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Smokers and COPD patients suffer more and die more from COVID-19

Article written by Bruce Sylvester. Current smokers and those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD suffer greater COVID-19 severity and greater COVID-19 related mortality..

E-cigarettes increase risk of chronic lung disease

Article written by Peter Mas-Mollinedo E-cigarette use significantly increases a person’s risk of developing chronic lung diseases..

ACE inhibitors and ARBs lower colorectal cancer risk in some patients

Article written by Bruce Sylvester Patients being treated with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-i) or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) for high blood pressure and

Ertugliflozin preserves renal function in Type 2 diabetes with albuminuria

Article written by Bruce Sylvester In a study published on June 2, 2020 in Diabetologia, researchers reported that ertugliflozin preserves renal function in type 2

Breakthrough dual therapy emerges for common form of liver cancer

Article written by Bruce Sylvester Investigators have validated a first-line combination therapy that significantly improves survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common liver

Is indomethacin a better choice than ibuprofen in covid-19?

Interview and article by Christine Clark. Compared with ibuprofen, indomethacin has additional beneficial actions, argues Dr Rajan Ravichandran Commenting on the LIBERATE* study (NCT04334629) that

Indomethacin to combat cytokine release syndrome in covid-19

Interview and article by Christine Clark. Dr Rajan Ravichandran’s experience of using indomethacin to control cytokine release syndrome led him to realise that it could

Indomethacin – dual antiviral and anti-inflammatory for covid-19?

Interview and article by Christine Clark. Indomethacin has both anti-inflammatory and anti-viral properties and it could help to hasten recovery from covid-19 infection Indomethacin, if

Vitamin D and Covid-19

Peter Mas-Mollinedo, CEO of ICR Ltd, joins Professor Rose Anne Kenny to discuss why vitamin D is so important to our immune system, why so

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