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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Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two new treatment options that can be taken at home.
Dec 26, 2021
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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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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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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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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