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What really killed COVID patients? It wasn't cytokine storm but secondary bacterial infection: Study
1 year, 8 months ago

What really killed COVID patients? It wasn't cytokine storm but secondary bacterial infection: Study

India TV News  

Secondary bacterial pneumonia that does not resolve was a key driver of death in patients with Covid, according to a study. "Our study highlights the importance of preventing, looking for and aggressively treating secondary bacterial pneumonia in critically ill patients with severe pneumonia, including those with Covid-19," said senior author Dr. Benjamin Singer, Associate Professor of medicine at the university's …

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Video clip of Ohio school board meeting spreads vaccine falsehoods
3 years, 4 months ago

Video clip of Ohio school board meeting spreads vaccine falsehoods

Associated Press  

A 4-minute video clip of a man sharing several misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines during a school board meeting in Ohio is making the rounds online. The FDA had previously granted Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson emergency use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccines based on safety data that tracked more than 70,000 people through clinical trials. ___ CLAIM: COVID-19 …

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Understanding Cytokine Storm and its possible role in Covid-19 deaths
3 years, 7 months ago

Understanding Cytokine Storm and its possible role in Covid-19 deaths

Op India  

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is much stronger compared to the first wave. Cytokine Storm can make immune system patient’s biggest enemy A study done by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc., claimed that Cytokine storm appears to play a direct role in determining the severity of SARS-CoV-2. The deaths of Covid-19 patients due to multiple organ failure are believed to …

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Indian-American Scientists Identify Possible COVID-19 Treatment
4 years, 1 month ago

Indian-American Scientists Identify Possible COVID-19 Treatment

The Quint  

She worked with Bhesh Raj Sharma, Rajendra Karki and others at her lab for the research that helps increase understanding of the pathways and mechanism that drives Covid-19 inflammation so researchers can develop effective treatment strategies. The St. Jude investigators then tried 28 cytokine combinations and found just one duo that, working together, induced a form of inflammatory cell death …

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Arthritis Drug May Improve Covid-19 Survival Among Elderly Patients, Says Study
4 years, 1 month ago

Arthritis Drug May Improve Covid-19 Survival Among Elderly Patients, Says Study

News 18  

A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may reduce the risk of dying for elderly patients with COVID-19, and provide a new weapon in the arsenal against the novel coronavirus, according to a study. “We urgently need to find more effective treatments for COVID-19 while we wait for a vaccine to become widely available, said Professor Justin Stebbing, co-lead author …

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Steroid Treatment Should Be Reserved for Sickest Covid-19 Patients, Say Scientists
4 years, 1 month ago

Steroid Treatment Should Be Reserved for Sickest Covid-19 Patients, Say Scientists

News 18  

Most adults with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 have a suppressed immune response against the novel coronavirus rather than life-threatening hyper-inflammation, according to a study which suggests steroids such as dexamethasone should be reserved for the sickest patients. According to the research, published in the journal Science Advances, fewer than 5 per cent of the COVID-19 patients, including some of the sickest individuals, …

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Two new treatment for lung fibrosis: One targets to extend life, other suppresses cytokine production
4 years, 1 month ago

Two new treatment for lung fibrosis: One targets to extend life, other suppresses cytokine production

India TV News  

Lung fibrosis -- a condition in which the lungs become scarred over time -- has been a concern for Covid-19 patients, say researchers, adding that they have now developed a new treatment option for lung fibrosis. Lung fibrosis' symptoms include shortness of breath, dry cough, feeling tired, weight loss and nail clubbing. People with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, also called lung …

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COVID-19 treatment: CBD derived from cannabis may help reverse lung damage caused by cytokine storm, find studies
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 treatment: CBD derived from cannabis may help reverse lung damage caused by cytokine storm, find studies

Firstpost  

When CBD was administered to mice with acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by the cytokine storm during COVID-19 infection, the level of apelin, which helps maintain blood pressure and also reduces inflammation along with ACE-2, also increased thus improving blood and oxygen flow Due to the absence of effective antiviral drugs and vaccinations, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned out to …

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New study questions cytokine storm theory of Covid-19 fatality
4 years, 3 months ago

New study questions cytokine storm theory of Covid-19 fatality

India Today  

Cytokine storm has been blamed for a large number of Covid-19 deaths. When some kind of agreement emerged among doctors and researchers over autoimmune responses such as cytokine storm, it was suggested that anti-cytokine treatments -- the ones that suppress the body's immune response -- could be beneficial in the treatment of severe cases of Covid-19. The study found significantly …

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Cytokine storm may be keeping COVID-19 patients from developing long-term immunity: Study
4 years, 4 months ago

Cytokine storm may be keeping COVID-19 patients from developing long-term immunity: Study

