The risk of greater COVID-19 severity and death is higher in people with any obese body mass index (BMI), according
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Lung screening bus brings high-tech health care directly to patients
A mobile platform for lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) can be developed with limited financial risk and
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Superbugs pose a grave threat to cancer patients, experts fear
Superbugs pose a grave threat to Britain’s cancer patients and could kill more people than Covid-19, experts fear We are
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Study explains potential causes for ‘happy hypoxia’ condition in COVID-19 patients
A new research study provides possible explanations for COVID-19 patients who present with extremely low, otherwise life-threatening levels of oxygen,
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Research shows patients and clinicians rated telemedicine care positively during COVID-19 pandemic
After surveying almost 800 gastroenterology and hepatology patients and their physicians at Penn Medicine, 67% of both viewed their video
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Registry tracks outcomes among thoracic cancer patients sickened by COVID-19
New data from TERAVOLT, a global consortium that tracks outcomes of people with thoracic cancers affected by COVID-19, offers clues
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Individualized treatment for COVID-19 patients should be based on three disease phases
A new review details three distinct phases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and urges medical
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Patients with COVID-19 donate specimens to advance research efforts
In the weeks before the St. Louis region saw its first patients with COVID-19, physician-scientists at Washington University School of
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Singapore approves anti-viral drug for COVID-19 patients
Singapore has approved the use of the anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat seriously ill coronavirus patients, authorities said Wednesday, becoming
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ASCO: Mortality high for cancer patients with COVID-19
For patients with cancer and COVID-19, mortality is high and is associated with risk factors such as age, male sex,
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