TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A foodborne pathogen may be linked to a type of rare brain cancer in adults, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people who have glioma are more likely to have antibodies to toxoplasma gondii than a similar group that was cancer-free. ThatContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that highlights another health consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, researchers report that the risk of dying from heart disease increased during the coronavirus lockdowns last spring, likely because people were too scared to go to the hospital. But the dangersContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Unlike regular pneumonia, COVID-19 pneumonia spreads like many “wildfires” throughout the lungs, researchers say. This may explain why COVID-19 pneumonia lasts longer and causes more harm than typical pneumonia, according to the researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. The research team said thatContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Even people with mild cases of COVID-19 may commonly feel run down and unwell months later, a new study suggests. The study, of patients at one Irish medical center, found that 62% said they had not returned to “full health” when they hadContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Blood plasma from people recovering from COVID-19 could help prevent severe illness in older patients newly infected with the virus, a small new Argentinian study finds. The findings give new hope to the notion that so-called “convalescent plasma” might have a role toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The more contagious coronavirus variant that has brought Britain to its knees in recent weeks is showing signs that it is spreading widely throughout the United States, health officials and experts said this week. So far, the reported cases have been mostly isolated:Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Testing of Eli Lilly’s antibody drug for hospitalized COVID-19 patients has been halted because the treatment doesn’t help them recover from their infection. Two weeks ago, enrollment in the study was paused because of a possible safety issue, the Associated Press reported. ButContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Researchers in the United Kingdom have reassuring news for people with psoriasis based on the first analysis of a global registry of COVID-19 patients who also have the skin disease. Moderate-to-severe cases of psoriasis are treated with drugs that suppress the immune system.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Loss of smell is common in COVID-19, but fewer people say they have this symptom than objective tests reveal, a new study finds. In fact, about 77% of COVID-19 patients who were directly measured had smell loss, but only 44% said they did,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — As the United States witnessed record-breaking daily coronavirus case counts over the weekend, public health experts warned that hospitals may soon reach a breaking point. More than 41,000 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized across the country, a 40 percent rise in the past month,Continue Reading