“One plausible explanation for the combination of blood clots and low blood platelets is an immune response, leading to a condition similar to one seen sometimes in patients treated with heparin called heparin induced thrombocytopenia, HIT,” it said. Source link
April 19, 2021 — Rare is the parent who’s never so much as thought about spanking an unruly child. But a new study provides another reason to avoid corporal punishment: Spanking may cause changes in the same areas of a child’s brain affected by more severe physical and sexual abuse. Previous research … Read more
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Concussions can increase the long-term risk of a wide range of sleep disorders, a new study indicates. Researchers looked at more than 98,700 U.S. veterans diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the same number of veterans with no history of TBI. The … Read more
Issues are not caused by the drug but by people believing it will make them sick, a study suggests. Source link
The World Health Organisation announced Friday the long-awaited results of its six-month “Solidarity Therapeutics Trial” that endeavored to see if existing drugs might have an effect on the coronavirus. What the study found The study, which was not peer-reviewed, found that four treatments tested – remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon – had “ little or … Read more
For its Solidarity clinical trial, the WHO tested the effects four potential treatments – remdesivir, an Ebola drug, was one, but they also looked at malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, auto-immune drug interferon, and the HIV drug combination of lopinavir and ritonavir. Source link
With Delhi’s air quality on the decline, stricter pollution control measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) will be implemented across Delhi-NCR, starting Thursday. GRAP was formulated for Delhi-NCR three years ago. Measures such as ban on diesel generators, mechanized sweeping etc to fight the persistent problem of severe air pollution in Delhi will … Read more
By Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Monday, September 14, 2020 (Kaiser News) — The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to follow British regulators in resuming a coronavirus vaccine trial that was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage, even as the National Institutes of Health has launched an investigation … Read more