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Last-resort life support option helped majority of critically ill COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 26 (ANI): It saved lives in past epidemics of lung-damaging viruses. Now, the life-support option known as ECMO appears to be doing the same for many of the critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new international study.
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Your neighborhood may raise your risk of chronic kidney disease
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Cincinnati (Ohio) [US], September 24 (ANI): A neighbourhood's overall socioeconomic status, including income and education level, may influence its residents' risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a study.
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Study finds silk offers homemade solution for COVID-19 prevention
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Cincinnati (Ohio) [US], September 24 (ANI): With personal protective equipment still in short supply, researchers at the University of Cincinnati examined what common household fabrics might work best as a face covering.
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Lung transplant patients not given antifungal preventive drugs have higher
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minnesota [US], September 23 (ANI): Antifungal preventive medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first year following lung transplantation, according to Mayo Clinic research involving 667 patients who received lung transplants from 2005 to 2018.
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Genetic analysis links obesity to higher rheumatoid arthritis risk
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], September 23 (ANI): An analysis of genetic data collected from more than 850,000 individuals of European ancestry has found a link between obesity-related genes and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Analysis reveals heart-related side effects of hydroxychloroquine, chloroq
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 23 (ANI): As the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn attention as potential therapies for COVID-19 and are being widely used off-label, it's now more important than ever to have a thorough assessment of the safety of these medications.
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Researchers find diminished response by 'killer' T cells in elderly COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington, [US], September 22 (ANI): Although people of any age can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, elderly patients face a higher risk of severity and death than younger patients. New research, comparing the immune response among age groups, may help explain wh
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Childhood sexual abuse: Mental and physical after-effects closely linked
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], September 22 (ANI): A new Canadian study reveals that the psychological and physical effects of childhood sexual abuse are closely tied.
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Study reveals suspension of fertility treatments during COVID-19 has menta
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], September 22 (ANI): The suspension of fertility treatments due to the COVID-19 pandemic has had a variety of psychological impacts on women whose treatments were canceled, but there are several protective factors that can be fostered to help in the future, according to a ne
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UK study reveals recurrent heart attacks on the decline, yet risk remains
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 21 (ANI): After surviving a heart attack, the proportion of patients who experience a repeat attack within a year fall between 2008 and 2017, with a greater decline in women than men, according to new research.
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Study reveals college students with disabilities at greater risk for subst
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI): College students with physical and cognitive disabilities use illicit drugs more, and have a higher prevalence of drug use disorder than their non-disabled peers, according to a Rutgers study.
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Here's how drinking coffee can improve survival in metastatic colorectal c
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], September 20 (ANI): Among the large group of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, consumption of a few cups of coffee a day was associated with longer survival and a lower risk of cancer worsening, as per findings of the latest study.
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