Cardiology
What athletes should know about COVID-19, heart damage and working out
(HealthDay)—With evidence mounting that COVID-19 can damage the heart, experts urge people to take precautions when doing vigorous exercise.
Aug 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long COVID is most prevalent in the most seriously ill, large-scale study finds
A collaborative study involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet has charted the prevalence of severe physical symptom burden among Scandinavians for up to two years after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Most affected were ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Still coughing after COVID? Here's why it happens and what to do about it
Coughing is a socially awkward symptom, particularly since the COVID pandemic hit.
Mar 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How contagious is delta? How long are you infectious? A quick guide to the latest science
Delta was recognized as a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in May 2021 and has proved extremely difficult to control in unvaccinated populations.
Sep 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fatigue, breathlessness improve after six weeks of virtual exercise sessions: recovery program for COVID-19 patients
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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
For the one in ten patients who become long-haulers, COVID-19 has lasting effects
Even as the unpredictable rise and fall of COVID-19 infections continues at home and around the world, a new and ugly pandemic-related problem is emerging.
Jan 12, 2022
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Health
Smoking bans linked to drop in child hospital admissions
Childhood chest infections needing hospital care may have dropped by as much as 20 per cent since anti-smoking laws were introduced, research suggests.
Sep 6, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sepsis is just as urgent as a heart attack, physician warns
Health professionals should treat people who show signs of sepsis with the same urgency given to those who complain of chest pain that might be a heart attack, a Southampton doctor has warned.
Jul 14, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Steroids not effective for chest infections in non-asthmatic adults
Oral steroids should not be used for treating acute lower respiratory tract infection (or 'chest infections') in adults who don't have asthma or other chronic lung disease, as they do not reduce the duration or severity of ...
Aug 22, 2017
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Medications
Largest trial of antibiotic amoxicillin for treating chest infections in children finds little effect
The largest randomized placebo-controlled trial of the antibiotic amoxicillin for treating chest infections in children—one of the most common acute illnesses treated in primary care in developed countries, has found it ...
Sep 28, 2021
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