By Eliot Parascandolo   Researchers from Austin Hospital in Australia sought to determine if adding Vitamin C and Thiamine to standard hydrocortisone therapy affected time alive and free of vasopressor support among patients with septic shock. In this randomized trial consisting of 211 consenting patients, 109 were randomized into the intervention group. This is the group […]

By Eliot Parascandolo Everyone remembers 2014, when news first broke that the Ebola virus a subtype of the Filoviruses which cause hemorrhagic fever. Ebola is a relentless disease which causes severe bleeding which sometimes make the patient appear to be crying blood. Though the risk to the United States was limited by the professional and […]

By Noa Mecica About one third of individuals who are clinically depressed do not respond well to any drugs currently on the market, with these drugs often leading to undesirable side effects. An emerging body of evidence is suggesting that the immune system along with inflammation play a role in the development of major depression […]