Anew study led by Yale researchers has found that a common genetic variant that occurs in nearly 20% of individuals influences both susceptibility to COVID-19 and the development of severe disease.
Nov 7, 2022
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Ramping up medication doses quickly after being hospitalized for acute heart failure resulted in a lower risk of dying or being readmitted for heart failure within the first six months after discharge, compared to usual care, ...
Nov 7, 2022
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For patients dealing with lingering respiratory symptoms from the novel coronavirus, a chest X-ray can reveal only so much. The two-dimensional (2D) scans simply can't distinguish compromised lung function. For that diagnosis, ...
Nov 2, 2022
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An uptick in sore throats, coughs, and fevers are telltale signs that flu season has arrived in the United States. But this fall, those common symptoms might be a sign of something more sinister: Public health experts warn ...
Nov 1, 2022
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Among children who experienced in-hospital cardiac arrest in the last 20 years, survival rates have increased significantly. Greater improvements have been seen among children who had recent cardiac surgery and cardiac arrest, ...
Oct 31, 2022
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Preventing severe lung infections in mechanically ventilated intensive care patients by applying topical antibiotics to the upper digestive tract results in a clinically meaningful improvement in survival, new research shows.
Oct 26, 2022
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New research conducted in mice indicates that administering sedatives when circulation is restored following cardiac arrest may help to improve survival and brain function.
Oct 18, 2022
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Treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)—a type of high blood pressure that affects arteries in the lungs and in the heart—have improved significantly over the past 15 to 20 years and researchers at the University ...
Oct 17, 2022
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Even months after critical illness for sepsis, children are at risk for new or worsening medical conditions, a study suggests.
Oct 13, 2022
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A common clinical practice may be inadvertently harming patients, according to new research published October 13 in the European Respiratory Journal. The team of Michigan Medicine researchers behind the study suggest that ...
Oct 13, 2022
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