by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 11, 2020 | Health News
The hospital said it believes this is the first time such an operation on a Covid-19 patient has been performed successfully in the United States, and it offers new hope for patients with extensive lung damage from coronavirus infection. The patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s, spent six weeks on a ventilator and an […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 11, 2020 | Health News
The man lay alone in his pressurized room at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital in Orlando. He had a severe case of Covid-19, and it looked like he was losing the battle. A Catholic priest came to administer last rites. The patient, Jason Denney, said goodbye to his family via...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 11, 2020 | Health News
It is the first trial of a Covid-19 antibody cocktail in the United States. If successful, Regeneron hopes it could be available by the fall. The clinical trial started Wednesday. Regeneron said its antibody cocktail will be tested in four separate study populations:...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 11, 2020 | Health News
At elementary school, things got worse. Ben would come home every day defeated because other children bullied him about his “girlish” preoccupations and his heavy body. Those kids “made him feel really self-conscious,” Carrie said. This year...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jun 11, 2020 | Health News
In fact, sheltering in place can lead to a nearly 60% increase in the amount of content people consume across all devices, according to a March report from Nielsen. More than a quarter of parents and 36% of teens wake up to check their phones at least once at night,...