Neither nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) nor tetracycline antibiotics improved symptoms for patients with bipolar depression, according to a randomized trial done in Pakistan. Among 266…
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Palliative care consultation during a heart failure hospitalization was followed by mixed results on healthcare utilization, according to a study of U.S. veterans. Palliative care…
Despite previous evidence of its anti-inflammatory effects, high doses of vitamin D did not reduce the incidence of endoscopic or clinical recurrence of Crohn’s disease…
There was no significant difference in clinical improvement when the COVID-19 antiviral agent remdesivir was administered for 5 days or 10 days in hospitalized patients…
Airborne aerosols were generated during speech, sneezing, and during nasal endoscopy procedures in an otolaryngology clinic, reinforcing the importance of universal source control during the…
Oral doxycycline did not slow growth of small infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms in the randomized N-TA3 CT trial, researchers reported. Changes in aortic diameter with…
Simple and readily available saline solution can reliably transport COVID-19 samples to testing labs
In a new peer-reviewed study appearing in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier, investigators report that a simple salt solution commonly found in…
A mouse model of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reproduces features observed in human patients, researchers report May 26 in the…
With doctors and researchers around the world searching for effective treatments for COVID-19, many drugs approved to treat other diseases are being used in hopes…
The frequency of genetic variants associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has decreased progressively in the evolutionary human lineage from the Palaeolithic to the present day,…