Health
Why do I sleep so much? Reasons for oversleeping
Your eyes close and your mind shuts down the second your head hits the pillow, but you wake up 10 hours later still feeling tired.
Mar 15, 2023
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Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Medications
When is remdesivir effective for COVID-19?
Remdesivir was one of the first medications approved for treatment of COVID-19. Clinical studies evaluated its effectiveness, but did not generate conclusive results. A new analysis of the study data shows that a specific ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Medical research
Research on 'weaning' patients from ventilation aims to improve outcomes
A new study from University of Galway has found high death rates in weaning intensive care patients from ventilation.
Jan 24, 2023
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Vaccination
Monitoring heart measures via smartwatches shows COVID booster vaccine is safe
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Tel Aviv University equipped close to 5,000 Israelis with smartwatches and monitored their physiological parameters over two years. Of those monitored, 2,038 received the booster ...
Dec 28, 2022
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Medications
First-of-its-kind study finds a treatment effective for rheumatoid arthritis patients with lung disease
For the first time, researchers have shown that a class of anti-fibrotic drugs slows the progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Research conducted in part at National Jewish ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Common childhood bug 'hyped up as tomato flu'
Leading clinicians and medical researchers in India say they are aghast at the media reports that portray hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD)—a common, relatively mild, viral infection afflicting children—as caused by ...
Sep 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mechanism behind deadly fungal infection on top of influenza or COVID-19 deciphered
More than 15% of all critically ill patients who end up in intensive care with severe influenza or COVID-19 additionally develop aspergillosis, a pulmonary fungal infection. This doubles their mortality rate. A UZ Leuven ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First real-world study gives detailed new insights into when people with COVID-19 are infectious
A new study of 57 people with mild COVID-19 estimates how long people are infectious for and when they can safely leave isolation.
Aug 19, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monoclonal antibody treatment reduces deaths in hospitalized COVID patients
A monoclonal antibody treatment taken by patients hospitalized with COVID-19 did not improve recovery time but did reduce deaths, according to a study published July 8 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
Jul 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Smoking promotes development of severe pulmonary hypertension
About 1% of the world's adult population suffers from pulmonary hypertension (PH). Among the many forms of this disease is idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), a rare but very severe disease. The term "idiopathic" ...
Jun 29, 2022
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