Early Stages of Precision Medicine Being Developed for Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

A recent article in Med City News outlines the difficult choices patients must make regarding immune compromising but life-saving therapy during the 2020 pandemic. Do they postpone their treatment or…

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 Researchers Are Studying the Use of THC For the Treatment of ARDS caused by COVID-19

According to a recent article in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, researchers at the UofSC have presented data stating that the cannabis compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is effective against respiratory distress syndrome…

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What’s It Like to Be a Long-Hauler? An Epidemiologist Explains
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What’s It Like to Be a Long-Hauler? An Epidemiologist Explains

In early June, PatientWorthy wrote about a group of patients called "long haulers." These people, some healthy and some with pre-existing conditions, experienced extended COVID-19 symptoms, sometimes for months after…

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How Children With Disabilities Are Excluded in Schooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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How Children With Disabilities Are Excluded in Schooling During the COVID-19 Pandemic

An Australian royal commission is investigating claims that children with disabilities are being excluded from online learning, according to The Guardian. They are also looking into issues with the services…

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Clash With COVID: Pandemic Negatively Impacts Parkinson’s Disease Patients
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Clash With COVID: Pandemic Negatively Impacts Parkinson’s Disease Patients

by Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy Information provided by the Michael J. Fox Foundation showed that the majority of patients that had Parkinson’s disease and also contracted COVID-19…

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How COVID-19, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Guillain-Barre Syndrome are Linked
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How COVID-19, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Guillain-Barre Syndrome are Linked

We have learned a lot, but still have much to learn about COVID-19. Researchers have seen a link between COVID-19 and chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis) as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, which…

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Survey for Parkinson’s Disease Patients Evaluates How to Resume Clinical Studies Safely Amidst COVID-19
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Survey for Parkinson’s Disease Patients Evaluates How to Resume Clinical Studies Safely Amidst COVID-19

Parkinson’s UK is nonprofit organization striving to help Parkinson's disease research continue amidst this global pandemic. Their goal is to get clinical research, and specifically studies that necessitate patients participating…

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