Updated results from the CORONADO study, analysing the outcomes of patients with diabetes admitted to hospital with COVID-19, shows that one in five patients die within 28 days while around half are discharged. The study ...
Feb 18, 2021
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A new modelling study published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows that the UK's coronavirus vaccination program is already reducing daily deaths. However, reductions of hospital and intensive ...
Feb 12, 2021
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US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly's combination of two synthetic antibodies against COVID-19 reduced hospitalizations and deaths by 70 percent in high-risk patients with recent positive tests, the company said Tuesday.
Jan 26, 2021
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When intensive care units are swamped with COVID-19 patients, death rates may climb, a new study finds.
Jan 21, 2021
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According to a new study published in American Journal of Infection Control, improving nurse staffing as proposed in pending legislation in New York state would likely save lives of sepsis patients and save money by reducing ...
Dec 18, 2020
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Having discussions about end-of-life care preferences and recording and sharing these decisions with relevant health care professionals may influence your where you die, according to analysis of 21,231 UK urgent care register ...
Dec 9, 2020
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The risk of death is high for people who visit the emergency department (ED) for alcohol use, and the risk increases with frequency, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Nov 23, 2020
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Death rates from people with severe COVID-19 in hospital have dropped to around a half of the rate at the peak of the pandemic, new research has revealed.
Oct 27, 2020
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A major new study has identified 2085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart disease and stroke during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. On average, that is 17 deaths each day over four months that probably could ...
Sep 29, 2020
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While health officials worry about a potential "twindemic" of COVID-19 and the flu this winter, a new study finds that hospital patients who were infected with both viruses were more than twice as likely to die as those infected ...
Sep 22, 2020
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