Proven cardiovascular anti-inflammatory therapies should be used to treat COVID-19 patients that are at risk of, or have developed, cardiovascular problems, recommend leading cardiologists from Beijing, China, who have used their expertise in this area to detail treatment options for…
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A new strategy to trigger ferroptosis in target cancer cells using drug-metal coordination complexes
Rapidly increasing cancer incidence and mortality worldwide have raised great challenges for the currently available anticancer options, which warrants the development of new therapeutic modalities based on novel antitumor mechanisms. Ferroptosis, a recently discovered form of non-apoptotic cell death, is…
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Closely watched arthritis drug disappoints in COVID-19 trial
An arthritis drug that was being closely watched for its potential use against COVID-19 has delivered disappointing results in clinical trials, its makers said Monday. Kevzara, which is made by Regeneron and Sanofi, does not attack the novel coronavirus but…
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Soil in wounds can help stem deadly bleeding
New UBC research shows for the first time that soil silicates—the most abundant material on the Earth’s crust—play a key role in blood clotting. “Soil is not simply our matrix for growing food and for building materials. Here we discovered…
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Back to school in China as lockdowns start to ease worldwide
Children in China’s two most important cities went back to school Monday after more than three months at home, as coronavirus restrictions eased and governments around the world began charting a path out of the pandemic lockdown. Europe’s four worst-affected…
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Deaths and desperation mount in Ecuador, epicenter of coronavirus pandemic in Latin America
Dead bodies are lying at home and in the stree … f Guayaquil, Ecuador, a city so hard-hit by coronavirus that overfilled hospitals are turning away even very ill patients and funeral homes are unavailable for burial. Data on deaths…
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Coronavirus lingered in a woman’s eyes long after it cleared from her nose
Italy’s first confirmed COVID-19 patient had detectable levels of infectious viral particles in her eyes, long after the infection had cleared from her nose, according to a report of the case. On Jan. 23, a 65-year-old woman flew from Wuhan,…
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Early antibody testing suggests COVID-19 infections in L.A. County greatly exceed documented cases
USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Monday released preliminary results from a collaborative scientific study that suggests infections from the new coronavirus are far more widespread—and the fatality rate much lower—in L.A. County than previously…
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Smokers, vapers in special danger from coronavirus
(HealthDay)—Smokers and vapers who get COVID-19 are more likely to have complications, so this might be a good time to quit, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons says. An early study from China looked at 78 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Researchers found…
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Even during pandemic, childbirth safest in hospital, doctors’ group says
Having your baby in a hospital is the still the safest choice, even during the coronavirus pandemic, updated guidelines from a leading pediatricians’ group say. “We recognize that women have different reasons for planning a home delivery, such as cultural…
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