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UConn Researchers Overcome a Vexing Problem in Vaccine Research

Researchers at UConn’s Center of Excellence in Vaccine Research (CEVR) have made a breakthrough in vaccine development for a common and difficult to treat...

Researchers at UConn’s Center of Excellence in Vaccine Research (CEVR) have mad...

2greys

•4 years ago

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biopsy

I'm new to this site. Having a needle biopsy of right upper lung lobe in a few days. Is it painful and what is the recovery like?

I'm new to this site. Having a needle biopsy of right upper lung lobe in a few ...

dunnellon

•4 years ago

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67 year old wimp!

Hi, I am new here and I am having a lobectomy of my top right lung on Monday, having it done at London Bridge Hospital as covid is causing problems at the...

Hi, I am new here and I am having a lobectomy of my top right lung on Monday, ha...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Mildest inhaler for copd

For some inexplicable reason - well giving up sugar and doubling exercise might be part of it - I have dropped my requirement for 8 doses of symbicort a day,...

For some inexplicable reason - well giving up sugar and doubling exercise might ...

O2Trees

•4 years ago

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Indefinite shielding

My doctors has just informed me (as I am at high risk )that my original 12 weeks shielding should now be extended indefinitely or until I recieve updated...

My doctors has just informed me (as I am at high risk )that my original 12 weeks...

soulboy118

•4 years ago

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depression

I am end stage copd with heart failure and struggle daily. I can manage to walk around the house slowly with oxygen and do a few things occasionally but at the...

I am end stage copd with heart failure and struggle daily. I can manage to walk ...

unified

•4 years ago

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Is dexamethasone the breakthrough treatment for coronavirus?

https://www.celebrityangels.co.uk/is-dexamethasone-the-big-breakthrough-in-coronavirus-treatment/

https://www.celebrityangels.co.uk/is-dexamethasone-the-big-breakthrough-in-coron...

JohnMaitland911

•4 years ago

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Cancelled Hospital Appointment's...

Hi hope everyone is doing ok Just wonderd if anyone else has experienced cancelled appointments in Respiratory clinic to see consultants I was due to go in...

Hi hope everyone is doing ok Just wonderd if anyone else has experienced cancell...

ProudYorky

•4 years ago

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Pneumonia experience

Kindly drop your words concerning your pneumonia experience, the things you went through and how you came out of it.

Kindly drop your words concerning your pneumonia experience, the things you went...

Gabss

•4 years ago

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Loss of taste on steroids

Back in February while in Spain I had my first ever flare up ( copd) Doctor prescribed antibiotics and steroid injection and tablets, said I was close to...

Back in February while in Spain I had my first ever flare up ( copd) Doctor pr...

Piper21

•4 years ago

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EDAC

Has anyone got some advice on Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse? My specialist didn't have any ideas.

Has anyone got some advice on Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse? My specialist d...

evaparodi

•4 years ago

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R.I.P. Bob the street cat.

A pet that inspired the book A Street Cat Named Bob has died aged 14. James Bowen met Bob in 2007 during his battle with drug addiction when he found the cat...

A pet that inspired the book A Street Cat Named Bob has died aged 14. James Bow...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Registry tracks outcomes among thoracic cancer patients sickened by COVID-19.

New data from TERAVOLT, a global consortium that tracks outcomes of people with thoracic cancers affected by COVID-19, offers clues as to why they experienced...

New data from TERAVOLT, a global consortium that tracks outcomes of people with ...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Crafting away!

Since I’ve been distancing I’ve gone plum craft crazy. Decoupaged the toilet lid. Cut out vinyl sayings to put on coffee cups with my a Cricut maker cutting...

Since I’ve been distancing I’ve gone plum craft crazy. Decoupaged the toilet li...

Maricopa

•4 years ago

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Ok they been using this cheep drug. All over Africa .

Ok I cum from Africa still in contact my nice docs there . Cause no much so new med this drug Hayho been using. For long time it’s cheep . Cause all laws...

