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National 5 years ago
Indonesia still suffering from access gaps, delayed diagnosis in fight against cancer: Report
Delayed diagnosis and gaps in service to cancer patients serve to underline the state of Indonesia's healthcare, which ranks below the Asia-Pacific average, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's Index of Cancer Preparedness.
Health 5 years ago
Biogen moves forward with potential Alzheimer's drug, seeks US approval
Biogen Inc said on Wednesday it submitted an application seeking US approval of its closely-watched Alzheimer's drug, as the company aims to be the first to bring a treatment to market that can alter the course of the mind-wasting disease.
Health 5 years ago
Indonesian institute develops oxygen therapy device for COVID-19 patients
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) researcher Hendri Maja Saputra said the device, dubbed the Gerlink LIPI High Flow Nasal Cannula – 01, was useful for treating patients in the early stages of COVID-19 who were still able to breathe independently.
Health 5 years ago
Dexamethasone: The cheap, old and boring drug that's a potential coronavirus treatment
Dexamethasone belongs to a class of drugs known as corticosteroids and is used to treat a range of conditions related to inflammation. These include severe allergies, some types of nausea and vomiting, arthritis, swelling of the brain and spinal cord, severe asthma, and for breathing difficulties in newborn babies.
World 5 years ago
WHO moves to update COVID-19 guidance after ‘great news’ in drug study
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID-19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap, common steroid can help save critically ill patients.
World 5 years ago
Steroid breakthrough raises virus hopes, despite China outbreak
Britain will start giving seriously ill coronavirus patients a basic steroid treatment hailed as a breakthough to help reduce the global pandemic's death toll even as worrying new outbreaks surfaced in China and elsewhere.
