Lipoid pneumonia after a suicide attempt with detergent ingestion - Marco DN, Martinez D, Salgado E, Castro P.
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Source: SafetyLit - August 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Lung cancer patient says hospital COVID protection 'all wrong' after testing positive
Masking and physical distancing policies at The Ottawa Hospital are "all wrong," says a pneumonia and lung cancer patient who tested positive for COVID-19 while receiving care at the hospital. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Ottawa Source Type: news
Vaccines Against Shingles, Pneumonia May Also Lower Your Alzheimer's Risk
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 -- Certain adult vaccines, including shingles and pneumonia shots, may also help seniors fight off Alzheimer ' s disease, new research reveals.
Prior vaccination with the shingles vaccine, pneumococcus vaccine or the tetanus and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic researchers use new innovative technology to diagnose teen brothers with ultra-rare genetic disorder
When Emery Diffendorfer was a baby, he couldn't hold his head up or babble like other infants his age. His rare genetic disorder enlarged his tongue and head, and he had weakened muscle tone, brittle bones, sleep apnea, poor eyesight and persistent infections in his tonsils and adenoids. By six months old, the tiny Mayo Clinic patient was in the intensive care unit with severe pneumonia. That's when Cheryl Diffendorfer and Amy Honsey — both… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 19, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
AI model estimates patient age on chest x-rays
An AI model has been trained to estimate the age of patients from chest x-rays...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Chest x-rays predict outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 18, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Hyperpyrexia in a Healthy Pregnant Female With COVID Pneumonia Hyperpyrexia in a Healthy Pregnant Female With COVID Pneumonia
This case presents hyperpyrexia as a rare, life-threatening complication of COVID-19 pneumonia in a pregnant patient, with a fever that rose to over 106F.Journal of Medical Case Reports (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Episode 5: Complicated Pediatric Pneumonia Episode 5: Complicated Pediatric Pneumonia
Drs Todd A. Florin and Debra Palazzi discuss complicated pediatric pneumonia: what it is, how to diagnose it, and how to manage it.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics InDiscussion Source Type: news
Where You Live Can Shape How Alzheimer ’ s Affects You
The FDA in mid-July for the first time ever approved an Alzheimer’s drug, Leqembi. The annual price-tag will run patients $26,500. The same week, the Alzheimer’s Association for the first time ever released county-level data to identify which communities are most struggling with the disease.
6.7 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease and 134,000 of them will die because of it each year. We’ve known these aggregate numbers for a while now, but with new data and new drugs, healthcare specialists can now better target attention and resources.
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Source: TIME: Health - August 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeremy Ney Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Corticosteroids lower the likelihood of in-hospital mortality from COVID-19
In a registry-based cohort study of 109 institutions, Mayo Clinic researchers evaluated the use of corticosteroids in hospitalized patients needing oxygen due to severe COVID-19 disease. The study assessed biomarker-concordant corticosteroid use in patients tested for a protein that causes inflammation. Corticosteroid drugs treat a variety of conditions such as pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and suppress the immune system's response to COVID-19. The findings suggest using this approach for patients with severe disease lowers the likelihood of in-hospital mortalit...
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 4, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Common virus that causes cold-like symptoms can cause pneumonia or even death
Autumn and winter temperatures in the UK create a perfect breeding ground for this virus. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More than a fifth of festival-goers will not wash their hands for the entire festival
And nearly half don't realise just how much bacteria is floating around at festivals - including germs that could cause pneumonia or sepsis. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HRQoL and Lung Changes of COVID-19 Patients After Discharge HRQoL and Lung Changes of COVID-19 Patients After Discharge
These findings provide insight into the potential long-term impacts of severe COVID-19 pneumonia on lung function and health-related quality of life.BMC Pulmonary Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Seiichi Morimura,'The Devil's Gluttony' author, dies at 90 after pneumonia case
TOKYO — Renowned Japanese mystery writer Seiichi Morimura, whose nonfiction trilogy "The Devil's Gluttony" exposed human medical experiments conducted by a secret Japanese army unit during World War II, died Monday. He was 90. His official website and publisher, Kadokawa, said Morimura died of…#seiichimorimura #devilgluttony #worldwarii #morimura #tokyo #akumanohoshoku #harbin #edogawarampoprize #mysterywriters #saitama (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Head of the Global Vaccine Group Gavi Is Stepping Down. Here ’s What He Learned During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic was a crucible for the public health world, and perhaps none were tested more than Gavi, the global nonprofit that makes vaccines its business. Faced with ensuring that the COVID-19 vaccines reached as many people in the developing world as possible, the organization created a new entity, COVAX, that served as the conduit for purchasing and distributing vaccines for the lowest-resource countries in the world.
Dr. Seth Berkley, who has headed the organization for years, is stepping down in August when his current term ends.
In a conversation with TIME, Berkley reflects on his tenure and what he, Gavi, ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The Head of the Global Vaccine Group Gavi Is Resigning. Here ’s What He Learned During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic was a crucible for the public health world, and perhaps none were tested more than Gavi, the global nonprofit that makes vaccines its business. Faced with ensuring that the COVID-19 vaccines reached as many people in the developing world as possible, the organization created a new entity, COVAX, that served as the conduit for purchasing and distributing vaccines for the lowest-resource countries in the world.
Dr. Seth Berkley, who has headed the organization for years, is stepping down in August when his current term ends.
In a conversation with TIME, Berkley reflects on his tenure and what he, Gavi, ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
