COVID-19 and the Use of Antihypertensive Drugs Known As the ACE2 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Known As Arbs This has become a highly contentious topic during this COVID-19 pandemic. Initially there existed no evidence...
COVID-19 came from China; Can We Use Chinese Herbal Medicines to Treat COVID-19? An interesting correspondence from The Lancet expands further on this. Chinese officials announced at a press conference on April 14, 2020 that three patent herbal drugs had been...
So What Are The Risk Factors and Identifying Demographics for Testing Positive to SARS-CoV-2? A study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases by the Oxford Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre looked at patients who were...
Children and COVID-19 Infection A review of papers published in Nature Journal looks at how children are affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and their resulting symptoms with COVID-19. The role of children in spreading the coronavirus has been a key...
COVID-19, A Complex Multisystem Clinical Syndrome A review of the COVID-19 infection and a look at presentation and complications. A helpful article in The BMJ of 1 May 2020 by Dr Michael Roberts and others helps us to assess this complex clinical syndrome. The...
Paediatric Multi-Symptom Inflammatory Syndrome This is a syndrome which is believed to be linked to COVID-19. A 5-year-old boy in New York became the first child in the United States to die from this condition. A 14-year-old boy in the United Kingdom has...
