No link found between heart inflammation and COVID shots … NIH to test antibiotic that could allow noninvasive treatment of high-risk Staph infections … Pfizer CEO expects oral COVID vaccine to be...
Drug that targets Alzheimer’s inflammation approved for trial by FDA
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2021
An experimental drug meant to treat the “type 3 diabetes” that some scientists believe triggers Alzheimer’s has been approved for a late-stage clinical trial.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Jan. 4
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 04, 2021
New variant of COVID-19 reported in more U.S. states … COVID may cause chronic nervous system inflammation (POTS) … Novavax’s coronavirus vaccine heads to final-stage trial … Interpretation of...
Low-dose steroid ups risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers caution
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 04, 2020
Patients using less than 5 mg of prenisolone per day to treat inflammatory disease had nearly double the odds of developing cardiovascular disease or experiencing an adverse heart or vascular event.
Clinical briefs for Monday, Oct. 19
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2020
WHO: Remdesivir doesn’t prevent COVID deaths … Brain stimulation eases Alzheimer’s apathy in study … Major players in vaccine supply chain warn that distribution will be difficult … NIH to test...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 15
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 15, 2020
CDC updates COVID vaccine information for healthcare workers … Mild-to-moderate COVID-19 ‘highly unlikely’ to be infectious after day 10: study … Certain blood pressure meds tied to lower mortality...
‘Physicians need to think of COVID-19 as a multisystem disease’
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2020
A review of COVID-19’s effects on human organs shows that a substantial proportion of patients suffer kidney, heart, and brain damage.
Early drug therapy eases exhaustion in rheumatoid arthritis patients: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 17, 2020
Early, intensive treatment combining methotrexate with prednisone reduces debilitating fatigue — even in patients at low risk of severe disease, finds a two-year study.
Post-surgical delirium in frail, older adults may be caused by inflammation
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 19, 2020
Inflammation can contribute to rapid beta-amyloid plaque buildup in the brain, disrupting mental status, finds a new study.
Watch for high blood pressure when steroids are used in inflammatory illness
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
Regular oral steroid use in diseases such as arthritis can have an outsize effect on hypertension, investigators say.