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People with long COVID have specific blood biomarkers, study says
The findings may be a step toward creating blood tests to positively identify people with long COVID so specialized treatments can be employed.
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Study: Antiviral med linked to COVID mutations that can spread
“There aren’t any widely circulating variants that have the signature. At the moment there’s nothing that’s transmitted very widely that’s due to...
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Paxlovid weaker against current COVID-19 variants
But when looking at death alone, the antiviral was still highly effective.
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Three antibiotic regimens show similar effectiveness for CAP
Treatment with a beta-lactam alone was associated with a longer time to hospital discharge and small increase in risk for in-hospital mortality....
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Fish oil labels make health claims, despite lack of data
“What was surprising, though, was just how broad the types of claims being made were – from heart and brain health to joint health, eye health,...
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Growing public perception that cannabis is safer than tobacco
There was a significant shift over time toward an increasingly favorable perception of cannabis; more respondents reported cannabis was “somewhat...
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Adaptive treatment aids smoking cessation
Patches for smoking cessation were more successful with added bupropion for nonresponders.
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Resident creates AI alternative to U.S. News med school ranking
After med schools dropped out of the U.S. News and World Report medical school ranking system, a resident decided to create a do-it-yourself...
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Young vapers and smokers beware: Eye problems abound
Use of both cigarettes and vapes is apparently much worse for eye health than either product use alone, a new study found.
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Mepolizumab improves asthma after 1 year despite comorbidities
Patients with asthma and comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps showed especially significant benefits.