Hepatitis B stimulates processes that deprive the body's immune cells of key nutrients that they need to function, finds new UCL-led research funded by the Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust.
May 11, 2015
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A team of researchers, led by Drs. Merlin Robb and Jintanat Ananworanich of the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, has found that when antiretroviral therapy (ART) is ...
Aug 1, 2016
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Studies from animal models suggest that frequent alcohol consumption may lead to an increased risk of COVID-19 infection and present a potential for complications in disease progression.
Feb 20, 2023
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Inflammation is a standard part of our bodies' immune system response. But sometimes this response becomes hyperactivated in our lungs, causing inflammation to continue unchecked, which can be fatal. Many deaths from COVID-19 ...
Aug 24, 2023
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The first coronaviruses known to infect humans were discovered more than half a century ago – so why are there no vaccines against these viruses? Should we be optimistic that an effective vaccine will be developed now?
May 13, 2020
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A new study from Queen Mary University of London, published in eClinicalMedicine, has found that people may experience long-term symptoms—or "long colds"—after acute respiratory infections that test negative for COVID-19.
Oct 6, 2023
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Up to 25 percent of patients' COVID-19 cases involve acute kidney injury—the kidneys' equivalent of a heart attack. Clinicians have suspected that such injuries are a side effect of the immune system's sudden release of ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Asking patients to take a 'wait-and-see' approach before having their antibiotic prescriptions filled significantly reduces unnecessary use, a University of Queensland study has shown.
Sep 21, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Patients aged younger than 18 years with diagnosed COVID-19 have an increased risk for newly diagnosed diabetes >30 days after acute infection, according to research published in the Jan. 14 issue of the U.S. ...
Jan 24, 2022
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Fatigue, breathlessness and other symptoms that persist after COVID-19 can be improved by a six-week virtual exercise program, an Irish study being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious ...
Apr 26, 2022
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