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New Therapy For Treatment-Resistant Depression
Stronger magnetic brain stimulation helps 90% of participants find relief from depression symptoms, study finds.
Smartphone Apps Might Track, Slow Spread of COVID-19
Your smartphone could help stem the spread of coronavirus, British researchers claim.
How? Their proposal for an app would record other app users who had recently been in close proximity. If a user became infected, he or she would update their status on their smartphone app, which would instantly and anonymously contact those app users...
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Clinical Trial to Investigate Nitric Oxide Treatment of COVID-19
Doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are enrolling patients in an international clinical trial to find out if inhaled nitric oxide benefits those with COVID-19 who have severely damaged lungs.
Right now, there are no approved treatments for the illness caused by the new coronavirus. A severe form of lung failure cal...
- Robert Preidt
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- April 9, 2020
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Does COVID-19 Drug Touted by Trump Really Work? New Trial Aims to Find Out
A clinical trial to assess the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for adults with COVID-19 is now underway, the U.S. National Institutes of Health said Thursday.
The drug, along with a similar medicine, chloroquine, has received much media attention after being repeatedly hyped by President Donald Trump as a "game chan...
- Robert Preidt
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- April 9, 2020
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'Dead' Probiotic Bacteria Could Help Ease Irritable Bowel
Probiotic supplements containing "killed" bacteria might help some people with irritable bowel syndrome find relief, a new study suggests.
Experts said the findings add to evidence that certain probiotics can help some people with irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS. And it's the first trial to test a probiotic with bacteria that were hea...
- Amy Norton
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- April 9, 2020
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COVID-19 Is Making Psychiatric Treatment Tougher
In the best of times, it can be hard to get mental health treatment. But these definitely aren't the best of times, and even for people who have established relationships with mental health professionals, the coronavirus pandemic is making it harder to find the right care.
The good news is that insurance companies are often reimbursin...
- Serena Gordon
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- April 9, 2020
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FDA Warns of Dangerous, Bogus Claims That Bleach Can Treat COVID-19
A warning letter has been sent to a company marketing bogus and dangerous chlorine dioxide products for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
The fraudulent claims by the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing about its "Miracle Mineral Solution" products are especially concerning in rel...
- Robert Preidt
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- April 9, 2020
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