Pregnant women to receive life-saving pre-eclampsia check
The test gives an early warning of a condition that can be fatal for the mother and baby, new guidelines say. Source link
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Another life-saving Covid drug identified
An anti-inflammatory for rheumatoid arthritis can cut Covid death risk by about a fifth. Source link
‘Covid stopped my life-saving operation’
Lara Wahab has type 1 diabetes and needs a life-saving kidney and pancreas transplant. But despite matching organs being found, she says her hospital couldn’t do the operation because no intensive care beds were available. The 34-year-old from Crouch End, north London, had been told the wait would be about 12-15 months, but disruption to … Read more
Life-saving cholesterol jab recommended on NHS
Inclisiran is a new treatment that works even when other fat-busting drugs, like statins, have not. Source link
UK blood supplies to be used to make life-saving drug
The treatment can be used to help patients who cannot make antibodies themselves, or in circumstances where their bodies are not making enough antibodies, or the ones they are making don’t work properly, as well as for disorders when the body’s immune system is attacking itself. Source link
Man Gets Lifesaving Intestinal Transplant After Bull Attack
Caleb Brooks, intestine transplant recipient, Somerville, AL. Madeline Johnson Brooks, wife of Caleb Brooks, Somerville, AL. Anil Vaidya, transplant surgeon, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. Deepak Katyal, trauma and acute care surgeon, Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, AL. Organdonor.gov: “Organ Donation Statistics.” Statista: “Number of U.S. candidates waiting for selected organ transplants as of September 2020.” American Society … Read more
Almost 7,000 waiting for lifesaving transplants
Despite services recovering quickly there are still thousands waiting for organs, report says. Source link
Another life-saving Covid treatment found
Monoclonal antibody therapy, given by drip, can save some of the sickest hospital patients. Source link
Two more life-saving Covid drugs discovered
The drugs, which save an extra life for every 12 intensive care patients treated, can be used immediately, say experts. Source link
Women Less Likely to Get Life-Saving Heart Treatments
MONDAY, Dec. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Women who are resuscitated from cardiac arrest are less likely to receive two common treatments once they arrive at the hospital, and are much more likely to die while hospitalized than men, a new study finds. The researchers analyzed data gathered on nearly 4,900 resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac … Read more