Medications
Why a COVID-19 pill would be a game-changer for overwhelmed hospitals
There could soon be a new COVID-19 treatment in town—a pill that promises to help unburden overloaded hospital systems.
Oct 18, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In Rome hospital, unvaccinated patients fill coronavirus beds
In one Rome hospital, the vast majority of COVID-19 patients in intensive care are unvaccinated—and many are urging Italian anti-vaxxers to get the jab.
Oct 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
High BMI independently associated with death and longer ICU stay for COVID patients
In patients with COVID-19, a high body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of death and prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ...
Oct 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Delta variant increases risk of adverse outcomes in pregnant women
Pregnant women have been a population of concern for physicians since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network reported early ...
Oct 13, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Black women more likely to have labor or delivery complications due to systemic inflammation
Black women are more likely than white women to experience a severe, unexpected complication during labor or delivery, particularly due to systemic inflammation, according to research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY ...
Oct 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pregnant women with symptomatic COVID-19 more likely to have emergency deliveries
Pregnant women with symptomatic COVID-19 had a higher percentage of emergency complications when compared to asymptomatic COVID-19 pregnant women, and newborns born to symptomatic mothers were more likely to require oxygen ...
Oct 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What level of antibody response protects against COVID-19 death?
In a study of patients with COVID-19 being treated in intensive care units, people who mounted only a low antibody response against the SARS-CoV-2 virus faced a higher risk of dying.
Oct 6, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Not out of the woods' in battle against Covid: WHO
The World Health Organization's COVID-19 chief warned Tuesday "We're not out of the woods" in the fight against the pandemic, even if many people thought it was nearly over.
Oct 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Low-cost ventilator set to help people in low-income countries
A new low-cost ventilator design invented during COVID-19 could address the global shortage of ventilators for other respiratory diseases.
Oct 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, especially Delta, more virulent than original strain
A large study from Ontario confirms that SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs), especially the Delta variant, are more virulent than the native strain of the virus, increasing people's risk of hospitalization, admission to ...
Oct 5, 2021
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