Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects about 1 in 50,000 people. Well-known people who suffered from ALS include baseball player Lou Gehrig, who lived t… [+3865 chars]
About a week ago, news outlets reported that a large randomized controlled trial showed that ivermectin had no impact on COVID. At that time, only scant data on which the conclusions were based were … [+6315 chars]
With the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, getting reinfected with COVID-19 appears to be increasingly common. According to Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewans chief medical officer of h… [+4982 chars]
Is it possible that simultaneous outbreaks of covid-19 and influenza (influenza) reach the same population simultaneously? According to a group of experts, the possibility is quite rare, due to viral… [+4687 chars]
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Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Many Americans are discovering that recovering from covid-19 may take weeks or even months longer… [+5603 chars]
Image source, South Tees Hospitals Image caption, Leslie Hodgson's surgery followed 97 years after his first ear operation A 103-year-old man is thought to be the oldest person in the world to rega… [+2194 chars]
Hay fever season has already begun, as it does in March every year. Woken up with a runny nose and itchy eyes? You might think youre coming down with a cold or COVID, but it could be the signs of ha… [+2683 chars]
New research has identified a pair of independent risk factors for recurrent clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in prophylactic probiotics and nasogastric feeding tube use. A team, led by Yuki Y… [+3145 chars]
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The vast majority of children and young people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs)… [+6763 chars]
COVID-19: Students fall sick as schools reopen after 2 years Written byPratyush Deep Kotoky Apr 13, 2022, 02:20 pm2 min read As schools reopen after two years of COVID-19 lockdowns, several studen… [+2470 chars]
Cardiovascular risk factors are associated with an increased risk of depression in older adults, according to a new study published April 13 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Sandra Martín-Peláe… [+2886 chars]
