COVID-19 hospitalization rates 3.5-fold higher, case fatality rates 13.6-fold higher in pregnant patients versus similarly aged adults
Risk factors include peripheral sensory neuropathy, peripheral arterial disease, nephropathy, and poor glycemic control
MONDAY, Jan. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Electronic 'early warning systems' for kidney damage in hospital patients don't improve outcomes, researchers say.These...
TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Unlike regular pneumonia, COVID-19 pneumonia spreads like many "wildfires" throughout the lungs, researchers say.This...
47 percent experience fatigue, with no correlation between any measures of persistent disease and initial disease severity
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who suffer from acute heart failure may be nearly twice as likely to die if they get COVID-19,...
FRIDAY, Jan. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many smokers make a New Year's resolution to quit, so the American Lung Association offers advice to improve their...
FRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The spread of a deadly disease that was pushing Tasmanian devils towards extinction appears to be slowing, researchers...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Menopause symptoms can interfere with women's jobs, Japanese researchers report.For the study, the investigators looked...
Accuracy of 82 percent achieved with DeepCOVID-XR compared with 81 percent for consensus of five thoracic radiologists