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Rapid blood test identifies COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease

January 15, 2021 (COVID-19), at, Blood, disease, high, identifies, of, patients, Rapid, risk, severe, test

One of the most vexing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is doctors’ inability to predict which newly hospitalized patients will

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DNA test can quickly identify pneumonia in patients with severe COVID-19, aiding faster treatment

January 15, 2021 (COVID-19), aiding, Can, DNA, Faster, identify, in, patients, Pneumonia, quickly, severe, test, treatment, with

Researchers have developed a DNA test to quickly identify secondary infections in COVID-19 patients, who have double the risk of

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Study links severe COVID-19 disease to short telomeres

January 11, 2021 (COVID-19), disease, links, severe, Short, study, telomeres, to

Patients with severe COVID-19 disease have significantly shorter telomeres, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Spanish National

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Antidepressant Fluvoxamine Might Help Prevent Severe COVID-19

November 12, 2020 (COVID-19), Antidepressant, Fluvoxamine, help, might, prevent, severe

THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 — The antidepressant drug fluvoxamine — best known by the brand name Luvox — may help

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Severe form of inflammatory bowel disease linked to a strain of mouth bacteria

October 29, 2020 A, Bacteria, bowel, disease, form, inflammatory, Linked, mouth:, of, severe, Strain, to

Severe ulcerative colitis—a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—has been linked to a newly-discovered strain of oral bacteria, a study

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New blood test predicts which COVID-19 patients will develop severe infection

October 14, 2020 (COVID-19), Blood, develop, Infection, New, patients, Predicts, severe, test, Which, will

Scientists have developed, for the first time, a score that can accurately predict which patients will develop a severe form

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Researchers use precision medicine to reverse severe lymphatic disorder

October 5, 2020 disorder, lymphatic, medicine, precision, Researchers, reverse, severe, to, Use

Through genetic sequencing and targeted treatment, researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have resolved a severe lymphatic disorder in

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Awareness of COVID-19 in severe dementia patients

September 21, 2020 (COVID-19), awareness, Dementia, in, of, patients, severe

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has substantially affected patients with dementia and their caregivers. Owing to the restrictive

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What are corticosteroids, and why are they effective at fighting severe COVID-19?

September 8, 2020 (COVID-19), and, Are, at, corticosteroids, effective, Fighting, severe, They, What, Why

Following reports in June that the cheap steroid drug dexamethasone could help treat patients severely ill with COVID-19, scientists and

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Ageing heart cells offer clues to susceptibility of older people to severe COVID-19

August 18, 2020 (COVID-19), ageing, cells, clues, heart, of, offer, Older, people, severe, susceptibility, to

Genes that play an important role in allowing SARS-CoV-2 to invade heart cells become more active with age, according to

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