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2020
Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Schizophrenia
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug may ease a range of symptoms that strike people with schizophrenia, without the side effects of existing medications, an early clinical trial suggests. Researchers found that, over one month, the drug helped manage the different ways in which schizophrenia manifests -- from delusions and hallucinations, to flattened emotions and social withdrawal. Among 120 patients who took the drug, 65% were responding by week four. That compared with 44% of patients given a placebo. The drug -- dubbed SEP-363856 -- also appeared to avoid the side effects common with standard antipsychotic medications. Experts were hopeful that the findings, published April 16 in the New England Journal of Medicine, will lead to a new treatment...
FDA Urges COVID-19 Survivors to Donate Plasma
16 April 2020
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking Americans who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate their blood plasma to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. Called convalescent plasma, it has antibodies to the new coronavirus and could be used to make treatments for severely ill COVID-19 patients, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn explained. "Prior experience with respiratory viruses and limited data that have emerged from China suggest that convalescent plasma has the potential to lessen the severity or shorten the length of illness caused by COVID-19," Hahn said in an agency news release. "It is important that we evaluate this potential therapy in the context of clinical trials, through expanded access, as well as facilitate...
Exhaled 'Aerosols' Spread Coronavirus Up to 13 Feet,...
16 April 2020
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Recent studies show that people infected with the new coronavirus could be spreading "aerosolized" viral particles as they cough, breathe or talk in a 13-foot radius, and viral particles can also move around on people's shoes. But there was also good news from the studies: Standard protective gear appears to effectively shield health care workers from these aerosolized droplets and infection, and even cloth face masks could curb the spread of exhaled droplets. Reading over the findings, emergency medicine physician Dr. Robert Glatter said they are a reminder that any form of social distancing should help curb new cases of COVID-19. "The bottom line is that maintaining some distance from others is better than none," said Glatter, who works...
Blood Test Might Spot Pancreatic Cancer Early
16 April 2020
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Pancreatic cancer is known as a "silent killer" because it's often detected far too late. But there's hope a new blood test may be able to spot the most common type of pancreatic tumor in its early stages. In a small study, the test also appeared to be able to accurately identify the stage of pancreatic cancer in patients -- helping to determine the most appropriate treatment, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine said. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 47,000 people die from pancreatic cancer each year. Beloved "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is currently waging a battle against the disease. "Right now, the majority of patients who are diagnosed already have metastatic [advanced] disease, so...
Obesity Is Biggest Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factor
16 April 2020
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Whether you have a low or a high genetic risk for type 2 diabetes, obesity seems to be the driving factor in developing the disease, Danish researchers say. Their new study found that obesity increased the risk of type 2 diabetes by at least six times, no matter what a person's genetic risk was. "Obesity and unfavorable lifestyle are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes irrespective of genetic risk," said study author Hermina Jakupović. She's a doctoral fellow in biomedicine at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. These findings suggest that no matter what your family history might be, maintaining a healthy weight is a key to keeping type 2 diabetes at bay. "Weight management by healthy lifestyle should be...
New COVID-19 Test Could Give Results in Under 1 Hour
16 April 2020
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've developed a low-cost swab test that can diagnose COVID-19 infections in about 45 minutes. The CRISPR-based test -- which uses gene-targeting technology and requires no specialized equipment -- could help relieve testing backlogs in the United States as COVID-19 continues to spread, the scientists said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved the test, but clinical assessments are being conducted in an effort to fast-track approval. The test is described in a paper published April 16 in the journal Nature Biotechnology. "The introduction and availability of CRISPR technology will accelerate deployment of the next generation of tests to diagnose COVID-19 infection," co-lead developer Dr. Charles Chiu...
Waging War Against Severe COVID-19: One Survivor's Story
16 April 2020
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- "Am I going to die?" It was 11 days since Dr. Vijay Battu's first symptoms, and four days since his admission as a patient to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. And now the ravages of COVID-19 had begun to make breathing nearly impossible. "I asked because I was scared," recalled Battu. "It was horrible. I didn't feel like I was getting enough air. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't do anything. I wanted to call my lawyer, to make a will. But honestly I couldn't even put my finger on my phone to type. I just couldn't. I didn't have the energy." Battu would eventually win his battle against COVID-19. But it was a harrowing journey back to health. For Battu -- an otherwise healthy 52-year-old ophthalmologist and attending surgeon at the New...
Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers
16 April 2020
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- With protective gear in short supply, Duke University researchers say they've designed a much-needed respirator for health care workers battling COVID-19. The respirator was created by a medical and engineering team at the university and is being used by Duke Health doctors treating patients with suspected cases of COVID-19. The idea for the protective respirator came from orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Melissa Erickson. "We have these helmets that we wear during arthroplasty surgery [joint repairs] and we started to wonder, 'Can these be repurposed?'" Erikson said in a Duke news release. Under Erickson's guidance, a multidisciplinary team created 3D-printed parts to modify the surgical helmet -- which uses room air -- into a powered...
Low-Dose Aspirin Might Lower Odds for Digestive Cancers
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of several types of digestive tract cancers, according to a team of researchers in Europe. For the new study, the...
Why Remdesivir Might Be a Good Bet Against COVID-19
THURSDAY, April 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- New research sheds light on why the experimental drug remdesivir might become the most powerful weapon in the fight against COVID-19: It is highly...
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