COVID-19: People with heart or kidney diseases should keep taking their drugs
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, inaccurate medical information has flooded social media and other channels.
One potentially lethal example is that patients who take the...
This eye problem may be an early warning sign of COVID-19
In a new scientific statement, researchers warn that conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, can be an early sign of COVID-19 in some people.
They...
Some people with COVID-19 still have coronavirus after symptoms disappear
In a new study, researchers found that half of the patients they treated for mild COVID-19 infection still had coronavirus for up to eight...
Yale expert: Coping with stress in the time of coronavirus
When facing the challenges presented by the current coronavirus pandemic, feeling stress is a normal reaction.
In fact, the experience of feeling stress is useful...
No proof anti-malarial drugs prevent novel coronavirus in humans
There’s worrying news around the world of people self-medicating at home with the drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.
There’s since been reports of...
Severe COVID-19 may damage the heart
In a new study, researchers found that some severely ill COVID-19 patients sustain heart damage.
They found that among 416 patients hospitalized for severe COVID-19...
Older people need to stay in touch to avoid loneliness during COVID-19 pandemic
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S., social distancing is now the byword for prevention.
But for older adults who may already be experiencing...
COVID-19: Understanding the basics of ‘herd immunity’
Dr. Eduardo Sanchez is the American Heart Association's chief medical officer for prevention and a former state health commissioner of Texas.
He has dealt...
Widely used pesticide products may increase heart disease death risk
Pyrethroids are among the list of commonly used insecticides with the largest market share and they constitute the majority of commercial household insecticides.
They are...
COVID-19 just a problem for elderly people, right? Think again.
People holed up in their homes to follow the advice of government and health care experts were treated to some jarring newscast video over...