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What Is the Real Risk of a Central Venous Thrombosis and Portal Vein Thrombosis in Those Vaccinated With COVID-19 Vaccine?
What Is the Real Risk of a Central Venous Thrombosis and Portal VeinThrombosis in Those Vaccinated With COVID-19 Vaccine? A preprint published in medRxiv aimed to estimate the absolute risk of central venous thrombosis and portal venous thrombosis in the two weeks...
Treatments for COVID, do they help, in particular convalescent plasma in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19.
The RECOVERY trial An interesting article published in The Lancet by the recovery collaborative group dated May 14Th 2021, sought to answer this question. Many patients with COVID-19 have been treated with plasma containing anti-SARS-CoV-2...
The Russian Sputnik V vaccine
Bucci and others published correspondence in The Lancet May 12th 2021 reviewing this issue. They suggest that restricted access to data hampers trust in research. They go on to continue suggesting that access to data that underpins study findings is imperative to...
Long Working Hours and Your Health – Metro
Long working hours and your health Metro May 2021 Dr Paul Ettlinger and Dr Angela Rai feature in Metro discussing how working long hours affects your health. View article here Related Articles by The London General Practice:
How Do We Assess Infectiousness in a COVID-19 Patient?
Interesting correspondence published by Pan and others in The Lancet Microbe May 12th 2001 tries to question and answer this. They report that Cevik and colleagues found that no study was able to culture live virus from any respiratory sample taken after day eight...
Does Using GPS Weaken One’s Memory?
An interesting article published by Franco and others in the Scientific American tried to answer this question. They suggest that prior to GPS, exploring and way finding new places required preparation – you had to think, consult paper maps, plan and...
Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms
Type 2 diabetes symptoms The Express - May 2021 Dr Paul Ettlinger of The London General Practice features in the Express online. In this article Dr. Ettlinger provides vital information on Type 2 Diabetes symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. View the full...
COVID-19 Vaccinations, How Do We Vaccinate All?
An editorial in The Lancet Infectious Diseases published on May 14th 2021 queries this question. As of May 9th 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused 3,277,272 deaths and disrupted the lives of billions of people. The editorial argues that the...
Understanding Covid testing
International Travelto and from England Understanding Covid-19 Testing including Travel from Green list and Amber list countries. Here at the London General Practice we have been working with government approved laboratories to deliver Covid testing to our patients...
Do You Need to Have the Vaccination If You Have Had COVID-19?
Katelyn Jetelina helps to explain the answer yes in her site, ‘Your Local Epidemiologist’. She says that the vaccines strengthen the immune response to the virus by giving effectively another dose of virus protection. She also indicates that the...
