Resilience and recovery for COVID-19 long haulers
Photo Cred: Tim Mossholder/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury As the healthcare industry continues to face the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic head-on, there is much discussion around post-COVID-19 syndrome, also known as...
Read MoreMild COVID-19 induces lasting antibody protection, study finds
Photo Cred: Mat Napo/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Months after recovering from mild cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against...
Read MoreAbnormal blood-oxygen, breathing strong predictors of poor COVID-19 outcomes, study finds
Photo Cred: Cottonbro/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Respiration rate and blood-oxygen saturation are distinctly predictive of higher mortality among novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, according to a new study published in the...
Read MoreWHO classifies India COVID-19 variant as “global concern”
Photo Cred: Mat Napo/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a press conference on Monday that it is reclassifying the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) variant first identified...
Read MoreResearch finds youth cancer survival increased when diet, exercise addressed
Photo Cred: Marisa Howenstine/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Overweight children and adolescents receiving chemotherapy for treatment of leukemia are less successful battling the disease compared to their lean peers. Research conducted...
Read MoreGood oral hygiene could help reduce COVID-19 severity, study finds
Photo Cred: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) could pass into people’s lungs from saliva with the virus moving directly from mouth to bloodstream, particularly if individuals...
Read MoreNavigating polypharmacy and addressing debilitating symptoms in multiple sclerosis patients
Photo Cred: Alex Green/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP I see a lot of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in my clinic, all with different health histories, different overriding symptoms...
Read MoreStudy examines prevalence, risk factors for nonconvulsive seizures hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Photo Cred: Olga Kononenko/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Some hospitalized patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19 experience non-convulsive seizures, which may put them at a higher risk of dying, according to...
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