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New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Help Tough Cases

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Oct. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A recently approved rheumatoid arthritis medication appears to be an effective second-line therapy when biologic treatments start to fail, a new clinical trial reports. Arthritis sufferers treated with upadacitinib had a significantly greater reduction in their symptoms and disease activity than people treated… Read More: New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Help Tough Cases »

Keep getting tested for COVID: NSW Health

NSW Health is calling on people in Sydney’s southeast with any COVID-19 symptoms to be on high alert and get tested as soon as possible. Residents were warned about a positive case of the deadly disease in the area on Thursday but no specific venues were identified. Now it’s believed an infectious person visited the… Read More: Keep getting tested for COVID: NSW Health »

Early, tight control of Crohn’s disease may have lasting benefits

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a remarkable organ: it resides on the inside of our bodies, but is regularly in contact with the outside world by virtue of what we ingest. It is quite incredible that the immune cells of the GI tract are not activated more regularly by the many foreign products it encounters… Read More: Early, tight control of Crohn’s disease may have lasting benefits »

Mother, 31, dies of cancer after chemotherapy was paused due to lockdowns

A 31-year-old mother died from bowel cancer after her chemotherapy was paused in March due to coronavirus restrictions. Kelly Smith’s doctors from England’s National Health Service told her in March, around the time the country shut down, that her treatment would be paused as part of a scramble to open up hospital beds, according to… Read More: Mother, 31, dies of cancer after chemotherapy was paused due… »