While the history and physical examination is important, only a few key signs and symptoms significantly change the underlying likelihood of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). That is the conclusion of a study published ...
Jul 21, 2020
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People with learning disabilities in England continue to die prematurely and from treatable causes of death, the latest annual report from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme shows.
Jul 16, 2020
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Kazakhstan became the first country in the world to enter a second nationwide lockdown on July 5 following a spike in coronavirus cases. The two-week lockdown, which could be extended if the spread of the virus continues, ...
Jul 14, 2020
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An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article investigating the differences in CT findings between coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia and influenza virus pneumonia found that most lesions from COVID-19 ...
Jul 9, 2020
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The World Health Organization has updated its account of the early stages of the COVID crisis to say it was alerted by its own office in China, and not by China itself, to the first pneumonia cases in Wuhan.
Jul 4, 2020
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Researchers at UConn's Center of Excellence in Vaccine Research (CEVR) have made a breakthrough in vaccine development for a common and difficult to treat pneumonia-causing pathogen. Their research was recently published ...
Jun 17, 2020
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A recent study found that nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (N-BPs) such as alendronate, which are widely used to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis, are linked with lower risks of pneumonia and of dying from pneumonia. ...
Jun 3, 2020
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Vaccines that protect people from infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae, which kills up to 1 million children ever year worldwide, train the immune system to recognize the pathogen's thick sugar capsule. Pneumococcus capsules ...
May 19, 2020
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Blood biomarkers that reflect the body's response to infection—including white blood cell count, absolute neutrophil count, C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin—are generally not useful in predicting the overall ...
May 13, 2020
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An ongoing study involving UEA, which quickly identifies the cause of a patient's pneumonia enabling earlier optimization of treatment, is being re-purposed to assist with the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 24, 2020
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