COVID-19 has been ravaging the world for more than nine months, and in that time multiple medications—namely hydroxychloroquine (which had
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General practice doctors failing to provide optimal treatment for heart disease patients
General practice management of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is “suboptimal,” with only 57% of patients with established CVD prescribed
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Face masks unlikely to cause over-exposure to CO2, even in patients with lung disease
New research findings contradict statements linking wearing face masks to carbon dioxide poisoning by trapping CO2. During the COVID-19 pandemic
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Extra visit time with patients may explain wage gap for female physicians
A new study led by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis sheds light on
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Diabetes drug boosts survival in patients with type 2 diabetes and COVID-19 pneumonia
Sitagliptin, a drug to lower blood sugar in type 2 diabetes, also improves survival in diabetic patients hospitalized with COVID-19,
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Spinal cord stimulation reduces pain and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease patients
A team of researchers in the United States and Japan reports that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) measurably decreased pain and
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Viral load predicts mortality rate in hospitalized patients with cancer and COVID-19
Higher viral loads are associated with a greater risk of death among cancer and non-cancer patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease
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These drugs carry risks and may not help, but many dementia patients get them anyway
Nearly three-quarters of older adults with dementia have filled prescriptions for medicines that act on their brain and nervous system,
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Patients taking long-term opioids produce antibodies against the drugs
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have discovered that a majority of back-pain patients they tested who were taking opioid painkillers produced
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What do heart patients need to know about COVID-19 now?
In the months since COVID-19 emerged, medical experts have learned a lot about the threat it poses to people with
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