MEDBRIEF Edited by Manasi Talwadekar August 12, 2024 TOPLINE:The first year after the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is crucial, with the highest percentage of patients experiencing organ damage. Cardiovascular issues are the second most prevalent after musculoskeletal damage in both early and later stages of SLE. METHODOLOGY:Researchers assessed organ damage persisting at least...
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Organ damage for 59% of patients with long COVID continues a year after initial symptoms
by SAGE Publications Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new comprehensive study of organ impairment in long COVID patients over 12 months shows organ damage persisted in 59% of patients a year after initial symptoms, even in those not severely affected when first diagnosed with the virus. The study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society...
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Patients with rare scleroderma have deadlier organ damage, despite getting standard treatment
A Michigan Medicine-led study found that patients in the United States with a rare form of scleroderma have a greater chance of dying from related kidney, heart, and lung problems, despite taking medications used to treat most patients with the disease. The research team assessed more than 300 patients diagnosed with, or at risk for,...
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Managing high blood pressure in diabetics may prevent life-threatening organ damage
A Rutgers study suggests that extremely high blood pressure, not just diabetes, is responsible for severe organ damage due to hypertensive emergencies in African-Americans with diabetes The most effective way to prevent life-threatening complications of extreme hypertension in African-Americans with diabetes is to better control their blood pressure, according to a Rutgers study, the largest of its kind. IMAGE: A RUTGERS STUDY...