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The proportion of severely ill Covid-19 patients needing to be hooked up to ventilators has more than halved since the peak of the pandemic in the spring, figures reveal. Twenty-six per cent of intensive care patients received invasive ventilation up to 24 hours after being admitted to hospital last month. But this figure was as … Read more
Boy, 15, suffers ‘life-changing’ injuries as speeding car he was in smashes into a house in Birmingham – with two other youths sprinting from the scene leaving him lying in the wreckage Car crashed into a house on College Road, Birmingham at 2.30pm on Sunday Teen was left severely injured on the roadside and as two others … Read more
Could a TASTE test predict who will get severely ill from coronavirus? Patients who can’t detect bitter flavors are at higher risk for being hospitalized Researchers had people who previously tested positive for coronavirus perform taste tests with slips of paper Non-tasters, who couldn’t detect certain bitter flavors, were at highest risk for developing more … Read more
Nick Knowles has paid tribute to a severely disabled teenager, who appeared on DIY SOS, after he passed away earlier this week. Last year, a moving episode of the home renovation show told the story of widower Darren and his sons Ollie, Mike and Harvey from Hull. Ollie was born with Hydrocephalus, known as water on … Read more
Mom-of-three suffers horrific burns all over her body after hand sanitizer caught fire and exploded as she was trying to light a candle WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Katie Wise was lighting a candle last Sunday when she burned her hand, which she had sanitized earlier Bottle of sanitizer made contact with the flame and exploded, engulfing … Read more
‘Feeling fresh!’ Phoebe Burgess shows off her new hairdo and her ‘severely neglected nails’ covered with unsightly chipped white polish By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:38 BST, 20 July 2020 | Updated: 16:47 BST, 20 July 2020 Phoebe Burgess showed off her new hairdo on Monday. The 31-year-old shared three photos to … Read more
Prof Tao Huiren, who headed Li Hua’s treatment, said Mr Li suffered from ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The condition causes inflammation in the spine, making the back, rib cage and neck stiff and painful. The inflammation causes bones to wear away, and in response, the body produces extra calcium to grow more bone, sometimes in the … Read more
Gilead study says remdesivir reduces the risk of death in severely ill coronavirus patients by 62% Gilead compared 312 severely ill coronavirus patients receiving remdesivir compared to 818 patients receiving standard of care Nearly 75% of those treated with remdesivir recovered compared to 59% not given the drug Only 7.6% of remdesivir-treated patients died compared to … Read more
A steroid found to help severely ill coronavirus patients does nothing to help people with milder cases, a new study suggests. Last week, British researchers published preliminary findings showing that dexamethasone reduced death rates among patients on ventilators and those on supplemental oxygen without ventilation. But, in the full report released this week, results showed … Read more
High Court judge says doctors can stop life-support treatment for severely ill eight-week-old boy against his parents’ wishes Mr Justice Hayden ruled that specialists can lawfully stop providing life support The eight-week-old baby had been diagnosed with necrotising enterocolitis Doctors have said that the baby would die in pain if he be allowed to die naturally … Read more