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SO YOU THINK YOU HAVE COVID-19

Posted in Medicine, Nutrition and Health on 04/14/2020|

Your sister is calling, so you pick up. She is crying. She thinks she has the coronavirus (COVID-19). After calming her down, you find out that she called her doctor and they refused to test her. What do you do?

Who Gets Tested

In order to be tested for COVID-19, a you need to fall into one of the following two categories:

  1. History of fever (temp > 100 F) and flu-like symptoms such as:
    • new cough,
    • difficulty breathing,
    • malaise, and
    • muscle aches.
  2. Mild respiratory symptoms without fever should not be tested unless you are in an “at risk” category.

At-risk is defined as:

  1. been in close contact with someone (not in the same household) who has tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 14 days;
  2. traveled to an area with widespread community transmission within the last 14 days;
  3. are immunocompromised;
  4. are over age 65;
  5. live in a shared setting, such as a long-term care facility, homeless shelter, or correctional facility; or
  6. pregnancy.
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Life experience critical for managing Type 2 diabetes

Posted in Medicine, Nutrition and Health, tagged , on 11/15/2019|

Vickie Helgeson teaching class_February 19 2015

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that age plays a critical role in the well-being of people newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, with younger patients more susceptible to psychological distress resulting in worse health outcomes. 

“We found we can evaluate a patient’s initial stress and predict how they will be doing six months later,” said Vicki Helgeson, professor of psychology at CMU’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and senior author on the paper. “If you can identify people who are facing diabetes distress earlier, you can intervene and prevent their health from declining.”

The results are available in Nov. 15 issue of the Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 

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Under Pressure: Researchers Search for New Glaucoma Treatments

Posted in Medicine, tagged on 10/27/2019|

A team of scientists at University of Utah Health work to develop glaucoma therapies that treat pressure in the front of the eye and prevent damage in the back of the eye.

Barbara Van Asdlan has led an adventurous life. Using quick, active hand gestures, she explains her history as a nurse at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany. Her time in Europe sparked her love of travel and learning about new cultures and communities. Today in her mid-70s, Barbara has not slowed down, but a diagnosis of glaucoma did give her pause.

“When I was told I had glaucoma, it was shocking and devastating,” Barbara said. “I knew if I didn’t get it treated I was going to go blind. Nothing could be as bad as being blind.”

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Research offers superior therapeutic approach for MS

Posted in Medicine, tagged on 02/27/2019|

Researchers show compounds based on chloroindazole reduce inflammation as well as promote neuroprotection and remyelination, improving the primary symptoms in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide. This debilitating condition periodically shutters communication between the brain and other parts of the body, resulting in symptoms that range from numbness and tingling in the arms and legs to blindness and paralysis. While treatments are available to alleviate inflammation, no therapies exist to protect neurons or repair the degraded myelin sheath that normally surrounds nerves.

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