This is the sixth of a series of posts on Long COVID by David Brasure. See parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7.
In 1918, doctors did something obvious.
They opened the windows.
They dragged beds outside. Set up tents. Let people breathe.
That’s what saved…
Category: 6. Health
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Chinese scientists discover new mechanism in treatment of depression-Xinhua
BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have uncovered a common mechanism behind two rapid-acting depression therapies, providing crucial insights for the development of new treatments with fewer side effects. Their findings have been…
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Use of Obesity Drugs in Cancer Patients Increases Despite Lack of Clinical Guidance – MedPage Today
- Use of Obesity Drugs in Cancer Patients Increases Despite Lack of Clinical Guidance MedPage Today
- UT Health Science Center’s Liza Makowski, PhD, Helps Lead Global Conversation on GLP-1 Drugs and Cancer Risk UTHSC News
- When Should Patients with…
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Saliva Test for Heart Failure Promises Faster Diagnosis
A NOVEL heart failure test using saliva instead of blood could transform how doctors detect and monitor the condition. Researchers in Australia have developed a biosensor capable of identifying a key heart failure biomarker quickly,…
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Scientists use AI to create antibodies entirely from scratch
Scientists at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design have used artificial intelligence to create antibodies entirely from scratch, a breakthrough that could reshape drug discovery.
Researchers from Nobel…
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Combination immunotherapy helps overcome melanoma treatment resistance
The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center’s Trisha Wise-Draper, MD, PhD, will present a late-breaking abstract detailing the trial results at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer 40th Anniversary Annual Meeting Nov. 7.
Oncolytic…
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Less Common Pneumococcal Serotypes Cause More Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Certain serotypes included in the pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV20) can cause more severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) while being of relatively lower prevalence among the population, according to research presented by…
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A retrospective case series of amebic colitis clinical features at a tertiary hospital in Beijing from 2021 to 2024 | BMC Infectious Diseases
Chief complaints
As shown in Table 1, all 12 patients were male, and no female patients were included in the study, with a mean age of 35.08 years (SD ± 5.76). The predominant clinical symptoms included diarrhea (75%), bloody stools (58.3%),…
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A case of panophthalmitis with orbital infection of polymicrobial origin | BMC Infectious Diseases
A 60-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with pain and progressive loss of vision in the right eye that had persisted for 5 days. This was accompanied by a significant amount of foul-smelling, purulent discharge resulting from a…
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Differential prognostic value of glycemic dysregulation markers in critically ill individuals with ischemic stroke, with and without diabetes | Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Baseline characteristics
A total of 1,293 ICU patients with ischemic stroke met the inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. Baseline characteristics were then compared between survivors and non-survivors at 30 and 360 days. At…
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