Oncology & Cancer
Diet tips during cancer treatment
People eat to fuel their body. This gives patients strength and stamina to power through the day.
May 3, 2022
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News tagged with rapid decline
Medications
COVID antiviral drug molnupiravir eliminates actively infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus by day 3 of therapy
New data to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon, 23-26 April) shows that participants taking the new anti-COVID drug molnupiravir eliminate actively ...
Apr 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health-related quality-of-life differences in men and women with advanced kidney disease
In a CJASN study of older men and women with advanced kidney disease, women had lower health-related quality of life at the start, but men experienced a more rapid decline over time.
Jan 24, 2022
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Vaccination
Study of older veterans found efficacy of mRNA vaccines against delta fell dramatically over six months
A team of researchers working at the White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Vermont reports that the efficacy of the two mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna declined in aging veterans more quickly than ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vaccinated health care workers shed less COVID-19 virus than unvaccinated
(HealthDay)—Vaccinated health care workers with breakthrough COVID-19 infections shed less virus than those who are unvaccinated and infected, according to University of California, Los Angeles researchers.
Nov 18, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health insurance coverage declined during the pandemic
Nearly 2.7 million people in the U.S. lost their health insurance over a 12-week period in the spring and summer of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by researchers at Duke University and Indiana ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Simple, familiar tactics can rein in the COVID variant
Steep declines in delta variant outbreaks in India and, more recently, the U.K., are likely not due to the nations reaching "herd immunity" or viral behavior, but rather because of shifts in human behavior prompted by mounting ...
Aug 25, 2021
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Medical research
No particular risk of infection of SARS-CoV-2 from cash
How long do coronaviruses remain infectious on banknotes and coins? Is it possible to become infected through contact with cash? Experts at the European Central Bank, in collaboration with the Department of Medical and Molecular ...
Jul 29, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Precision medicine helps identify 'at-risk rapid decliners' in early-stage kidney disease
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure in the United States, but identifying type 1 or type 2 diabetes patients at high risk for progressive kidney disease has never had a sure science behind it.
Jul 8, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Depressive symptoms linked to rapid kidney function decline
In a study of adults with normal kidney function, those who had frequent depressive symptoms were more likely to later experience a rapid decline in kidney function. The study will appear in an upcoming issue of CJASN.
May 29, 2021
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