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More opioids cannot reduce chronic pain

In a new study, researchers found that increasing doses of opioid pain medicines may not benefit patients with chronic pain. They found that pain relief...

People with COVID-19 may develop this thyroid disease, new study shows

In a new study, researchers found that COVID-19 infection may cause subacute thyroiditis. Subacute thyroiditis is an inflammatory thyroid disease characterized by neck pain and is usually preceded by an upper...

This multi-drug therapy could help people with heart failure live 6 years longer

In a new study, researchers found that a multi-drug therapy could extend lifespan up to six years and eight years free from heart death...

This anti-viral drug could effectively fight COVID-19, new study shows

In a new study, researchers found that anti-viral drug remdesivir could reduce recovery times in coronavirus patients. The research was conducted by a team at...

Scientists find how to lower side effects of once-popular diabetes drug

In a new study, researchers found how an effective but largely abandoned treatment for Type 2 diabetes could be used again in combination with...

Popular COVID-19 drugs have serious side effects, may damage heart health

In a new study, researchers found that COVID-19 drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin may have a serious impact on the heart and are a potentially...

People living in urban areas have much higher risk of this autoimmune disease

In a new study, researchers found that air pollution could be a risk factor for the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). They detected a reduced...

Overweight people with COPD may have higher risk of COVID-19

In a new study, researchers have linked being overweight with an increased risk of getting COVID-19 in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD),...

This study shows an early behavior sign of autism

Many babies cry or show other signs of distress when a parent departs and they are left behind with a stranger. But secure babies are...

To reduce COVID-19 risk, you can do these 9 things everyday

I am a retired infectious disease epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health and am concerned about the lack of information on what...