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Timing Plasma Use
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Anchor lead: When should using convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 be tried? Elizabeth Tracey reports Convalescent plasma, which is a component of the blood taken from people who’ve recovered from COVID-19, seems to help people who are hospitalized with the …
Plasma Treatment
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Anchor lead: What is the status of using plasma from people who’ve recovered to treat COVID-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Using plasma from people who’ve recovered from an infection to treat those who are currently sick with it is a time-honored …
Excess Deaths
Why Trauma and Headache?
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Anchor lead: Trauma can produce conditions that lead to chronic headache, Elizabeth Tracey reports How is it that trauma to the head can result in chronic headaches? Sashank Reddy, a craniofacial surgeon at Johns Hopkins, explains. Reddy: Every nerve in …
Who is Suitable?
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Anchor lead: How can people who are considering surgery for headache be evaluated? Elizabeth Tracey reports Chronic headaches that develop after trauma or injury can sometimes be alleviated with a surgical procedure, but careful evaluation is needed beforehand. Sashank Reddy, …
Post-traumatic Headache
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Anchor lead: Some people with chronic headaches develop them after trauma, Elizabeth Tracey reports Injuries to the head can sometimes result in chronic, painful headaches that can be disabling. In some cases those headaches may be treatable with a procedure, …