Ok I cum from Africa still in contact my nice docs there . Cause no much so new...

Balloo

•4 years ago

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Hospital

Good evening one and all. Well I’m still in hospital. And the food is still the same nasty stuff. Well, the docs decided it wasn’t pneumonia but a Chest...

Good evening one and all. Well I’m still in hospital. And the food is still the ...

judes

•4 years ago

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Shielding

Shielding to stop at the end of July https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8428197/Shielding-programme-2million-Britons-risk-coronavirus-stop-end-July.html

Shielding to stop at the end of July https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8...

Sundance115

•4 years ago

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further to last post

wise to use should be easy . word prediction at is again and I didn't pick that up

wise to use should be easy . word prediction at is again and I didn't pick that ...

Jaybird19

•4 years ago

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Chair Based Breathe Easy exercises

Hi everyone , our regular Saturday chair based exercise session is changing to every Thursday please feel free to join us...

Hi everyone , our regular Saturday chair based exercise session is changing to ...

Tburg

•4 years ago

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A cookie eating virus?

my comment on safety in hospitals has been regarded as political. remind me to use This person in future . This was about safety, not politics . Anyone of...

my comment on safety in hospitals has been regarded as political. remind me to u...

Jaybird19

•4 years ago

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First post!

Hope this works !

Lyd12

•4 years ago

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Roflumilast

Does anybody have information regarding the use of Roflumilast. My local health authority does not appear to prescribe this drug. It is approved in Coventry &...

Does anybody have information regarding the use of Roflumilast. My local health ...

robotman

•4 years ago

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Cheap steroid covid breakthrough ?

One can only hope eh !.

soulboy118

•4 years ago

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On respiratory droplets and face masks.

Face mask filters—textile, surgical, or respiratory—are widely used in an effort to limit the spread of airborne viral infections. Our understanding of the...

Face mask filters—textile, surgical, or respiratory—are widely used in an effort...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Oxygen

Is it expensive to run oxygen at home I use it about 16 hours a day.

Chalky2

•4 years ago

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Some thing to smile about

Saw this made me smile x

LittleJem5

•4 years ago

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Venturing out

My first outing since lockdown began. I walked slowly, with my wheely frame, to my allotment. I felt like crying. The whole plot is thick with weeds and...

My first outing since lockdown began. I walked slowly, with my wheely frame, to...

wheezyof

•4 years ago

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Covid-19: should we be concerned about air conditioning? - podcast.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2020/jun/16/covid-19-should-we-be-concerned-about-air-conditioning-podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2020/jun/16/covid-19-should-we-be-conc...

2greys

•4 years ago

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Work

I have had letter from work re returning 1st July and it looks like I will have to as had no update advising i have to stay at home. Worried sick.

I have had letter from work re returning 1st July and it looks like I will have ...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests.

A team led by Scripps Research has discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients that provide powerful protection against SARS-CoV-2, the...

A team led by Scripps Research has discovered antibodies in the blood of recover...

2greys

•4 years ago

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All posts for June 2020

UConn Researchers Overcome a Vexing Problem in Vaccine Research

biopsy

67 year old wimp!

Mildest inhaler for copd

Indefinite shielding

depression

Is dexamethasone the breakthrough treatment for coronavirus?

Cancelled Hospital Appointment's...

Pneumonia experience

Loss of taste on steroids

EDAC

R.I.P. Bob the street cat.

Registry tracks outcomes among thoracic cancer patients sickened by COVID-19.

Crafting away!

Ok they been using this cheep drug. All over Africa .

Hospital

Shielding

further to last post

Chair Based Breathe Easy exercises

A cookie eating virus?

First post!

Roflumilast

Cheap steroid covid breakthrough ?

On respiratory droplets and face masks.

Oxygen

Some thing to smile about

Venturing out

Covid-19: should we be concerned about air conditioning? - podcast.

Work

Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests.

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