Tag: Treatments
Experimental Drug Remdesivir Speeds Recovery from COVID-19
American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences on Wednesday announced study results showing that patients receiving a 5-day treatment course of Remdesivir achieved similar clinical improvement...
COVID-19 Patients Recover Faster with Experimental Drug Remdesivir
Covid-19 patients who are getting an experimental drug remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days. This is according to a...
Global Nuclear Medicine Community Shares COVID-19 Strategies And Experiences
In an effort to provide safer working environments for nuclear medicine professionals and their patients, clinics across five continents have shared their approaches to...
Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype
On March 16, SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted that the anti-malaria drug chloroquine was “maybe worth considering” as a treatment for COVID-19. He got...
Why Mental Health Counseling is Something We Should Support
Despite the growing awareness of mental health and mental health treatment options, counseling is one of those professions where there are still misconceptions and...
Stem Cells Linked to New Treatment of Diabetes
415 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with diabetes. And the number continues to rise. Common to all diabetes patients is that they lack...
Who Uses Complementary and Alternative Medicine and How
Help sought from complementary, alternative medicine to remedy health problems
A new and extensive study has charted the use of complementary and alternative medicine in...
Smartphone Apps Help Reducing Depression
New Australian-led research has confirmed that smartphone apps are an effective treatment option for depression, paving the way for safe and accessible interventions for...
The root of depression linked to not receiving rewards
Understanding of the physical root of depression has been advanced, thanks to new research. Researchers have identified the lateral orbitofrontal cortex as the area...
New therapeutic treatment helps people lose more weight and keep it...
A new approach to weight loss called Acceptance-Based Behavioral Treatment (ABT) helped people lose more weight and keep it off longer than those who...