All posts tagged "Lungs"
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24Health NewsWoman Dies After Getting Covid-19 From Transplanted Lungs
A woman in Michigan died 61 days after she received a pair of lungs from an organ donor who had been infected...
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251Health NewsTransplant Patient Dies After Getting Covid-Infected Lungs
By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Monday, February 22, 2021 (Kaiser News) — This story also ran on NBC News. It...
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14Health CareOrgan Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving Covid-Infected Lungs
Doctors say a woman in Michigan contracted covid-19 and died last fall two months after receiving a tainted double-lung transplant from a...
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25Health NewsMusic Therapy for Your Lungs
SOURCES: UpToDate: “Overview of pulmonary function testing in adults.” National Institutes of Health: “Usefulness of harmonica playing to improve outcomes in patients...
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188Health NewsResearch Shows Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly
TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Unlike regular pneumonia, COVID-19 pneumonia spreads like many “wildfires” throughout the lungs, researchers say. ...
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84Health CareAI system detects Covid-19 in lungs faster than radiologists, study finds
A new artificial intelligence system, developed by researchers at Northwestern University, was able to detect Covid-19 in the lungs by analyzing X-ray...
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283Health CareClots, Strokes and Rashes: Is COVID a Disease of the Blood Vessels?
Whether it’s strange rashes on the toes or blood clots in the brain, the widespread ravages of COVID-19 have increasingly led researchers...
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74Health NewsWhy is Trump Taking Dexamethasone and Does It Work?
Glucocorticoids have been used for respiratory infections similar to COVID-19, such as SARS, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe flu, and...
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91Health NewsDoctors Should Watch for Punctured Lungs in COVID Patients
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Punctured lungs occur in as many as 1...
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92Health NewsThe microbiome: How bacteria regulate your health. Science with Sam
Living inside us all are trillions of symbiotic microorganisms – bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses, collectively known as our microbiome. Every bit...
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57Health NewsThe microbiome: How gut bacteria regulate our health
Our bodies contain almost as many microbial cells as human cells. This community of organisms is called the microbiome, and we are...
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104Health NewsWildfires, COVID a Double Whammy to Lung Health
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Even as wildfires rage across California, Oregon...
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85Health NewsBill Bryson on the miraculous human body
Forget disease and frailty. Bill Bryson’s new book, The Body: A guide for occupants, is a tribute to the way the things...
