By Lauren J. Young on May 9, 2023 Hundreds lined up in below-freezing temperatures to get free COVID test kits at the Gaithersburg Library branch in Gaithersburg, Md., on January 10, 2022. This was part of a program to distribute test kits to Montgomery County residents at local libraries. Each person would receive two boxes, each containing two kits. Credit: Michael S....
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress A team of researchers from the University of Oregon, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Illinois has found evidence of an increase in the number of people going to the emergency room for respiratory problems in the days before a thunderstorm. In their paper published in the journal...
Depleting key protein could protect against conditions marked by chronic inflammation UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER ANTI-REELIN IS A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH THAT SELECTIVELY TARGETS THE VASCULAR BARRIER, BLOCKING INFILTRATION OF INFLAMMATORY CELLS, DEMYELINATION AND, CONSEQUENTLY, PARALYSIS. view more CREDIT: UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS – Aug. 12, 2020 – In an animal model of multiple sclerosis...
Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Journal Report DALLAS, August 4, 2020 — When people seek emergency care for shortness of breath, a routine electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI) is better than standard blood tests at determining if the cause is heart failure, according to new research published today in Circulation: Arrhythmia and...
MEDGADGET EDITORS People stricken with COVID-19 exhibit a wide range of symptoms. Some are barely affected while others suffer dire consequences. People with asthma are in particular danger, as SARS-CoV-2 is a respiratory virus that can make breathing even more difficult. Now, the FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the gammaCore Sapphire CV...
A novel lab-on-a-chip device reveals the blood type within minutes, holding much potential for use in an emergency TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE Blood transfusion, if performed promptly, is a potentially life-saving intervention for someone losing a lot of blood. However, blood comes in several types, some of which are incompatible with others. Transfusing an incompatible...
by American College of Emergency Physicians New research in the January edition of Annals of Emergency Medicine reveals that cooling with running water is the best initial treatment for a child’s burn. Researchers found that cool running water can reduce the odds of needing a skin graft, expedite healing and lessen the chance that a...
by Nicole Wilkins, Indiana University The electroceutical technology offers clinicians a non-antibiotic solution for infection risk reduction and potentially increases its value for use in face masks and possibly other surface treatments. Credit: Chandan Sen With the number of novel coronavirus infections at 4 million and growing as of May 10, use of personal protective...
A new study confirms that patients aren’t likely to think like consumers and shop around. Health care costs too much for what we get in return. Is it more reasonable to hope that doctors will curb unnecessary spending, or consumers? I have long believed that while both are useful, our primary focus should be on influencing what...
When injury or sickness strikes, it can be hard to know where to go for proper care and treatment and if the situation is urgent enough to call 911. Medicine emergency medicine physician Robert Riggs, MD, and family medicine physician Khalilah Babino DO, answer those questions in this video: In the simplest of scenarios, if your condition...
