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(HealthDay)—Even months after beating COVID-19, many people still suffer memory lapses, difficulty concentrating and other symptoms of “brain fog,” a new study shows. Researchers found that such symptoms were prevalent seven months after a COVID diagnosis—in both patients who’d been severely ill and hospitalized, and in those who’d managed a mild case at home. Along […]
The most vulnerable Britons are missing out on their third jabs, with one GP branding the scheme ‘a dog’s dinner’, so why is the Covid booster programme failing? Last week The Mail on Sunday revealed that hundreds of thousands of the UK’s highest-risk patients are in danger of missing out on a vital third Covid jab […]
As the U.S. rides the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers around the country are striving to save the lives of thousands of hospitalized patients. But as the long-term consequences of these hospital stays become more apparent, with many surviving patients facing so-called long-COVID and continued physical and mental challenges, U-M researchers are […]
A retrospective analysis of large datasets of biomarkers from tumors and healthy tissue by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Convergence Institute suggests that older cancer patients could benefit as much as younger patients from cancer immunotherapies. The findings, published online August 24, 2021 in Cell Reports, provide support for potentially expanding the […]
Rising COVID cases in several Australian states means demand for intensive care unit (ICU) beds and specialist critical nurses will rise. This increase in demand is on top of the typical workload ICUs might see. And because of the nature of COVID itself and other factors, this puts pressure on the entire hospital system. What […]
Researchers at Monash University have established one of the world’s largest collections of living tumors from prostate cancer patients, accelerating the testing of new treatments for prostate cancer and leading to faster patient benefit. One of the most common cancers, prostate cancer is also one of the most difficult to study in the laboratory, with […]
Despite a sharp reduction in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for preventive care since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, patients are still receiving unexpected bills for preventive services that should be free, according to a new study co-authored by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher. Published in the journal Preventive Medicine, […]
A large cohort study found that despite impaired immunity, the vast majority of patients receiving dialysis maintained SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels 6 months after infection. A slow and continual decline in median antibody levels was observed over time, but the researchers found no indication that subgroups with impaired immunity had a shorter-lived humoral response compared with […]
Loneliness and social isolation, which can have negative effects on health and longevity, are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of surveyed adults with cancer have been experiencing loneliness in recent months, according to a study published early online in Cancer. Studies conducted before the pandemic reported that 32 percent to 47 […]
Agony of the forgotten mesh victims: New battle for patients with lives ruined by implants for bowel problems Jacqui Shaw used to be the life and soul of the party. Even a hysterectomy in 2001 aged 32, after having two sons, didn’t slow her down. She bounced back — running after her boys, Dan, now […]