FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2020 — Tocilizumab may be beneficial for adults with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), although other findings are conflicting, according to three studies and an editorial published online Oct. 20 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Shruti Gupta, M.D., M.P.H., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues analyzed data […]
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2020 — A combination of two “targeted” therapies can beat back a rare form of blood cancer — without the toxic effects of chemotherapy, a new study has found. In a trial of 63 patients, researchers found that the drug regimen frequently wiped out all signs of the cancer — a subtype […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for October 21 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. One or more COVID-19 vaccines could be ready before the end of 2020, but leaders from federal health agencies coordinating the distribution of future vaccines warned it’s still vital for Americans to follow health […]
Concerning coronavirus trend? US sees big spike in new cases Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie has the latest from Atlanta on ‘Special Report’ Instances of so-called "long COVID," where it may take months to recover from the novel coronavirus, are occurring frequently enough to warrant several studies on the condition, including one that claims to identify risk factors […]
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects more than 70,000 children in the United States and the prevalence is rising. In fact, 25% of the 3.1 million individuals with IBD present before 21 years of age. There is no cure for IBD, and treatment often includes medication to block a molecule that causes inflammation in the intestines […]
No time like the present! Peta Murgatroyd wants to have her second child with Maksim Chmerkovskiy following her Dancing With the Stars elimination. ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Darlings! See the Pros’ Babies “Yes to baby No. 2,” the dancer, 34, exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday, October 19. “For sure. I’m ready!” The New Zealand […]
FRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 — Women who experience their first myocardial infarction (MI) at ≤50 years of age are less likely than men to undergo coronary revascularization or be treated with guideline-directed medical therapies, according to a study published online Oct. 13 in the European Heart Journal. Ersilia M. DeFilippis, M.D., from Harvard Medical School […]
THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 — Prenatal cannabis exposure is associated with a greater risk for psychopathology during middle childhood, according to a study published online Sept. 23 in JAMA Psychiatry. Sarah E. Paul, from Washington University in St. Louis, and colleagues evaluated whether cannabis use during pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes among offspring. The […]
More than 20 million people in the U.S. suffer neuropathic pain. At least 25% of those cases are classified as unexplained and considered cryptogenic sensory polyneuropathy (CSPN). There is no information to guide a physician’s drug choices to treat CSPN, but a researcher from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and MU Health Care […]
Four minutes of planking sounds extreme to most people (time goes much slower when you’re holding your body above the ground, right?), but Canadian athlete Dana Glowacka isn’t like most people—and her version of extreme planking lasts a little longer. Four hours, 19 minutes, and 55 seconds to be precise, which was long enough to […]
