Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. This story was updated Oct. 13, at 4:05 p.m. Oct. 13, 2020 — Johnson & Johnson paused dosing and enrollment in all of its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, the company announced Monday. Later in
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This content originally appeared on diaTribe. Republished with permission. By Mary Barna Bridgeman SGLT-2 inhibitors can protect your heart! This type of medicine is recommended for people with type 2 diabetes who have heart disease or risk factors related to heart disease. Learn about the use of these medicines, including side effects, their effect on
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 13 2020 Nine years ago, Nina Porter gave birth in a hospital bed with one of her ankles chained to the frame. Corrections officers stood watch as Porter held her daughter, Gianna, to her chest for the first time. Back at a nursery inside Indiana Women’s Prison, Gianna slept in
NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATXI) (“Avenue”), a company focused on the development of intravenous (“IV”) tramadol for the U.S. market, today announced it has received a Complete Response Letter (“CRL”) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) regarding the Company’s New Drug Application (“NDA”) for IV
Apple has made some bold moves into health care, a market worth trillions globally. Most recently, it announced a blood oxygen sensor on the Apple Watch Series 6 and a partnership with the Singaporean government to incentivize Apple Watch users to be more healthy. But the company’s strategy is a bit elusive as it walks
Medicare open enrollment is upon us for 2021. If you are a Medicare recipient, this is the time of year when you can make (some) changes to your Medicare coverage. What can I change? You can change your Medicare part D (drug) plan. You can change to a different Medicare advantage plan. You can switch
Shane Shapiro, M.D., orthopedic physician at Mayo Clinic in Florida, discusses a regenerative medicine clinical research trial to treat knee arthritis, which is the bone marrow stem cell treatment (BMAC) for knee osteoarthritis. Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Center for Regenerative Medicine is studying biologically based non-surgical treatments for osteoarthritis. One such treatment is the
Kids whose mothers had depression and anxiety during pregnancy were at a greater risk of asthma in later childhood, according to a prospective cohort study based in the Netherlands. Mothers who experienced stress or depression while pregnant had children with a 46%-91% increased risk of asthma later on (range OR 1.46 [95% CI 1.12-1.90] to
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Johnson & Johnson paused the phase III trial of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate due to an “unexplained illness” in one of the participants. From March to August, the U.S. recorded 20% more deaths than expected, with COVID-19 being the documented reason in two-thirds of cases. (JAMA)
Please be aware this article contains details that some readers may find distressing. In 1981, I was sexually abused by the restaurant owner who befriended my family on a holiday overseas. I was nine years old. I had no idea what had happened to me that night, or that it was going to be a
Shortly after President Trump touted Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ experimental antibody cocktail treatment for COVID-19 as a “cure,” both Regeneron and Eli Lilly and Company applied to the U.S. government to open their antibody treatments to the public. The two companies’ drugs work similarly. Neither company has finished its clinical trials yet, but both argue that the
Switching patients with HIV from a protease inhibitor–based antiretroviral therapy regimen to an integrase inhibitor–based regimen can be performed safely, with maintenance of high levels of virologic suppression and improvements in both bone mineral density and renal function biomarkers, data from a randomized trial indicate. Among 212 women with successful HIV virologic suppression following 48
MARLENE EDITED Now that Anthony Fauci, MD, has declared the Sept. 26 Rose Garden introduction of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a COVID-19 super-spreader event, the question is how many of the 200 guests and White House staff – most of whom did not wear a mask or social distance – have been infected.
A single dose of MK-8507, an investigational non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), reduced HIV-1 viral loads for at least 1 week with efficacy comparable to that of other NNRTIs dosed daily for 7 days, investigators reported. If it should receive regulatory approval, the drug’s antiviral potency at doses as low as 40 mg and its
For a few months this year, Thursday evening in the UK meant just one thing. Not the latest episode of a lockdown favourite or another virtual pub quiz, but a chance for people across the country to clap our carers. It was a rowdy 5 minutes where people came together to recognise the herculean efforts
Everyone knows that if you live with type 2 diabetes, exercise will be beneficial not only for your blood sugars, but for your overall health and well-being. The tougher issue is to know where, when, and how to get started. Learn more about the risks, benefits, and factors to consider when starting an exercise regimen
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 6 2020 Only about one in every 170 children take them. But “orphan drugs” accounted for 1 in every 15 private insurance dollars spent on children’s health care in the United States in 2018, according to a new study. That’s up 65% from just five years before. Even though insurance
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 12 2020 As the return of college students to campuses has fueled as many as 3,000 COVID-19 cases a day, keeping track of them is a logistical nightmare for local health departments and colleges. Some students are putting down their home addresses instead of their college ones on their COVID
Pictured in this video screen grab is a volunteer receiving a Russian-made polyvalent vector vaccine for Covid-19 as part of clinical trials at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. Sechenov Medical University Press Office | TASS | Getty Images Russia has announced that human trials of its controversial coronavirus vaccine have begun in the United
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. White House physician Sean Conley, DO, said on Saturday that President Trump is “no longer considered a transmission risk to others, and the president declared himself “immune” as he returns to in-person campaigning. (Politico ) “The data speak for themselves — we had a super-spreader event
Separated by more than 9,000 miles, father and daughter David and Rebecca Adams pen letters, reflecting on their relationship, and the things they do to feel close while living on opposite sides of the world Since lockdown began in March 2020, a lot of us will be missing our loved ones as we’re forced to
Another day, another clinical trial to try to conquer COVID-19. And this one covers a lot of ground. According to the National Institutes of Health, a phase 3 clinical trial looking at combining the antiviral remdesivir with anti-coronavirus hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin will take place in 59 sites across 18 countries, including the United States. Remdisivir
In patients with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS), increased abundance of Blautia stercoris and its variants in the gut is associated with an increased risk of relapse.No broad differences in gut bacterial composition, however, are associated with risk of relapse, according to the investigators. The findings were presented at the Joint European Committee for Treatment and
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) argued, civilly, about a number of healthcare issues during Wednesday night’s vice-presidential debate at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The two were seated 12 feet apart and behind plexiglass partitions, a reminder of the ongoing pandemic. But viewers didn’t need that reminder, as
President Donald Trump is “no longer considered a transmission risk to others” for the coronavirus, according to a memo from his doctor released on Saturday night. Cmdr. Sean Conley, DO, the White House doctor who provided updates on Trump’s health at Walter Reed National Medical Center last weekend, has issued several memos during the week.
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It’s that time of year again, the allure of pumpkin spice and everything nice suddenly takes over your summer vibes. I am not a coffee drinker, but each season I grow more envious of those who are. In the summertime, everyone has their refreshing cold coffee concoctions and each fall I entertain the idea of