Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New insights into how COVID-19 damages the brain
(HealthDay)—New research offers a novel explanation for the long-term brain problems many COVID-19 patients experience.
Jan 13, 2021
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Neuroscience
Increased exercise in midlife linked with better brain health in later life
Scientists in the US have found that the more physical activity people do in midlife the better their brain health in later life. The scientific publication, Neurology, has reported the results today.
Jan 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Elevated biomarker for blood vessel damage found in all children with SARS-CoV-2
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found elevated levels of a biomarker related to blood vessel damage in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection, even if the children had minimal or no symptoms of ...
Dec 8, 2020
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Release of immature blood cells from bone marrow as a signature of severe COVID-19
In severe cases of COVID-19 disease, not only classic immune cells play a role. In particular, the release of immature precursor cells from the bone marrow into the blood indicates a particularly severe course of the disease ...
Nov 30, 2020
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Cardiology
High blood pressure in midlife is linked to increased brain damage in later life
Higher than normal blood pressure is linked to more extensive brain damage in the elderly, according to a new study published today in the European Heart Journal.
Nov 26, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Diabetic eye disease associated with five-fold risk of severe COVID-19
People with diabetes and eye disease have a five-fold increased risk of requiring intubation when hospitalised with COVID-19.
Nov 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What blood platelets and endothelial cells may reveal about COVID-19
Yale researchers have helped identify the mechanisms behind a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients. Extensive blood clots in both large and small blood vessels in the lungs and throughout many major ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Cardiology
The connection between diabetes, kidney disease and high blood pressure
It's a triple health threat faced by tens of millions of Americans. But few think about it until they're forced to.
Nov 4, 2020
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Genetics
Unraveling the genetic determinants of small vessel vasculitis
Autoimmune disease is fundamentally a mystery: whyever should an organism systematically set out to harm itself? Now, researchers at the University of Tsukuba have identified a genetic basis for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic ...
Nov 4, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Attacking tumors from the inside
A new technology that allows researchers to peer inside malignant tumors shows that two experimental drugs can normalize aberrant blood vessels, oxygenation, and other aspects of the tumor microenvironment in non-small cell ...
Sep 3, 2020
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