Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malaria drug shows no benefit in another coronavirus study (Update)
A new study finds no evidence of benefit from a malaria drug widely promoted as a treatment for coronavirus infection.
May 7, 2020
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News tagged with breathing tube
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Short antibiotic courses safer for breathing-tube infections in children
Short courses of antibiotics appear just as effective as longer ones - and a great deal safer - in treating respiratory infections that might cause pneumonia in children on temporary breathing devices, according to a Johns ...
May 5, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Head, neck cancer patients may be at higher risk for suicide: study
(HealthDay)—Head and neck cancer patients may be at raised risk for suicide, new research suggests.
Nov 12, 2015
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Sleep disorders
Treatment of sleep apnea improves glucose levels in prediabetes
Optimal treatment of sleep apnea in patients with prediabetes improves blood sugar (glucose) levels and thus can reduce cardiometabolic risk, according to a study to be presented at the ATS 2013 International Conference in ...
May 20, 2013
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Cardiology
Helping patients breathe during dangerous procedure prevents complications
Thousands of Americans die each year during a dangerous two-minute procedure to insert a breathing tube.
Feb 18, 2019
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Cardiology
Inserting breathing tube may not be best for victims of cardiac arrest
(HealthDay)—When a person's heart stops beating, most emergency personnel have been taught to first insert a breathing tube through the victim's mouth, but a new Japanese study found that approach may actually lower the ...
Jan 15, 2013
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Other
Born with no voice and low odds, boy talks with new voice box
Grant Hasse was born with two very rare conditions—one that's usually fatal, the other that should have left him unable to talk.
Nov 23, 2015
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Pa. transplant recipient still on breathing tube
(AP)—The mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl recovering after a double lung transplant says doctors tried to remove her breathing tube but were forced to reinsert it.
Jun 27, 2013
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Pediatrics
Newborns on ventilators can now be better protected from a common breathing tube incident
If a newborn is moved or becomes agitated while on a ventilator, the breathing tube also could move. Just a few seconds with the tube in the wrong position might lead to a critical lack of oxygen to the brain, possibly resulting ...
Jun 9, 2021
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Medications
Drugs used to immobilize patients during surgery raises risk of respiratory complications
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that medications currently used to immobilize patients during surgery can increase the risk of postoperative respiratory complications. Their study being published ...
Oct 16, 2012
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