A widely used rapid COVID-19 test can produce false negatives if a certain solution is used to move or store patients’ samples, the test’s maker said. Last week, Abbott Laboratories told health care providers not to use solutions known as “viral transport media” for samples tested on its ID NOW device, CNN reported. Swabs with...
This skin condition could be the “new anosmia,” experts say, because it often appears in coronavirus patients without any other symptoms. Read in TODAY: https://apple.news/A5-9-Gw1TTQi4D92Ttjy9qQ Shared from Apple News Sent from my iPad. Phil Hamilton
by Wiley New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today finds MMR, MMRV and MMR+V vaccines are effective and that they are not associated with increased risk of autism. Measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (also known as chickenpox) are infectious diseases caused by viruses. They are most common in children and young adults, and can...
The head of the World Health Organization has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarm bells about the pandemic just as many countries are beginning to ease restrictive measures. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus didn’t specify exactly why he believes that the outbreak that has infected...
by Steven W. Chen, The Conversation As Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus climbed to one of the highest in the world, its doctors made a plea to other countries: Manage the pandemic in the community, not in hospitals and emergency rooms. When people with COVID-19 show up at hospitals, they can spread the...
by American Heart Association Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects treatment options for patients who have both coronary artery disease (CAD) and T2D, according to a new American Heart Association Scientific Statement, published today in the Association’s flagship journal Circulation. The scientific statement provides an overview of the latest advances for treating people who have both...
by Kate Thayer, Chicago Tribune As the coronavirus pandemic intensified, so did Catherine Payne’s strategies for avoiding infection while undergoing chemotherapy. The 33-year-old Chicago woman was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in November and began treatment soon after, suppressing her immune system. What started as avoiding the gym, air travel and limiting contact with...
Credit: Christoph Burgstedt / Science Photo Library / Getty Images. How does memory work? The further we seem to dive in, the more questions we stumble upon about how the function of memory first evolved. Scientists made a key breakthrough with the identification of the Arc protein in 1995, observing how its role in the...
A new type of sensor device from the German health technology company Digital Diagnostics AG can be used for immediate tests for the new SARS coronavirus. The SARS-CoV-2 MEMS 5 Minute Test(TM) is created as a pocket-size lab and can be used in four steps anywhere on-site by general practitioners, paramedics and nursing staff without...
by: AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATION Bethesda, Maryland (April 10, 2020) — Today, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published new COVID-19 guidance for gastroenterologists treating patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert Commentary. While the COVID-19 pandemic is a global health emergency, patients...
