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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Association between seropositivity and comorbidities after COVID-19 vaccination
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers demonstrated that comorbidities attenuated the chance of seropositivity following coronavirus…
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Slight pH adjustment may turn a metabolic inhibiting drug into promising COVID-19 treatment
Mechanical engineering and materials science professor David Needham has shown that a slight increase in solution pH might be all…
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Colorado hospitals in ‘critical condition’ as state weathers another surge
Harold Burch’s home has a spectacular view in Paonia, a rural part of Colorado’s Western Slope at the foot of…
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Potential therapeutic targets of hydrogen for treatment of the COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has led to the ongoing global pandemic.…
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Scientists search for cause of mysterious covid-related inflammation in children
Like most other kids with covid, Dante and Michael DeMaino seemed to have no serious symptoms. Infected in mid-February, both…
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Anti-rheumatic drug as a potential candidate for treating COVID-19
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) produces inflammatory cytokine storms. But an FDA-approved anti-rheumatic drug, Auranofin, used to…
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Immune-mediated inflammatory disease may increase risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes
Researchers in the UK have conducted a large population-based study showing that people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) appear to…
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Rheumatoid arthritis drug plus standard of care may reduce COVID-19 mortality for hospitalized patients
Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who received the rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib, in combination with the standard of care including corticosteroids,…
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New evidence provides strong support for the halt on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
In 2021, in the United States alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention, post-exposure…
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Researchers study the role of low-density granulocytes in COVID-19
Information on granulocytes helps to understand mechanisms associated with covid-19 and other infectious diseases. Such information also promotes the development…
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