Medications
EXPLAINER: New easy-to-use COVID-19 pills come with a catch
Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two new treatment options that can be taken at home.
Dec 26, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Clinical trial reveals that omega-3 fish oil supplements do not help prevent depression
Results from the largest clinical trial of its kind do not support the use of fish oil supplements—a source of omega-3 fatty acid—to help prevent depression. The findings are published in JAMA by a team led by investigators ...
Dec 21, 2021
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Cardiology
Could EKGs help doctors use AI to detect pulmonary embolisms?
Pulmonary embolisms are dangerous, lung-clogging blot clots. In a pilot study, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shown for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can detect ...
Dec 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Denmark first in EU to authorise Merck COVID pill
Denmark on Thursday recommended US drugmaker Merck's anti-COVID treatment molnupiravir for at-risk patients with symptoms, becoming the first EU country to do so.
Dec 16, 2021
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Medications
China grants emergency approval for its first COVID drug
China's drug authority has granted emergency approval for the country's first specialised treatment against COVID-19, found in clinical trials to significantly reduce hospitalisations and deaths among high-risk patients.
Dec 9, 2021
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Medications
A year of Covid jabs but treatments lag behind
After a year of vaccines aimed at preventing COVID, treatments for people infected with the virus are few, with most restricted to hospital use and extremely pricey.
Dec 3, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer patients overlooked in COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Almost two-thirds of U.S. states failed to prioritize cancer patients for COVID-19 vaccinations, despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a study being presented today ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Medications
Most immunosuppressive meds not tied to worse COVID-19 outcomes
(HealthDay)—Overall, people taking immunosuppressive medications do not have a higher risk for dying from COVID-19 or being put on a ventilator compared with nonimmunosuppressed hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according ...
Dec 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long-term blood sugar history predicts risk of severe COVID-19 among diabetics
People with type 2 diabetes who contract COVID-19 are nearly 50% more likely to wind up in intensive care if they have poorly managed their blood sugar levels over the long-term than those with better long-term glycemic control, ...
Nov 18, 2021
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Cardiology
Stroke survivors less likely than cancer survivors to have quit smoking, says new study
Stroke survivors were more likely to continue cigarette smoking than cancer survivors, raising the risk that they will have more health problems or die from a subsequent stroke or heart disease, according to new research ...
Nov 17, 2021
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