Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The medical community is about to find out how prepared it is for the double whammy of influenza and COVID-19 that has been predicted for the fall of 2020. The complexities of diagnosis, management of vulnerable patients, and overflowing medical centers
Month: August 2020
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, one’s chances of developing type 2 diabetes depend on a combination of environmental, lifestyle and genetic risk factors. Some factors, like physical activity and eating habits, are more in one’s control than factors like family history or ethnicity, but with the right planning
Print this page Brisbane, Australia — 26 August 2020 Pre-clinical testing of The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine has produced positive indications about its potential effectiveness and manufacturability. Project co-leader Associate Professor Keith Chappell has reported to the International Society for Vaccines on data from animal trials conducted by Viroclinics-DDL in the Netherlands. “The neutralizing immune response
FDA Approves Cystadrops (cysteamine) Ophthalmic Solution for the Ocular Manifestations of Cystinosis Print this page LEBANON, N.J., Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Recordati Rare Diseases Inc., today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cystadrops (cysteamine ophthalmic solution) 0.37%. Cystadrops is a new, viscous eye drop solution that depletes corneal cystine crystal
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday proposed guidelines for distributing a coronavirus vaccine in the United States if and when one is approved for public
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 26 2020 In one out of 100,000 infants, a mutation in the GALC gene causes an incurable, always fatal disorder known as infantile Krabbe disease, or globoid cell leukodystrophy. Most children with the condition die before they turn 2. A parallel condition also naturally affects dogs, who typically show symptoms
Disclaimer: This post is from GomerBlog, a satirical site about healthcare. Leaders of “Operation Warp Speed” (OWS), the government program tasked with developing a COVID-19 vaccine, insist that despite the name, their top priority is safety, not speed. As proof, they announced today that the phase I trials will enroll 7.8 billion participants. “This will
Child cases increased by 21% between August 6 and August 20, according to an updated joint report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. More than 440,000 children have been infected in the US since the start of the pandemic, the report said. Despite the climbing numbers, severe illness in children
Just 25 years ago, polio was rampant in Africa. The virus left many young children paralyzed and some dead after weakening their muscles. There is no cure for polio but decades of treating African children with a vaccine have made these tragic stories a thing of the past. Even in Nigeria, the last country on
You may not feel it, but you do things every day that affect your blood pressure. See how your to-do list and your shopping list can help you keep it down. Get more healthy living tips from the Mayo Clinic App: http://mayocl.in/2FDI0WE
New research has revealed friendships can deteriorate in as little as three months without the right levels of investment Lockdown has been tough for us all in a myriad of different ways. The changes to our routines, the sudden switch from freedom of movement to carefully planned trips to the supermarket and small bubbles with
It’s been in the news for years now, opioids are addictive, even when given for legitimate reasons. News stories across the country have shown an average mom, dad, son or daughter who took the pain killers after a medical or dental procedure, only to quickly become addicted. And yet, the prescriptions continue. In the 1990s,
George Azar, MD, is a cardiology resident at Saint George Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. Saint George is less than a mile from the Beirut port where a warehouse filled with ammonium nitrate exploded on August 4th, killing over 200 people and injuring thousands more. These are Azar’s recollections of that day. August 4th was just
Vanessa survived an upbringing blighted by violence and abuse to become a business high-flier. But burnout made her look again at the direction of her life, and to make a fresh start helping others as a counsellor What do you see when you look at my picture? A confident, professional, female executive, right? You can
Parents may try to limit how much soda their children and teens consume, given all the sugar and empty calories the drinks contain, but now there might be yet another reason to limit soda consumption. Soda may make teens more aggressive, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Some teenagers get
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A British study says many coronavirus patients suffer symptoms such as breathlessness, excessive fatigue, and muscle aches for months after being treated at a hospital. “Three quarters of a group of patients who received care for coronavirus at Bristol’s Southmead Hospital
UCSF’s Dr. Robert Lustig explains how we all can reduce our consumption of sugar and processed foods and why it’s important for promoting health As people spend more time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, attitudes and behaviors around food are shifting. While some people may be making healthier and more conscious food choices, others may find
Please be advised that this video contains graphic footage of surgery. This video demonstrates a traditional tonsillectomy using cold steel instruments in a child with obstructive sleep apnea performed by Dr. Karthik Balakrishnan. Chapter Authors: Jason H. Barnes, M.D., Karthik Balakrishnan, M.D. Series Editors: Andrew J. Goates, M.D., Matthew L. Carlson, M.D. To learn more
Aug 26 2020 Ziath reports strong uptake of its Mohawk semi-automated tube picker in smaller biobanks and biorepositories. Small biobanks and biorepositories need to select tubes from cold racks straight from the freezer, but cannot afford the huge investment in robotics to fully automatically pick and place tubes from racks. The Mohawk, being small and
A nurse wears personal protective equipment (PPE) as she cares for a coronavirus COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit (I.C.U.) at Regional Medical Center on May 21, 2020 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images It’s been almost eight months since Chinese scientists first identified the coronavirus and doctors are still discovering
A new study shows that caffeine consumption by pregnant mothers could harm the fetus and baby. The new study titled, “Maternal caffeine consumption and pregnancy outcomes: a narrative review with implications for advice to mothers and mothers-to-be,” was published in the latest issue of the journal British Medical Journal Evidence Based Medicine. What was the
Vitamin D3 supplementation added to low-dose inhaled corticosteroids was not associated with longer time to asthma exacerbations among high-risk children with low baseline 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, researchers reported. The mean time to exacerbation was 240 days in children randomized to the vitamin D3 supplementation group and 253 days in the placebo group (mean group difference
I was 16 years old and being given a car ride to a cricket match by one of my teammates. He was our opening batsman and a good cricket player — I’m guessing around 40 to 50 years old. He started asking about how my education was going. I told him that I was about
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday the state had reached an “unfortunate milestone” by reporting at least one case of the virus in every county. The state’s infection rate, she said, “continues an alarming trend in the wrong direction.” The state’s seven-day average for new daily cases was 561 Monday, up from about 100 in
A woman stricken by stage IV breast cancer is speaking out after she says multiple doctors lied to her about the results of her mammograms, leading her cancer to spread undetected and untreated for years. Taleshia Chandler, the first lady at Cedar Street Baptist Church of God in Church Hill, Virginia, says she got mammograms
It may be disconcerting that Google tracks your searches, including those you may do for your health, but sometimes that tracking comes in handy. Like when someone does some research about how often people search for “chest pain” or “myocardial infarction.” Researchers from the Mayo Clinic took advantage of Google Trends to learn about how
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked the umbrella emergency use authorization (EUA) it granted in May for intubation boxes once thought to keep healthcare providers safer when performing procedures on patients with COVID-19. The FDA specified in its announcement
Head teachers request more clarity on face covering rules before schools start in September In Scotland, children aged 12 and above will be asked to wear face coverings in school corridors, communal areas and on school buses. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she is acting in response to new guidance from the World Health
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