By Kate Kelland and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save the lives of COVID-19 patients in what scientists said is a “major breakthrough” in the coronavirus pandemic. Trial results announced on Tuesday […]
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Gut Microbiome Plays a Role in How Prostate Cancer Patients Respond to Oral Therapies Bacteria in the gut may play a role in the treatment outcomes of patients with prostate cancer taking oral medications, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The results from the study showed that since […]
Treatment for Cognitive Decline in Patients With Alzheimer Disease Possible With Personalized Approach New research suggests it is possible to treat cognitive decline with personalized, precision medicine. A research team at Affirmativ Health investigated whether it is possible to mitigate risk factors for Alzheimer disease in individuals experiencing cognitive decline […]
Some patients have run out of medicines and are forced to get stop-gap treatments from doctors. It was February when Deputy Superintendent of Police Mahadev Maruthi Yadawad managed to procure an imported drug for his three-and-a-half-month-old baby to treat his seizures. A colleague who was in Bengaluru helped deliver it […]
HOBOKEN, NJ — In late March, as the coronavirus pandemic was sickening both New Jersey residents and their doctors who lacked the protective equipment to deal with it, Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla shared a desperate plea from Hoboken University Medical Center: they needed 13 ventilators for critical care patients, and […]
HOBOKEN, NJ — In late March, as the coronavirus pandemic was sickening both New Jersey residents and their doctors who lacked the protective equipment to deal with it, Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla shared a desperate plea from Hoboken University Medical Center: they urgently needed 13 ventilators for critical care patients, […]
Patti Breed-Rabitoy, with husband Dan Rabitory, had coped with lung and kidney disease for years. She died of COVID-19 with no family by her side, but more than a dozen gathered on a Zoom call to say goodbye. (Elishia Breed) As her mother lay dying in a Southern California hospital […]
Covid-19 has changed the course of healthcare for the foreseeable future. Healthcare workers, doctors’ rooms, and equipment inventories were stretched thin even before the pandemic took hold, with patients waiting weeks or months to get a doctor’s appointment or book a surgery. Today, these resources are nearing the breaking point. […]