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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News tagged with organ failure
Surgery
An opt-out organ donor system could address Canada's shortage of organs for transplant
In 2018, there were 4,351 Canadians on waiting lists for an organ transplant. In the same year, 223 Canadians died while awaiting organ transplants.
Sep 10, 2020
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Surgery
Ratio of two proteins may add kidneys to the transplant donor pool
Earlier this year, a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine provided strong evidence that hundreds of deceased donor kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI)—traditionally discarded as unsuitable for transplantation—could ...
Aug 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
National trial launched to test re-purposing existing drugs to treat COVID-19 patients
A new trial to prevent organ failure and death in COVID-19 patients has been launched led by clinicians and scientists in Cambridge and London.
May 20, 2020
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Cardiology
The cardiac depressant factor DPP3 is predictive of organ failure in burn patients
Diagnostics company SphingoTec GmbH ("sphingotec") and 4TEEN4 Pharmaceuticals GmbH ("4TEEN4") announced today the publication of new data showing that high blood levels of Dipeptidyl Peptidase 3 (DPP3) are indicative of upcoming ...
May 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clinical trial in COVID-19 patients tests anti-inflammatory drug
An anti-inflammatory drug developed at Scripps Research 25 years ago is now being tested as a way to prevent acute respiratory distress in patients with COVID-19, the pandemic disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Apr 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New oxygenation and ventilation management training for healthcare providers
With the COVID-19 pandemic, more patients are having difficulty breathing and requiring ventilators to help them breathe. As hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) volumes increase with COVID-19 patients, health care professionals ...
Apr 6, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What heart patients should know about coronavirus
The coronavirus should have everyone's attention by now, health experts say. And people with heart disease have extra reasons to be alert.
Feb 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lassa fever hits Lagos as Nigeria deaths top 100
An outbreak of Lassa in Nigeria has killed 103 people this year, health authorities said, as the first confirmed case was reported in the economic hub Lagos.
Feb 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO warns against novel coronavirus 'blanket measures'
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned against "blanket measures" over the novel coronavirus outbreak, pointing out the epidemic outside of China was only affecting a "tiny" proportion of the population.
Feb 17, 2020
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