UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, new research published in the The Lancet Neurology has found. University of Liverpool researchers and Brazilian collaborators have been investigating the link between neurological disease and infection with the viruses Zika and chikungunya. These viruses, which mostly circulate in the tropics,...
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What Are the Long-Term Health Impacts and Lasting Effects of Coronavirus?
Sarah Gupta, MD COVID-19 is caused by a brand new coronavirus (officially named “SARS-CoV-2”). So far, there’s a lot we know about COVID-19: what causes it, common symptoms, and how it spreads. But the virus has only been around for about 9 months. And because it’s so new, scientists and doctors are still struggling to understand it. ...
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Sleep apnea linked with higher spine fracture risk among women
WILEY Emerging evidence suggests that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may negatively affect bone health. Results from a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research now indicate that women with history of OSA may face a higher risk of spine, or vertebral, fractures. Using information from the Nurses’ Health Study, investigators examined data pertaining...
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Fluorescent molecules in urine can help monitor malignant melanoma
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 11 2020 What if you could simply provide a urine sample rather than undergo a painful surgical procedure to find out if your cancer was responding to treatment? It may seem too good to be true, but researchers at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, have identified fluorescent molecules in...
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COVID ventilator patients can have permanent nerve damage
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CHICAGO — Severely ill COVID-19 patients on ventilators are placed in a prone (face down) position because it’s easier for them to breathe and reduces mortality. But that life-saving position can also cause permanent nerve damage in these vulnerable patients, reports a newly accepted study from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University Feinberg...
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Which OCD Treatment Works Best? New Brain Study Could Lead to More Personalized Choices
New research could improve the odds that people with the obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them – something that eludes more than a third of those who currently get OCD treatment. The study, performed at the University of Michigan, suggests the possibility of predicting which of two types of therapy...
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Women with diabetes and high levels of coronary artery calcium at greater risk of death than men
A new study finds women with diabetes and significant levels of calcium in their coronary arteries have higher rates of death from cardiovascular disease and all causes than their male counterparts. Published in the American Diabetes Association journal, Diabetes Care, researchers from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center compared...
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SARS-CoV-2-RNA viremia is a robust marker of critical illness in COVID-19
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD The global pandemic of COVID-19 continues to cause thousands of deaths and many hundreds of thousands of new infections every day. New methods are urgently needed to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections and manage them better, including developing criteria for hospitalization. A new study by a...
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Diabetes as a consequence of COVID-19
by Frederike Buhse, Kiel University The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the coronavirus disease COVID-19, can penetrate many different body cells. This has been shown in multiple research papers published in recent weeks. Thus, not only can the function of the respiratory tract and the lungs be severely disrupted, but also numerous other organs. The SARS-CoV-2...
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COVID-19 patients may experience long-term cardiovascular complications
By Sally Robertson, B.Sc. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have conducted a study suggesting that infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue and contribute to whole-organ cardiac dysfunction. Charles Murry and colleagues found that the virus directly infected cardiomyocytes, impaired their electrophysiological and contractile properties,...