Doctors Save the Lives of COVID-19 Patients by Using Existing Treatment Earlier
The lives of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are being saved by doctors who are using an existing medical treatment at an earlier stage. Dr. Luigi…
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Breathing Problems in Teens: COVID-19 or Vaping Lung Injury?
Vaping-related lung injury and COVID-19’s shared symptoms can be confusing. A UC Davis Health pediatric team presented a powerful case series of three teenagers who…
Investigations of Deceased COVID-19 Patients Reveal Lung Damage Caused by Persistence of “Abnormal Cells”
Investigations of deceased COVID-19 patients have shed light on possible lung damage caused by the virus. The study, published today (November 3, 2020) in The…
CBD Helps Reduce COVID-19 Lung Damage by Increasing Levels of Protective Peptide
One way CBD appears to reduce the “cytokine storm” that damages the lungs and kills many patients with COVID-19 is by enabling an increase in…
Researchers Identify How to Predict Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients
Like a cold front that moves in, setting the stage for severe weather, coronavirus infection triggers showers of infection-fighting immune molecules — showers that sometimes…
New Blood Test Accurately Predicts Which COVID-19 Patients Will Develop Severe Infection
Test could inform doctors on best treatment options. Scientists have developed, for the first time, a score that can accurately predict which patients will develop…
Coronavirus Researchers Discover How COVID-19 May Trigger Fatal Levels of Lung Inflammation
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, requires models that can duplicate disease development in humans, identify potential targets and enable…
COVID-19 Patients Suffer Long-Term Lung and Heart Damage – But They Can Recover With Time
Coronavirus patients recover faster if they undergo rehabilitation as soon as possible after coming off ventilators or leaving intensive care. COVID-19 patients can suffer long-term…
Better Tool Created to Aid COVID-19 Diagnosis
A Louisiana State University Health New Orleans radiologist and evolutionary anatomist have teamed up to show the same techniques used for research on reptile and…
Lung Ultrasound Reveals Duration and Severity of COVID-19
Thickened pleural line more frequently observed in patients with longer time intervals after symptom onset; pulmonary consolidation more common in severe and critical cases. According…
Heat Now More Lethal Than Cold for People With Respiratory Diseases in Spanish Study
Women and older adults are the populations most vulnerable to high temperatures. A new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center…
Emergency Room Chest X-Rays Can Help Predict Severity of COVID-19
Chest X-rays performed on young and middle-aged adults with COVID-19 when they arrive at the emergency room can help doctors predict who is at higher…
Clinicians Treating COVID-19 Warn: “Don’t Rush to Try Novel Therapies”
Intensivists caution against the use of premature novel therapies in lieu of traditional critical care principles in patients with COVID-19 in a recent correspondence letter…
What in Known About EVALI: Diagnosis of the Acute Lung Injury Associated With Vaping
Pulmonary imaging is important in the diagnosis of the acute lung injury associated with vaping, known as electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury…
Boosting FoxO3 Activity Halts the Progress of Pulmonary Fibrosis
To date, the molecular basis of pulmonary fibrosis has been poorly understood. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad…
New Research Shows Thyroid Hormone Therapy Heals Lung Fibrosis
A new Yale-led study shows that thyroid hormone therapy significantly resolves fibrosis, or scarring, in the lungs of mice, increasing their survival from disease. This…
Yale Study Probes the Link Between Common Blood Clotting Conditions
New research from Yale University probes the link between common clotting conditions – atrial fibrillation and pulmonary embolism. Medical disorders related to blood clots are…
Yale Cardiologists Identify a Potential Therapeutic Target for Pulmonary Hypertension
In a newly published study, Yale scientists detail the discovery of a novel cell type that is essential to the development of pulmonary hypertension and…