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...