by Richard A. Hendricks | Feb 12, 2021 | Health News
The preliminary results came from the RECOVERY trial, which has been testing potential Covid-19 treatments since March 2020. Tocilizumab was added to the trial in April 2020. The results were shared in a preprint, but have not yet been peer-reviewed or published in a medical journal. For the trial, 2,022 patients were randomly allocated tocilizumab […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 28, 2020 | Health News
“Before Covid, I was a 59-year-old, relatively healthy man,” said the broadband technician from Denver. “If I had to say where I’m at now, I’d say about 50% of where I was, but when I first went home, I was at 20%.” He credits much...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 25, 2020 | Health News
The updated FDA guidance said the filling material could lead to health issues for those with a hypersensitivity to mercury. Dental amalgam fillings are a mixture of silver, tin, copper and mercury. The FDA and American Dental Association have said for years the...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 13, 2020 | Health News
Gahan, a clinical psychologist in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom, hasn’t been able to return to work. The disease causes what she calls “storms,” disabling periods when she feels shortness of breath, numbness in her hands and feet and her heart rate...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 3, 2020 | Health News
One study, published in the medical journal JAMA, examined several randomized trials involving more than 1,700 patients. Patients who received the steroids were more likely to survive, and there was no sign of an increased risk of serious of adverse events among those...
