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People with severe mental disorders have a significantly increased risk of dying from COVID-19. This has been shown in a new study from Umeå University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Among the elderly, the proportion of deaths due to COVID-19 was almost fourfold for those with severe mental disorders compared to non-mentally ill people in

Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the anticancer drug bevacizumab may reduce mortality and speed up recovery, according to a small clinical study in Italy and China that was led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden between February and April 2020. On average, blood oxygen levels, body temperature and inflammatory markers significantly improved in patients

Telehealth use has surged during the pandemic at clinics that serve lower-income Americans, which allowed the clinics to maintain access to care at a time when many other health care organizations saw significant declines in utilization, according to a new RAND Corporation study. However, most of the telehealth appointments have been audio-only visits, which may

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Gothenburg University have investigated a potential new drug target for the rare genetic disorder Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome that causes accelerated aging in children. The findings in mice are published in the scientific journal eLife and may aid in the development of more effective treatments for this fatal condition. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria

Results of a multi-centre, international, clinical trial co-led by Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) cardiologist Dr. Dinesh Thavendiranathan point to the benefit of using a more sensitive test to detect heart function issues early, so cancer patients don’t have to fight heart failure too. Unfortunately, for 1 in 20 high-risk patients, treating cancer with certain

(HealthDay)—Outcomes are similar for younger and older adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery, according to a study published online Feb. 1 in Pediatrics. Sarah B. Ogle, D.O., from the University of Colorado in Aurora, and colleagues enrolled 242 adolescents (≤19 years of age) who underwent bariatric surgery in a prospective, multicenter, long-term outcome study. Outcome data, including

(HealthDay)—Current and former smokers are at risk for a lung disease called pulmonary fibrosis, but many aren’t aware of the threat, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation says. There is no cure for the disease, which affects more than 200,000 Americans. A recent foundation survey found that more than 80% of smokers are unfamiliar with pulmonary fibrosis.

A new variant of the coronavirus emerged Thursday in the United States, posing yet another public health challenge in a country already losing more than 3,000 people to COVID-19 every day. The mutated version of the virus, first identified in South Africa, was found in two cases in South Carolina. Public health officials said it’s

In a retrospective analysis of cesarean deliveries from 2015 through 2020, a team of doctors from the Colorado Fetal Care Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) found that using a wound infusion pump in combination with enhanced recovery efforts such as removing urinary catheters earlier and walking around the same day of surgery can

Setting the record straight. Maci Bookout opened up about her son Bentley’s wrestling diet eight months after saying he was cutting weight. ‘Teen Mom’ Stars Clap Back at Parenting Police Over the Years “I shouldn’t have used that term because there’s such a thing as cutting weight and that is not healthy,” the Teen Mom

After the documentary The Game Changers piqued his curiosity, Jonne from The Unlaxy Way on YouTube decided to switch to a vegan diet. He ate no meat for 180 days to see what kind of impact it would have on his overall health and fitness, and chronicled the experience in a recent video. “The first

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and is it just us, or are heart-shaped boxes of chocolate kind of…tired? Don’t get us wrong, we love a sweet gift, but our preferred love language is crunchy deliciousness like chicken nuggets. If you’re on the same page, well, you’re in luck because this year because Tyson

AS MOST fathers know, dads do unexpected and unfamiliar things for their children. I am a father of two girls, ages nine and 11. I am also a longtime consumer of meat. So when my daughters came to me late last year and told my wife and I that they had decided they wanted to

NRF2 is just one of thousands of critical proteins in the cell, but it is one that we now know a lot about. Once any molecule achieves a certain level of celebrity status, it tends to acquire a groupie following in the supplement market. Today, we have all manner of NRF enhancers, releasers, activators and

Highly contagious coronavirus variant becomes dominant in US Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat joins ‘America’s News HQ’ Massachusetts health officials on Sunday announced the state’s first known case of the more contagious coronavirus variant initially detected in the U.K, known as B.1.1.7. The mutated strain was detected in a female Boston resident in her 20s who

California hospitals struggling with a skyrocketing coronavirus surge are trying to prepare for the possibility that they may have to ration care for lack of staff and beds—and hoping they don’t have to make that choice. The state avoided surging cases for months, but now the virus is raging out of control there and across

EVERYONE’S BEEN paying much more attention (cough cough COVID-19) to what they’re inhaling these days. And it made us wonder: As a country, what are we inhaling these days? Our research team went deep into the data on 100 major U. S. cities and scored each on several sets of data to determine overall lung

‘We do believe the vaccine will be effective’ against new coronavirus strain: Giroir HHS Assistant Secretary Admiral Brett Giroir tells ‘Fox News Sunday’ the COVID-19 vaccines will be ‘highly effective’ against all strains. He also discusses the vaccine rollout process. Health officials in Southern California will likely determine that areas in the region will have

Nonprofit donates wedding dresses to health care workers on pandemic frontlines Registered nurse Nicole Harris, a bride-to-be receiving a donated wedding dress, and Heidi Janson, founder of Brides Across America, join ‘Fox & Friends.’ A Texas wedding where the groom was allegedly aware he had COVID-19 was the source of a potential superspreader event after

Many health care facilities still have crisis standards of care for use of personal protective equipment (PPE), according to the results of a survey released by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). APIC conducted an online survey of its U.S.-based infection preventionist members (Oct. 22 to Nov. 5, 2020). The analysis