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| New Finding Reveals Why Certain COVID Patients Die By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News. Friday, November 13, 2020 (Kaiser News) -- Dr. Megan Ranney has learned a lot about COVID-19 since she began treating patients with the disease in the emergency department in February. But there's one question she ... | |
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| Study: New Mutation Sped Up Spread of Coronavirus Nov. 13, 2020 -- The virus that causes COVID-19 is not the same strain as what first emerged from China. A new study shows it has changed slightly in a way that makes it more contagious to humans. Compared to the original strain, people infected with the ... | |
| 'Breakthrough finding' reveals why certain COVID patients die Dr. Megan Ranney has learned a lot about COVID-19 since she began treating patients with the disease in the emergency department in February. But there's one question she still can't answer: What makes some patients so much sicker than others? | |
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| Amid Virus Surge, Paris Hospitals Begin to See Signs of Hope PARIS (AP) — Dry-coughing as he pedals — a hack, hack, hack after-effect of his own personal battle with COVID-19 — the doctor cycles through the dark of pre-dawn Paris, speeding to a crisis meeting at his hospital where, way back in February, the disease ... | |
| Orange County Coronavirus Cases Nearly Double In 7 Days ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Orange County coronavirus cases has almost doubled from one week ago, according to reports from the Orange County Health Care Agency. A total of 598 more people have tested positive for coronavirus. as compared to just over ... | |
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| Pumping Iron: IV Supplement Helps Heart Failure Patients Heart failure patients who are diagnosed with iron deficiency appear to avoid return trips to the hospital if they are treated with intravenous ferric carboxymaltose to replete iron stores, researchers reported at the virtual 2020 scientific sessions of the American ... | |
| Daily polypill plus aspirin lowers risk for CVD, death Adults at intermediate CV risk assigned a polypill plus aspirin were 31% less likely to experience a CV event or death compared with those assigned double placebo over a nearly 5-year period, according to new data from the TIPS-3 trial. "The most important ... | |
| Fish Oil, Vitamin D Don't Prevent Afib Fish oil supplements and vitamin D didn't reduce incidence of atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) in a primary prevention setting in the VITAL-Rhythm trial. In fact, the hazard ratio for new-onset arrhythmia went in the wrong direction for the low-dose mixed EPA and ... | |
| Interferon beta-1a may help COVID-19 patients recover faster The Lancet Respiratory Medicine yesterday published the results of a clinical trial showing that the inhaled immune response protein interferon beta-1a reduced the chances of hospitalized COVID-19 patients becoming severely ill or dying of their infection. | |
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| Covid-19: Next two weeks 'crucial' for ending England lockdown The next two weeks will be "absolutely crucial" if England's lockdown is to end as planned on 2 December, a government scientific adviser has said. Prof Susan Michie said the public must resist breaking the rules in order to "be in a position" to spend the ... | |
| Fish Oil, Vitamin D Supplements Won't Prevent A-Fib By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter. FRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of people take a fish oil or vitamin D supplement in hopes of warding off a host of ills. But a new study finds the nutrients won't shield against the common and ... | |
| CDC: Wearing a mask could keep you from catching virus NEW YORK — U.S. health officials are taking a new tack to encourage Americans to wear masks: They're emphasizing recent research that a mask protects the person who wears it. Previously, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised people ... | |
| CDC: Wearing a mask could keep you from catching virus U.S. health officials are taking a new tack in the coronavirus fight by emphasizing recent research that finds a mask protects the person who wears it. By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer. November 13, 2020, 2:07 PM. • 3 min read. FILE - In this Wednesday, ... | |
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| Study Finds Blacks, Asians More Vulnerable to COVID By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter. FRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Asian people in the United States and the United Kingdom have significantly higher odds of COVID-19 infection compared to white people, a large research review ... | |
| COVID-19 Scan for Nov 13, 2020 In a preliminary study conducted on 152 patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 infections, no patient in a group of 80 people who took a 15-day course of fluvoxamine, an antidepressant, reported clinical deterioration, as opposed to 6 (8.3%) of 72 who took ... | |
| GA Coronavirus: It's Time To Mandate Masks, Says Emory Expert ATLANTA, GA — With COVID-19 infection rates accelerating and winter approaching, an infectious-disease expert from Emory University says it's finally time for a mask mandate. "A mask is a public-health intervention," Dr. Carlos Del Rio, executive associate ... | |
| New MS drug may make the disease worse, UVA study finds CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - An experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) might actually make the disease worse, according to researchers at UVA Health. New research conducted at UVA Health looked at the effectiveness of TEPP-46. | |
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| Fish Oil, Vitamin D Supplements Won't Prevent A-Fib: Study FRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of people take a fish oil or vitamin D supplement in hopes of warding off a host of ills. But a new study finds the nutrients won't shield against the common and potential heart rhythm disorder known as atrial ... | |
| Kids With Food Allergies Can Become Targets for Bullies FRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As if having food allergies isn't hard enough on a child, new research shows that almost 1 in 5 of these kids are bullied. The bullying didn't stop at the schoolyard. A similar percentage of parents said they had been ... | |
| Is Sabudana a Good Food for People with Diabetes? Sabudana, also known as tapioca pearl or sago, is starch extracted from the roots of tapioca. It's an energy booster and a source of calcium, iron, and potassium. But although a healthy carbohydrate, it's also a high carb food. So if you have diabetes, you might ... | |
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| Social Media Campaign Raises Type 1 Diabetes Awareness DENVER (CBS4) – All of November is Diabetes Awareness Month and more specifically Saturday, November 14th is World Diabetes Day. There are several ways to show your support of the diabetes community. "Well, you wear blue, and especially on ... | |
| COVID-19 vaccine: how the 'mum test' can help ensure take-up One of the many lessons of the pandemic concerns the importance of communication: how the authorities frame a message can be as influential as the content of the message itself. In the earliest stage of the pandemic, for instance, we were taught to wash ... | |
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| Managing the microbiome raises new hope for autism According to the Centers for Disease Research, 1 in 54 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) each year, and the number has been rising. The disease causes perplexing, lifelong developmental disabilities, which usually arise during ... | |
| Measles has come back with a vengeance in the last several years The measles vaccine is a public health superstar, with the recommended two doses about 97 percent effective at preventing the disease and one dose about 93 percent effective. To stop outbreaks, around 95 percent of a community must be vaccinated (SN: 4/ ... | |
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| More Evidence That Vaping Ups Lung Disease Risk By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). SATURDAY, Nov. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Vaping significantly increases the risk of lung disease, according to a new study that adds to growing evidence that e-cigarettes are dangerous. Researchers ... | |
| 'Breakthrough finding' reveals why certain COVID patients die In some cases, provocative new research shows, some people — men in particular — succumb because their immune systems are hit by friendly fire. Researchers hope the finding will help them develop targeted therapies for these patients. Written By: Liz ... | |
| For business owners with COVID, virus is just one struggle When small business owners are diagnosed with the coronavirus, being sick is just one problem they contend with. By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer. November 13, 2020, 5:43 AM. • 5 min read. Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email this ... | |
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| Covid: Vaccine news was cheering, but winter will be hard After the euphoria of a vaccine breakthrough, it did not take long for the virus to provide a reality check. Within days of the news that an effective vaccine may have been found, it was being announced the UK was the first European country to pass the grim ... | |
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