TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Diabetics who’ve contracted COVID-19 should suspend their use of a class of common diabetes drugs known as sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), new research warns. People using these medications for diabetes are at risk of a potentially fatal complication called diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), and it now appears … Read more
TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Unlike regular pneumonia, COVID-19 pneumonia spreads like many “wildfires” throughout the lungs, researchers say. This may explain why COVID-19 pneumonia lasts longer and causes more harm than typical pneumonia, according to the researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. The research team said that their aim is … Read more
‘Superinfection’ is caused to influenza patients by pneumonia bacteria. (Representative, File Image) Influenza is a viral disease but deaths caused in the patients is mostly due to a bacterium that causes pneumonia. While this is a known concept in medical science, researchers recently threw light on how to influence infection make the patients vulnerable to … Read more
Office for National Statistics data looked at the underlying cause of death in England and Wales. Source link
Those numbers are, however, from earlier days. And things are likely different now, according to Clancy, who is also chief of infectious diseases at the VA Pittsburgh Health Care System. Nori agreed, and said that since the study period, antibiotic use at Montefiore has “reset” to more typical levels. With this report, Nori … Read more
By Pradeep Kolankari, Senior Director, Medical Devices and Healthcare, CapgeminiAt a hospital in Wuhan in China, robots and IoT devices were used to check patients’ temperatures, as well as monitor their heart rates and sugar levels through a smart bracelet worn by patients. They also cleaned and disinfected the area, apart from providing food and … Read more