Watch: WHO releases video from inside raided Gaza hospital The World Health Organization fears for the safety of 130 patients at Gaza’s Nasser hospital, which it declared non-functional following an Israeli raid. The UN agency has led two missions to transfer 32 critically ill Palestinians from the complex in Khan […]
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‘We leave patients to scream for hours and hours’
By Alice CuddyBBC News, Jerusalem AFP An injured man lies on a bed in the Gaza European hospital in late December Doctors across Gaza have described operating on patients without anaesthetic, turning people with chronic conditions away, and treating rotting wounds with limited medical supplies. “Because of the shortage of […]
Catholic hospitals leave patients at the mercy of religious directives
Nurse midwife Beverly Maldonado recalls a pregnant woman arriving at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Maryland after her water broke. It was weeks before the baby would have any chance of survival, and the patient’s wishes were clear, she recalled: “Why am I staying pregnant then? What’s the point?” the […]
Data from China suggest no survival benefit of two antiviral drugs in elderly COVID patients
gorodenkoff / iStock An observational study in eClinicalMedicine suggests that the antiviral drugs azvudine and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) were similarly ineffective in preventing death in elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in China, although the authors acknowledge that the findings may be subject to confounding factors and bias. Azvudine has conditional approval […]
Paxlovid enhances treatment options for COVID-19 patients
In a recent review published in the Pharmaceutics, a group of authors explored the design, synthesis, and mechanism of action of Paxlovid, a Protease inhibitor (PI) drug combination for treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Study: The Design, Synthesis and Mechanism of Action of Paxlovid, a Protease Inhibitor Drug Combination for the […]
Canadian hospital uses “world’s smallest camera” to see inside stroke patient’s blood vessels
The team involved in the world’s first MicroAngioscope case Physicians at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) in Ottawa, Canada recently became the first in the world to use a new stroke technology, the MicroAngioscope (Vena Medical), in a patient procedure. Equipped with “the world’s smallest camera”, the […]
US healthcare is failing COVID patients. Paxlovid cost is far too high
As all of us know, the COVID-19 pandemic was the worst public health crisis in more than a century. Since the first cases four years ago, well more than 100 million Americans have gotten the virus, more than 6.7 million Americans have been hospitalized and more than 1 million Americans have died. More […]
Improving antiviral medication for COVID-19 to give more patients access to treatment
Credit: ACS Bio & Med Chem Au (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomedchemau.3c00039 Researchers from the University of Alberta (U of A) are working to improve the only oral antiviral approved for COVID-19 infections in the hopes of expanding its use in populations that need it most. Paxlovid, originally designed by Pfizer, uses […]
Paxlovid treatment in 20% of COVID-19 patients could avert 850,000 hospitalizations, save up to $170 billion
In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers used data from a large case-cohort clinical trial (1,120 cases, 1,126 controls) to simulate 24 separate scenarios wherein the use of the Pfizer-developed antiviral drug ‘Paxlovid’ could benefit the Stated States of America’s (US’s) medical and economic sectors. […]
‘Deep concern’ for patients and staff at Gaza’s al-Aqsa hospital
MAP Medics from the British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) pulled out of al-Aqsa hospital Doctors from the UK who have been working at what they say is the only functioning hospital in the central Gaza Strip have told the BBC of their “deep concern” for patients and staff […]
Patients can interrupt immune-suppressing medicines to boost immunity provided by COVID-19 booster, finds study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A major clinical trial, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has shown that people with inflammatory conditions are able to improve the antibody response from a COVID-19 booster vaccination by interrupting their treatment for two weeks immediately after having the vaccine. The antibody response […]
Companies Market Stem Cell Treatments to Long COVID Patients
Clinics that sell stem cell and exosome treatments have turned their attention to long COVID patients, researchers found. Among 38 businesses selling such treatments for COVID-19, the majority (36) marketed those therapies for long COVID, stated Leigh Turner, PhD, of the University of California Irvine, and colleagues in Stem Cell […]
Patients need access to critical medication information. A new FDA rule would limit it
Medical professionals know that sharing clear and accurate health information with patients empowers them to make wise decisions that set them on a path to healthier living. Educating patients about their prescription medications is especially important. Since millions of Americans rely on prescription medication, effective patient medication information (PMI) is […]
‘Patients are dying’: What we know about Gaza hospitals under Israeli siege | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Newborn babies wrapped in blankets and lined up on a bed after being removed from incubators have become the defining image showing the Israeli siege of hospitals in the Gaza Strip. At least 32 patients, including six premature babies, have died at the al-Shifa Hospital in the last three days, […]
Organ transplant patients on maintenance drugs at increased risk for COVID hospitalization
gorodenkoff / iStock Maintenance immunosuppressive drugs, including steroids, used for organ transplant patients are associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 hospitalization in solid-organ transplant recipients, according to new findings. The study, published yesterday in JAMA Network Open, was based on findings among a cohort of 60,456 solid-organ transplant recipients […]
Treatment of 95 post-Covid patients with SSRIs
The results of this exploratory questionnaire-based study of the effect of treatment with an SSRI in PCS show that an SSRI contributes significantly to the reduction of PCS symptoms. 63.4% (n = 95) of patients reported a reasonably good to strong decrease in symptoms and an improvement in functioning. This increased quality […]
Simvastatin Improves Outcomes for Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients
Credit: Peter Zelei Images / Getty Images The Global Coalition for Adaptive Research (GCAR) today announced clinical trial results of vitamin C and simvastatin to treat severely ill patients with COVID-19. Simvastatin was shown to have a high probability (96%) of improving outcomes (a combination of survival and length of […]
GE HealthCare CEO touts ‘breakthrough moment’ for Alzheimer’s patients
GE HealthCare CEO Peter Arduini discussed his company’s earnings, use of artificial intelligence and progress in Alzheimer’s treatment with CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday. Arduini said the company’s imaging machines can be used to determine the amount of plaque in a patient’s brain in order to treat and provide them […]
Doctors in Afghan hospitals confront funding crisis and surge in patients
June 28, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT Women and girls wait in a corridor in the district hospital of Shindand in Afghanistan’s Herat province on May 30. (Elise Blanchard for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment SHINDAND, Afghanistan — In the U.S.-built district hospital of Shindand in western Afghanistan, […]
Long Covid patients abandon Stanford Medicine study on infection after staff stop wearing masks
Long COVID patients enrolled in a study at Stanford University have walked out because the staff were not wearing masks while tending to them. The participants were enrolled in a clinical study into whether the drug Paxlovid works to reduce the symptoms of long COVID. Over the course of the […]