of pandemic alcoholism: Two hospitals saw 34% increase in patients suffering from alcohol withdrawals when admitted for other conditions during the COVID-19 crisis A new study looked at patients suffering from alcohol withdrawal
Patients undergoing complex cardiac surgery are at risk of excessive bleeding, a life-threatening complication that can occur during or after the operation and often requires a transfusion of platelets. Platelets help blood clot, preventing blood
Agony of the dental patients who haven’t had a check-up since 2019: Desperate people are pulling out their own teeth as NHS clinics forced to close early last year due to Covid have struggled to
A new type of drug that helps target chemotherapy directly to cancer cells has been found to significantly increase survival of patients with the most common form of bladder cancer, according to results from a