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WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As a means of providing long-term relief from chronic pain, flotation tanks simply don’t hold water, new research reveals. Nearly 100 people plagued by longstanding pain underwent “flotation restricted environmental stimulation therapy” (REST), and the results were disappointing, at least over the longContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People with spinal cord injuries can overwork their shoulders as they move about in a wheelchair, and that often leads to chronic shoulder pain. However, a small study suggests that an injection of the patient’s own fat cells can help ease the pain.Continue Reading

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THURSDAY, May 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Two-thirds of spinal fractures suffered by American children and teens occur in car crashes when they aren’t wearing seat belts, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data on more than 34,500 U.S. patients younger than 18 who suffered spinal fractures between 2009 andContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have reported the first case of COVID-19 causing dangerous, recurring blood clots in a patient’s arm. The report offers new insight into how the damage of inflammation caused by COVID-19 can linger and how best to treat recurring clots, the Rutgers UniversityContinue Reading

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TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New insight into a rare and dangerous disorder that can occur in kids with COVID-19 could improve treatment of the condition, researchers say. Many children infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) go undiagnosed or have no symptoms, but about one inContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, May 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An experimental injectable drug appears more versatile than existing medications in treating people with different forms of severe, hard-to-control asthma, clinical trial results show. There are many different types of asthma brought on by many different triggers, and a number of monoclonal antibodyContinue Reading

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MONDAY, May 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Heart complications are rare among college athletes who have had COVID-19, according to a small study. “Our findings may offer reassurance to high school athletes, coaches and parents where resources for testing can be limited,” said senior author Dr. Ranjit Philip, assistant professorContinue Reading

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FRIDAY, April 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 research efforts must now shift toward the development of a pill that can prevent serious illness in the recently infected, experts say. “We need a pill that can keep people out of the hospital, and the time to develop that is rightContinue Reading