Firstpost  

Cytokine storm is an inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 infection that occurs when a person’s body releases too many pro-inflammatory cytokines. In a recent study, a team of researchers led by Dr Shiv Pillai, an investigator at Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT and Harvard and a professor at the Harvard Medical School, claimed that cytokine storms may be …

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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 109 updates | July 11, 2020
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus India lockdown Day 109 updates | July 11, 2020

The Hindu  

A novel coronavirus vaccine will take at least 12 months to be commercially available and a realistic deadline for it would be some time next year, a group of government officials informed the Parliamentary Panel on Science and Technology headed by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh at a meeting held in the Parliament House complex on Friday. Here are the latest …

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Coronavirus treatment: US scientists find a way to use charcoal to fight cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus treatment: US scientists find a way to use charcoal to fight cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients

Firstpost  

Certain nanozymes made from charcoal were highly effective antioxidants that help in breaking down the damage-causing reactive oxygen species. However, researchers from Rice University, the University of Texas Health Science Center’s McGovern Medical School and the Texas A&M Health Science Center have found a way to use charcoal to treat this cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients. The study The study, …

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Testing a COVID-19 patient's blood could let doctors know the severity of their infection
4 years, 6 months ago

Testing a COVID-19 patient's blood could let doctors know the severity of their infection

Firstpost  

The researchers found that the levels of a particular cytokine in the blood upon diagnosis could be used to predict later outcomes. Doctors can examine the blood of COVID-19 patients to identify those at greatest risk of severe illness and to pinpoint those most likely to need a ventilator, according to researchers, including one of Indian-origin. Cytokines — proteins produced …

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US study claims low dose radiation therapy could help treat pneumonia in COVID-19 patients; results under peer review
4 years, 6 months ago

US study claims low dose radiation therapy could help treat pneumonia in COVID-19 patients; results under peer review

Firstpost  

Preliminary results of a US study showed that within 24 hours of receiving low-dose radiation therapy, four COVID-19 patients with pneumonia showed rapid improvement in their breathing Doctors have confirmed the fact that elder people and the ones with pre-existing medical conditions are at a higher risk of developing severe complications of COVID-19 infection. According to the study, patients with …

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Drugs for heartburn, gout and depression now being tested as coronavirus treatments
4 years, 8 months ago

Drugs for heartburn, gout and depression now being tested as coronavirus treatments

LA Times  

The heartburn drug famotidine, the active ingredient in Pepcid, is one of roughly 20 existing drugs being tested as possible COVID-19 treatments. Tamping down immune overreaction It didn’t take long for doctors to realize that for some COVID-19 patients, the immune system’s response to coronavirus infection was more dangerous than the virus itself. At UCLA, researchers will test the drug’s …

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Coronavirus damages kidneys and hearts as well as lungs, US doctors find
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus damages kidneys and hearts as well as lungs, US doctors find

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This seems to be out of proportion to …

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What is a cytokine storm and how is it related to COVID-19?
4 years, 9 months ago

What is a cytokine storm and how is it related to COVID-19?

Firstpost  

Some of the deaths in those aged below 50 may lie in slight genetic differences that cause the immune system to overreact and cause widespread inflammation. The concept of cytokine storm The answer to some of these deaths may lie in slight genetic differences that cause the immune system to overreact and cause widespread inflammation. Those with healthy immune systems …

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What it feels like to survive COVID-19’s dreaded “cytokine storm”
4 years, 9 months ago

What it feels like to survive COVID-19’s dreaded “cytokine storm”

Salon  

Of all the possible compounding effects of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the cytokine storm is one of the most feared. Those unlucky enough to experience cytokine storm will have their bodies and especially lungs flooded with cytokines, immune system helper molecules, as their immune system struggles to fight off the invading virus and the dead lung …

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Coronavirus update: Decade-old medicine emerges as hope for COVID-19 victims
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus update: Decade-old medicine emerges as hope for COVID-19 victims

Live Mint  

China has approved the use of Swiss drugmaker Roche's anti-inflammation drug Actemra for patients who develop severe complications from the coronavirus as it urgently hunts for new ways to combat the deadly infection that is spreading worldwide. China's National Health Commission said in treatment guidelines published online on Wednesday that Actemra can now be used to treat coronavirus patients with …

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CAR-T revolution: Radical new cancer cure offers better efficiency, one-and-done solution
5 years, 2 months ago

CAR-T revolution: Radical new cancer cure offers better efficiency, one-and-done solution

Firstpost  

An unexpected early morning phone call from the hospital is never good news. Birzer’s cancer had grown, and fast — first during one type of chemotherapy, then through a second. What if we could genetically engineer a patient’s own immune cells to spot and fight cancer, as a sort of “best hits” of genetic therapy and immunotherapy? One of Birzer’s …

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