All posts by LadyLively

  • Parkinson’s Drug Eyed as Treatment for Severe Macular Degeneration

    A drug long used to treat Parkinson’s disease may benefit patients with a severe form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a small clinical trial suggests. One of the leading causes of vision loss in older people is...

    • Posted September 16, 2020
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  • New Drug Shows Promise in Preventing Severe COVID

    WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2020 (Healthday News) — A single infusion of an experimental drug dramatically lowers levels of coronavirus in the bodies of newly infected patients and cuts their chances of hospitalization, the drug’s maker reported Wednesday....

    • Posted September 16, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: Sept. 16, 2020

    Other Nations Think U.S. Has Handled Pandemic Poorly NYC Lockdown Reduced Coronavirus Spread by 70% Trump Appointee at HHS in More Hot Water Teens' Popularity Can Affect Future Heart Risk: Study

    • Posted September 16, 2020
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  • Even Exercise May Not Ease Pandemic-Linked Stress

    Exercise is often recommended to combat stress and anxiety. But it might not be the solution to your pandemic-related worries, new research indicates. For the study, researchers analyzed data gathered from more than 900 pairs of identical...

    • Posted September 15, 2020
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  • Doctors Should Watch for Punctured Lungs in COVID Patients

    Punctured lungs occur in as many as 1 in 100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a new study finds. Before the pandemic, this problem was typically seen in very tall young men or older patients with severe lung disease....

    • Posted September 15, 2020
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  • Could COVID-19 Someday Become Seasonal, Like Flu?

    COVID-19 is unlike other respiratory viruses known to humans, but in time it could evolve into a seasonal scourge like the flu. That’s according to a new report in which researchers lay out the case for a...

    • Posted September 15, 2020
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  • Wildfires Ravage Land, and Lungs, Across the U.S. West

    HVAC repairman Brad Sissell shrugged off the acid-yellow air surrounding him and kept working, preparing a gas pipe for a new range going into a Salem, Ore., home. Less than a half-hour’s drive away, nearly 200,000 acres...

    • Posted September 15, 2020
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  • Most Americans Don’t Trust Trump’s Vaccine Comments: Poll

    TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 (Healthday News) — In a sign that Americans are becoming more wary about the safety of a new coronavirus vaccine, a new poll shows a majority of adults don’t trust what President Donald...

    • Posted September 15, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: Sept. 15, 2020

    Link Between Poor Sleep and Obesity: Study Democrats to Investigate Trump Appointee's Alleged Meddling in CDC Pandemic Reports Anti-Inflammatory Drug May Shorten Recovery Time for COVID-19 Patients Taking Remdesivir Effectiveness of Inhaled Coronavirus Vaccines to be Studied

    • Posted September 15, 2020
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  • COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys

    COVID-19 can damage the kidneys and increase patients’ risk of needing kidney dialysis, researchers report. The study authors also warned that doctors should prepare for a significant rise in chronic kidney disease cases due to the pandemic....

    • Posted September 14, 2020
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