The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is believed to primarily pass from person to person through respiratory droplets and contaminated surfaces, so properly used face masks can act as a barrier to help prevent its spread. One major problem: Masks, along with other protective gear, are in short supply. That includes cloth and thin surgical masks...
Insulin and other biologic drugs, such as human growth hormone, have now transitioned to being regulated as biological products, providing a new pathway for approval of biosimilars and interchangeable versions of these products and introducing competition into the market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday. “Today is a historic day and a landmark...
Tocilizumab, marketed as Actemra, is taken by patients with rheumatoid arthritis It reduces inflammation, which is considered a complication of COVID-19 It causes lung damage and organ failure, eventually death in most cases Chinese doctors gave it to 20 patients during the peak of the countries epidemic Nineteen were discharged within 14 days despite being...
(HealthDay)—One in 10 older adults hospitalized for common medical conditions are discharged with intensified diabetes medications, despite the fact that nearly half are unlikely to benefit from the intensification, according to a study published online March 24 in JAMA Network Open. Timothy S. Anderson, M.D., from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and colleagues...
by University of Bonn A high-salt diet is not only bad for blood pressure, but also for the immune system. This is the conclusion of a current study under the leadership of the University Hospital Bonn. Mice fed a high-salt diet were found to suffer from much more severe bacterial infections. Human volunteers who consumed...
Columbia Engineers used their electromechanical wave imaging technique to localize cardiac arrhythmias more accurately than 12-lead electrocardiograms alone, while providing 3D visualization for easier anatomical location of the arrhythmia source COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE New York, NY–March 25, 2020–Cardiac arrhythmias are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Currently, the...
by Matthew Perrone In this July 9, 2015, file photo, a man walks outside the headquarters of Gilead Sciences in Foster City, Calif. Gilead Sciences said Wednesday, March 25, 2020 it will give up the specialty status it received days earlier for its COVID-19 drug amid public outrage that the company was seeking to boost...
by British Medical Journal Acupuncture can reduce migraine headaches compared to both sham (placebo) acupuncture and usual care, finds a new trial from China published by The BMJ today. The researchers say doctors should provide information about acupuncture as an option when discussing preventive treatment strategies with patients. More than one billion people worldwide are...
by American Academy of Neurology Taking a low-dose aspirin once a day does not reduce the risk of thinking and memory problems caused by mild cognitive impairment or probable Alzheimer’s disease, nor does it slow the rate of cognitive decline, according to a large study published in the March 25, 2020, online issue of Neurology,...
CICI ZHOU EXCLUSIVE, OPHTHALMOLOGY Central vision loss is a devastating complication of diseases such as diabetes and macular degeneration. Because central vision is responsible for visual acuity, loss of it can severely affect one’s independence and overall interaction with the world. seeBOOST is a pair of prescription glasses that improve central vision. The device consists...
