New COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Data Could Shift Clinical Practice
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3y ago
New data from phase 3 trials of monoclonal antibodies for patients with recent COVID-19 diagnoses, or at high risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection, could move the needle on clinician acceptance of the treatments, experts say. Two monoclonal antibody formulations, Eli Lilly’s bamlanivimab and Regeneron’s cocktail of two antibodies, casirivimab and imdevimab, received emergency use authorizations from […] The post New COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Data Could Shift Clinical Practice appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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I’ve Had My Covid-19 vaccine – Now What Can I Safely Do?
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by Better Health For Women
3y ago
The day has finally come. You’ve received the second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine currently on the Western market — Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca. Does that mean you’re free to go about life as you did before the pandemic once immunity kicks in? Sorry, there is no immunity passport yet, experts told CNN. There are […] The post I’ve Had My Covid-19 vaccine – Now What Can I Safely Do? appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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Can I Have the Coronavirus Vaccine if I’ve had Breast Cancer Treatment?
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3y ago
With the COVID-19 vaccination programme being rolled out across the country Dr Sheeba Irshad, senior clinical lecturer, breast cancer medical oncologist and clinical deputy head of the Breast Cancer Now Research Unit at Kings College London, answers some common questions about the current vaccines and if they are safe and effective for people with breast […] The post Can I Have the Coronavirus Vaccine if I’ve had Breast Cancer Treatment? appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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Scientists Call on C.D.C. to Set Air Standards for Workplaces, Now
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3y ago
The agency has not fully reckoned with airborne transmission of the coronavirus in settings like hospitals, schools and meatpacking plants, experts said. Nearly a year after scientists showed that the coronavirus can be inhaled in tiny droplets called aerosols that linger indoors in stagnant air, more than a dozen experts are calling on the Biden […] The post Scientists Call on C.D.C. to Set Air Standards for Workplaces, Now appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ
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by Better Health For Women
3y ago
We all want this pandemic to end. By February 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic caused 100 million confirmed infections and 2.2 million deaths worldwide. In the United States, 26 million people have been infected with COVID-19 and nearly 500,000 people have died. This winter, 3,300 U.S. lives were lost every day to a surge of COVID-19 […] The post COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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Breast Cancer Mortality Rates No Longer Falling for Younger Women
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3y ago
After more than two decades, women between ages 20 and 39 are seeing a slight increase in the rates of breast cancer mortality. The two decade-plus trend of declining death rates from breast cancer is at an end for women under age 40, prompting experts to call for greater awareness of and more research into […] The post Breast Cancer Mortality Rates No Longer Falling for Younger Women appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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Tough Pain Relief Choices in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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3y ago
More people with fever and body aches are turning to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to ease symptoms, but the drugs have come under new scrutiny as investigators work to determine whether they are a safe way to relieve the pain of COVID-19 vaccination or symptoms of the disease. Early on in the pandemic, French health officials […] The post Tough Pain Relief Choices in the COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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Growing Immunity Driving Drop in COVID Cases? Not So Fast, Experts Say
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3y ago
After more than 3 months of record-breaking surges of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States, the national numbers are finally going in a welcome direction: down. Since early January — when the 7-day rolling average of new cases neared 250,000 — the country’s caseload has rapidly dropped by more than two thirds, according […] The post Growing Immunity Driving Drop in COVID Cases? Not So Fast, Experts Say appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
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3y ago
CDC is actively working to learn more about the whole range of short- and long-term health effects associated with COVID-19. As the pandemic unfolds, we are learning that many organs besides the lungs are affected by COVID-19 and there are many ways the infection can affect someone’s health. While most persons with COVID-19 recover and […] The post Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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Loss of Smell Reported in 86% of Mild COVID Cases
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3y ago
A European study found patients with mild cases of COVID-19 were much more likely to report losing their sense of smell than patients with moderate to critical cases. Almost all the patients got their sense of smell back within 6 months, the study said. Researchers questioned and observed 2,581 COVID-19 patients from 18 European hospitals […] The post Loss of Smell Reported in 86% of Mild COVID Cases appeared first on Better Health For Women ..read more
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