Medical research
Your blood type may predict your risk for severe COVID-19
(HealthDay)—There's more evidence that blood type may affect a person's risk for COVID-19 and severe illness from the disease.
Oct 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Higher levels of NETs in blood associated with more severe COVID-19
New research finds a connection between destructive white blood cells and a more severe disease course in patients with COVID-19.
Apr 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New guidelines for treating the sickest COVID-19 patients
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise and the deaths mount, the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) has drafted a set of recommendations for health care workers on the front lines, to help ...
May 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The leading cause of death for diabetics: Getting to the heart of problem
Millions of people suffer from type 2 diabetes. The leading cause of death in these patients is heart disease. Joseph Hill and colleagues, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, have now identified, ...
Feb 13, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Two separate bouts of COVID-19 infection may be possible, doctors warn
It may be possible to have two completely separate bouts of COVID-19, doctors have warned in the journal BMJ Case Reports after treating a man whose infections were separated by 4 months of no symptoms and serial negative ...
Feb 5, 2021
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Third day in hospital identified as a 'tipping point' in severity of COVID-19 pneumonia
New research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal, (23-26 April), has identified the third day of hospitalization as a tipping point ...
Apr 23, 2022
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Medical research
Alcohol by-product destroys blood stem cells
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology have found that stem cells in the body's 'blood cell factory'—the bone marrow—are extremely sensitive to the main breakdown ...
Aug 27, 2012
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Genetics
New findings contribute to understanding of diabetic kidney disease
A gene called PVT1 may help reduce the kidneys ability to filter blood, leading to kidney disease, kidney failure and death, according to a study published today by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute ...
Apr 23, 2011
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Medical research
Heart hormone helps shape fat metabolism
It's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that the heart also ...
Feb 6, 2012
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Cardiology
Treatment options for heart failure
Ask any doctor what can be done to maintain a healthy heart and the answer will most likely be to eat healthy and exercise regularly. But what happens when someone's heart is not healthy and does not pump blood properly? ...
Feb 16, 2017
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