While makeshift workstations may meet basic needs as so many people work from home due to the pandemic, most fail to provide sound ergonomic design, according to researcher April Chambers. People are creating makeshift workspaces from their dining room tables, kitchen counters, living room couches, or folding tables and chairs. As a result, Chambers, an...
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Solubilizer Captisol enables body to absorb authorized COVID-19 drug therapy
RENDERING OF THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF CAPTISOL, THE SOLUBILIZER INVENTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WHICH ALLOWS REMDESIVIR TO BE ADMINISTERED TO THE PATIENT. REMDESIVIR WAS RECENTLY AUTHORIZED UNDER AN… view more CREDIT: VALENTINO STELLA, UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT KU LAWRENCE — When the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency-use authorization for the...
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Case series: Teriflunomide therapy in COVID-19 patients with MS
During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their clinicians have had questions and concerns about whether immunotherapies for MS could influence risk for infection or lead to an unfavorable outcome. In the Journal of Neurology, Rohit Bakshi, MD, a senior neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and international co-authors present the cases...
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Smartphone app uses voice recordings to detect fluid in the lungs
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Sophia Antipolis – 19 June 2020: Voice analysis by a smartphone app identifies lung congestion in heart failure patients, allowing early intervention before their condition deteriorates. The small study is presented today on HFA Discoveries, a scientific platform of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1 “Speech is personal and as such,...
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Ten reasons why immunity passports are a bad idea
Restricting movement on the basis of biology threatens freedom, fairness and public health. Imagine a world where your ability to get a job, housing or a loan depends on passing a blood test. You are confined to your home and locked out of society if you lack certain antibodies. It has happened before. For most...
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Study says vitamin-magnesium combo may reduce severity of COVID-19 in seniors
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD The COVID-19 pandemic that began in late December 2019 has spread to over 188 countries and territories, causing over 6.5 million cases and 385,000 deaths. With no effective therapeutic COVID-19 drug or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine in sight, researchers are exploring different strategies to limit its...
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Breathalyzer to Detect COVID-19 in Seconds
Being able to tell, in a matter of seconds, whether someone is infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 would certainly help put a halt to the ongoing pandemic. Existing tests typically involve a deep nasal swab to obtain enough fluid sample, which has to be transferred to a laboratory machine for processing, with the...
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Beware of false negatives in diagnostic testing of COVID-19
by Waun’shae Blount, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Maribel Jose and Zhellann Aguilar test Covid-19 samples in the lab. Credit: Keith Weller/Johns Hopkins Medicine One of the most commonly used diagnostic tools, particularly during this pandemic, is the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test (RT-PCR), which uses a person’s respiratory sample to detect viral...
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Research points to treatment for COVID-19 cytokine storms
by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center A microscopic photo of a blood smear from a transgenic mouse that mimics the human immune disorder, secondary HLH (hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis). The image shows macrophage immune cells (indicated by arrow) flooding healthy tissue cells during a cytokine storm caused by HLH in a very similar fashion t what occurs...
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Sleep-wake disturbances can predict recurrent events in stroke survivors
(Vienna, Sunday, 24 May, 2020) Stroke survivors suffering from the burden of combined sleep-wake disturbances are more likely to have another stroke or serious cardio- or cerebrovascular event compared to those without sleep-wake disturbances, according to the results of a scientific study presented today at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Virtual Congress. The study,...