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Patients who are hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and have an elevated vs normal troponin levels were found to be at higher risk for death, according to a study published in the American Journal of Cardiology. Researchers reviewed data for all patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to hospitals within the Northwell Health system in New York between March 1, 2020 and April 27, 2020, and had a troponin assessment within 48 hours of admission Continue reading →

This article was originally published here Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Oct 30;99(44):e22842. Continue reading →

NEWARK, Calif., Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTGX) today announced that Dinesh V Continue reading →

NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX),a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies aimed at treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced that the full unblinded clinical data set from the company's phase 2 EMPhASIS trial of lead asset, IMU-838, a selective oral DHODH inhibitor, in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) is now available and expands on and confirms the company's previously announced positive top-line results Continue reading →

Forsythia is a shrub that produces fruits called Lian Qiao, which is used as a medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine. In the past, Lian Qiao has been used to help treat various symptoms including fever, nausea, and sore throat Continue reading →

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High doses of the diuretics furosemide and spironolactone, or concomitant use of these drugs regardless of dose, appear to be an important cause of hyponatremia in patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF), according to investigators. Continue reading →

Laide Akinsemoyin has been working as a volunteer doctor in an isolation ward for coronavirus patients in Lagos, Nigeria since April. Each day, before her shift, she has to enter a donning room, to slowly and carefully put on the personal protective equipment that stands between her and possible infection from Covid-19. Akinsemoyin previously worked as a general practitioner in private practice. Continue reading →

Listen to this article. While so many businesses are shut down and people are staying at home, theres one thing that will keep happening no matter whatwomen are still having babies and need access to safe maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this dangerous and uncertain time, we wanted to know whats going on in labor and delivery (L&D)at least from one nurses perspective. Continue reading →

TORONTO -- In the race to find an effective, low-cost treatment for COVID-19, a powerful molecule that has long captured the attention of medical researchers is gaining popularity. Nitric oxide, a two-part nanomolecule made in the cells that line the blood vessels, is being examined as an experimental treatment for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Continue reading →