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16Mar

Common viruses trigger most cases of intussusception in children

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Viral infections trigger more cases of intussusception, the common cause of bowel blockages in young children, than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, found during the COVID-19 lockdowns hospital admissions for intussusception, a medical emergency involving obstruction of the […]

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16Mar

Long Covid Is Still A Problem, Despite the World Moving On

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Four years ago, a virus brought everyday life in the United States to a screeching halt. On March 15, 2020, officials in places like New York City and Ohio announced some of the first shutdowns and stay-at-home orders in a century, which soon spread across the country like the novel coronavirus itself. By March 2021, […]

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16Mar

Lawyer, author spent 72 years in an iron lung

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JESUS JIMENEZ After he was paralysed by polio at age 6, Paul Alexander was confined for much of his life to a yellow iron lung that kept him alive. He was not expected to survive after that diagnosis, and even when he beat those odds, his life was mostly constrained by a machine in which […]

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16Mar

How to Tell If You’ll Suffer from Long-Term COVID Lung Problems: Latest Findings

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What Steps Can Individuals Take to Assess Their Risk for Long-Term COVID Lung Problems? This is what experts say Several studies suggest that COVID-19 may induce persistent lung scarring reminiscent of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung condition. This lingering lung damage could lead to a progressive decline in patients’ respiratory function over time. Scientists […]

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16Mar

Experts and Patients Explain Fatigue, Brain Fog And More

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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic. The decision would change the world as we know it — how we live, work, interact with each other — and mark the beginning of a new era in which we coexist with COVID-19. The pandemic has since been declared over, […]

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16Mar

‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms | Long Covid

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Some 6.8% of American adults are currently experiencing long Covid symptoms, according to a new survey from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), revealing an “alarming” increase in recent months even as the health agency relaxes Covid isolation recommendations, experts say. That means an estimated 17.6 million Americans could now be living […]

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16Mar

Is Long COVID Just a Typical Post-Viral Syndrome?

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Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images It is time to stop using terms such as “long COVID” an Australian research team says. Such phrases, they say, imply there is something unique about longer term symptoms associated with COVID. But long COVID, this team maintains, is just a typical post-viral syndrome, indistinguishable from what is seen […]

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16Mar

Long COVID Symptoms Among Americans on the Rise

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March 15, 2024 – Symptoms of long COVID are becoming more common among Americans. The CDC says 6.8% of Americans recently reported having long COVID symptoms, and 17.6% say they’ve had long COVID at some point, according to the federal health agency’s most recent Household Pulse Survey.  The 6.8% is an increase from the October […]

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16Mar

Liver injury in COVID-19: an insight into pathobiology and roles of risk factors | Virology Journal

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SIH is a multifactorial complication, and there appear to be many risk factors linked to it. Although the available findings may not suffice to cover certain aspects of SIH in detail, we have classified the possible risk factors into three categories: host factors, environmental factors, and viral factors. Host factors point to a group of […]

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16Mar

On Long COVID Awareness Day, Pressley Keeps Up Fight for COVID Long Haulers

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Pressley Has Led Efforts in Congress to Expand Access to Long COVID Treatment, Invest in Research, and More WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement marking Long COVID Awareness Day while continuing her fight in Congress to support the millions of people in America still living with COVID-19. “Long COVID remains a […]

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16Mar

Mobile health unit offers free long COVID screening to metro Detroiters

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At least one in five people who have had COVID-19 will develop what is known as “long COVID,” characterized by signs, symptoms, and conditions that continue or well after a COVID-19 infection. According to officials, Detroit has the second highest rate of long COVID in the nation, with over 25% of adults who had COVID-19 […]

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16Mar

Brisk US flu activity continues as COVID indicators drop further

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The nation’s flu activity remained elevated last week, with an increase in test positivity, as levels of two other respiratory viruses—COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—continued their steady declines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in updates today. In its respiratory virus snapshot of all three diseases, the CDC said illness levels […]

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16Mar

Canadians with long COVID are struggling with myriad symptoms and patchwork treatments

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A year ago, Sandy Choiniere was so weak from long COVID, she couldn’t hold her 20-month-old daughter in her arms while standing. Today, she feels functional, but only because she’s being careful, listening to her body and resting when she needs to. “I sometimes still feel like a 35-year-old woman in the body of a […]

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16Mar

Heart inflammation after COVID-19: Signs and treatment

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In some cases, COVID-19 leads to pericarditis, which is inflammation of the sack-like membrane containing the heart. COVID-19 can also cause myocarditis, which is inflammation of the heart muscle. Both pericarditis and myocarditis are rare overall, but the number of cases began to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sometimes, both conditions occur at the same […]

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16Mar

Simple blood test could predict risk of long-term COVID-19 lung problems

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Computerized tomography images of Early- and Late- Resolving COVID associated pulmonary fibrosis and study design. (A) CT images of two COVID survivors displaying resolving pulmonary fibrosis (top row) or persistent pulmonary fibrosis (bottom row). Left images represent abnormal CT findings observed when first evaluated in the post-COVID clinic more than one month post-infection. Right images […]

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16Mar

Detroit lawmakers mark Long COVID awareness day by visiting mobile unit screening for lung damage

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With Friday marking the second annual International Long COVID Awareness Day, Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) and Rep. Tyrone Carter (D-Detroit) paid a visit to a mobile health unit that has been providing Detroit residents with free screenings experiencing respiratory issues after a COVID-19 infection.  The mobile health unit opened in December through a […]

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16Mar

Emphysema Treatment Market: Consumer Trends and Future Opportunities 2024-2030 | Survey by QYResearch

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is kind of lung disease which happen due to chronic obstruction of lung airflow that interferes with normal breathing and is not fully reversible. The global market for Emphysema Treatment was estimated to be worth US$ million in 2023 and is forecast to a readjusted size of US$ million […]

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16Mar

Vapotherm to Unveil Access365 Home Ventilation Solution at MEDTRADE

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EXETER, N.H., March 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Vapotherm, Inc., (OTCQX: VAPO), (“Vapotherm” or the “Company”) today announced the debut of its Access365™ Home Ventilation Solution at the upcoming MEDTRADE conference. VAPOTHERM, INC. (PRNewsfoto/VAPOTHERM, INC.) Dr. Jessica Whittle, Chief Medical Officer of Vapotherm, emphasized the company’s commitment to improving the lives of hypercapnic patients in the home. […]

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16Mar

Emergency services rolling log – Torrington Telegram

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A compendium of Goshen County emergency response and service calls Sunday, February 18 – Tuesday, February 20 00:03 Community contact, officer-initiated activity at Main Street, Torrington. Disposition completed. 01:01 Reddi, occurred on US Hwy. 26. Little car swerving. Disposition report required. 07:28 Medical aid, occurred on W 3rd St. period reporting party said spouse is […]

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