As soon as Dr. Mae Winchester did an ultrasound on Tara George, she knew that her baby was in trouble.
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Ohio’s new abortion law forces doctor to fight to protect her patient’s life
September 24, 2022By
Some lab techs refuse to take blood from possible monkeypox patients, raising concerns about stigma and testing delays
August 6, 2022By
Many technicians at Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics, two of the largest commercial labs in the US, have been refusing to draw blood from patients who might have monkeypox, CNN has learned.
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Vaccinated Patients Less Likely to Need Critical Care During Omicron Surge
February 24, 2022By
The highly contagious omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 became the dominant strain in the United States in mid-December 2021, coinciding with a rise in hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19. Among those admitted during the omicron surge, vaccinated adults had less severe illness compared with unvaccinated adults and were less likely to land in intensive care, according to a new study by Cedars-Sinai and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Study links gut fungi to intestinal inflammation in Crohn’s disease patients
January 11, 2022By
Results of a new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University represent a step toward improving our understanding of Crohn’s disease and the factors that cause its intestinal inflammation.
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Unorthodox “exercise in a pill” could offer simple solution for at-risk patients
December 1, 2021By
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified unique molecular signals in the body that could hold the key to developing a supplement capable of administering the health benefits of exercise to patients incapable of physical activity.
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Column: One step, then another. With determination and new therapies, there’s hope for paralysis patients
November 24, 2021By
A UCLA scientist who treated Christopher Reeve is helping spinal cord injury patients see improvements once thought impossible.
Emoji are proposed as a powerful way for patients and doctors to communicate
September 9, 2021By
Emoji, that universal lexicon of colorful and clever symbols meant to replace the written and spoken word, could be a valuable tool in the field of medicine, allowing patients to better communicate symptoms, concerns, and other clinically relevant information, argue a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physician and others.
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Symptomatic COVID patients are more contagious, study finds
August 27, 2021By
Individuals with COVID-19 are most likely to spread the virus to close contacts two days before the onset of symptoms to three days after symptoms appear, and the risk of transmission is highest when patients had mild or moderate disease severity, according to a new study.
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Commonly used blood pressure medications safe for COVID-19 patients, study finds
January 8, 2021By
Medications to treat high blood pressure did not affect outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The study is the first randomized controlled trial to show there is no risk for patients continuing these medications while hospitalized for COVID-19.
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Study links abnormally high blood sugar with higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes
July 12, 2020By
New research from Wuhan, China shows that, in patients with COVID-19 but without a previous diagnosis of diabetes, abnormally high blood sugar is associated with more than double the risk of death and also an increased risk of severe complications.
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