TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 — This Halloween may be especially challenging for parents of children with asthma and allergies, as they also have to guard against COVID-19. “Every year we send out tips on how to keep your kids with allergies and asthma symptom-free as they celebrate one of their favorite holidays,” said allergist Dr.… Read More »
The Podcast by KevinMD | Podcast | October 6, 2020 “As I read about Dr. Breen, saddened by the fact that we have been robbed of yet another young, promising, motivated physician, I am reminded that as bad as this pandemic is — and truly believe it is awful — when it gets better (and… Read More »
The number of people admitted to hospital with coronavirus has jumped by a quarter in England in a day. There were 478 people admitted to hospital on Sunday – the largest daily figure since early June – up from 386. Nearly 2,800 patients are in hospital with Covid in England, compared with over 17,000 at… Read More »
Nearly a third of hospitalized Covid-19 patients experienced some type of altered mental function — ranging from confusion to delirium to unresponsiveness — in the largest study to date of neurological symptoms among coronavirus patients in an American hospital system. And patients with altered mental function had significantly worse medical outcomes, according to the study,… Read More »
Dementia is a growing problem for people as they age, but it often goes undiagnosed. Now investigators at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have discovered and validated a marker of dementia that may help clinicians identify patients who have the condition or are at risk of developing it. The… Read More »