Tag Archives: Patients

30% of COVID Patients in Study Developed ‘Long COVID’

About 30% of COVID-19 sufferers developed the situation referred to as lengthy COVID, UCLA researchers mentioned in a research printed within the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The UCLA researchers studied 1,038 individuals enrolled within the UCLA COVID Ambulatory Program between April 2020 and February 2021. Researchers discovered that 309 of them developed lengthy COVID. […]

Newly Diagnosed Diabetes in COVID Patients Often Temporary

MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Newly recognized diabetes in lots of COVID-19 sufferers could also be a short lived kind triggered by COVID, in line with a brand new research. Blood sugar ranges returned to regular in about half of the newly recognized diabetes sufferers after they left the hospital, and solely 8% […]

Scientists See Hope in New Therapy for COVID Brain Fog Patients

Feb. 10, 2022 — People with long-COVID “brain fog” could possibly get better psychological talents that had been dulled or stolen from them by the virus by means of an method that has improved the consequences of stroke, traumatic mind damage, and different post-viral issues, docs and scientists say. For a fortunate portion of the […]

Many Doctors Uninformed on Rights of Disabled Patients

By Cara MurezHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 30 years after passage of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), many docs nonetheless do not know the best way to present accessible care, a brand new research finds. “Despite the very fact folks with disabilities comprise 25% of the inhabitants, […]

Drug Can Keep Leukemia in Remission for Years in Younger Patients

By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For sure leukemia sufferers, some welcome findings: New analysis confirms lengthy remissions after remedy with the drug ibrutinib and chemotherapy. The research concerned 85 sufferers with persistent lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). All have been 65 or youthful, and 46 had extra aggressive, unmutated IGHV subtype […]

Patients Can Experience Burnout Too

Dec. 7, 2021 — Efforts to fight burnout in well being care professionals will be expanded to incorporate sufferers with power situations — who can show a number of the identical telltale indicators, corresponding to extended stress, hopelessness, or feeling a lack of management. Identifying these sufferers and acknowledging their elevated burnout threat may enhance […]

Majority of Patients Prefer In-Person Visits to Telehealth: Survey

Dec. 1, 2021 — The majority of Americans are keen to do video visits with their docs for non-emergency care however favor in-person visits, in response to a brand new research inJAMA Network Open. When hypothetical out-of-pocket prices are thought-about, the paper says, folks nonetheless worth in-person care extra extremely than video encounters. But the […]

Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Anti-vaxxers felt their suspicions confirmed when former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell died from COVID-19 problems in mid-October regardless of being absolutely vaccinated. But Powell, 84, was being handled for blood most cancers on the time of his demise, and a brand […]