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Death risk increases sharply after Covid-19âeven for patients who weren t hospitalized
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Even non-hospitalized Covid-19 patients face a significantly higher risk of death and chronic medical conditions in the six months after their infection, according to a study published in the journal
Nature.
Washington University in St. Louis used medical records from the
Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to compare the health outcomes of:
13,997 hospitalized influenza patients;
13,654 hospitalized Covid-19 patients up to six months after they d recovered from an acute case of Covid-19; and
Nearly 5 million people who didn t develop Covid-19 and weren t hospitalized.
The researchers assessed the symptoms that non-hospitalized Covid-19 survivors experienced between one and six months after their coronavirus infections. According to the
The researchers also could not say if people had underlying health conditions and whether their new symptoms were direct effects of their coronavirus infection, corollary effects of medications they were taking to treat some of the symptoms, stress from other pandemic-related problems or other influences. Experts said the study’s findings reflect a cascade of issues driven not just by the virus itself but by the medical system’s struggle to grapple with Covid-19 and its long-term effects.
“We have hundreds of thousands of people with an unrecognized syndrome and we are trying to learn about the immune response and how the virus changes that response and how the immune response can include all the organ systems in the body,” said Dr. Eleftherios Mylonakis, chief of infectious diseases at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School and Lifespan hospitals, who was not involved in the study. “The health system is not made to deal with something like this.”
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Hammonton native authors ‘A Taste for All Seasons’
Eleanor Rodio Furlong of Naples, Fla., formerly of Hammonton and Vineland, presents a legacy of hand-me-down recipes that were perfected over a century or more plus a memoir about a lost era in Americana culinary history, in her new book, “A Taste for all Seasons: A Healthy Blend of Italian and American Cuisines.”
The book features authentic recipes with origins in the Neapolitan and Abruzzi regions of Italy, which found their way to southern New Jersey with Italian immigrants settling there around the turn of the 20th century. The Rodios were among those who established farms, planted their roots in the Jersey soil, and nurtured their families in the New World.
Consumer health care costs will not change with Lifespan-CNE merger, Brown University president says
The merged system would provide better care without increasing costs, she said, but effective low-cost care is not in the cards
By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated April 9, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
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Brown University President Christina H. Paxson.Brown University
PROVIDENCE â The anticipated merger between Rhode Islandâs two predominant health care systems has long worried critics, who have said that a merger of this scale would lead to an increase in the cost of care. But on Friday, Brown University President Christina H. Paxson said she doesnât think thatâs going to happen in the case of Lifespan Corporation and Care New England.