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TORONTO The list of possible COVID-19 symptoms continues to grow. COVID tongue, or symptoms characterized by irritations and lesions in the mouth and tongue, have been causing concern for researchers, as well as COVID toes, which are characterized by rashes and inflammation in the toes and feet. Last September, a study conducted in Spain involving 666 COVID-19 patients found that 78 participants developed lesions on their tongues. Most patients reported a reduction in taste sensation, but 5.3 per cent reported a burning sensation. The study also found that 121 patients developed irritations on their palms and soles of their feet. Dr. Douglas Fraser is a professor at Western Universityâs Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and a pediatric critical care physician at London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ont. He said that the tongue has a high concentration of ACE receptors, which are the receptors that the SARS-CoV-2 virus binds to.
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Imaging helps understand empathy loss in dementia
A patient with frontotemporal dementia discovers his grandson’s birthday cake in the fridge. He doesn’t think twice before getting out a knife and fork and eating every last piece an hour before the birthday party is set to begin.
For patients with this early-onset neurodegenerative disease, some of the first symptoms are a profound loss of inhibition and empathy, which leads to a change in social behaviour that is completely out of character.
“He wasn’t thinking about his grandson at all; and typically, that loss of empathy extends even for those things where empathy is usually most robust, for example toward pets or grandchildren,” said Dr. Elizabeth Finger, associate professor at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and a neurologist at St. Joseph’s Health Care London.
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High tibial osteotomy may help prevent total knee replacement ANI | Updated: Feb 06, 2021 14:14 IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): High tibial osteotomy, which is an underused type of knee surgery in younger patients, has shown considerable success in reducing the need for total knee replacement.
The findings of the research were published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). High tibial osteotomy is a knee surgery aimed at younger patients in the earlier stages of knee osteoarthritis. One of its goals is to prevent or delay the need for knee replacement, said co-author Dr Trevor Birmingham, Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Bone and Joint Institute at Western University, London, Ontario.