WASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Existing data show the novel coronavirus has caused higher mortality in men than women. Besides general poor health and habits like smoking and drinking for men that may cause damage to lungs, leading experts told Xinhua hormonal influences on the immune response...
something as simple as a cough or runny nose might lead to panic—and the need for a COVID-19 test. But because of the wide availability of COVID-19 vaccines, the topic of testing—and which one to use—has fallen off our collective radar. ...
COVID-19: How to explain false-positive results with the RT-PCR testsVentegodt, SrenJournal of Alternative Medicine Research
The first patient was admitted to a hospital in Codogno (Lombardy, Italy) with a “mild pneumonia resistant to therapy, no relevant travel history and no apparent exposure to diseased contacts”1. In the following week, the Codogno area saw a rapid increase of COVID-19 cases, as well as...
If this turns out to be true, then developing treatments to deplete or block the rogue abzymes could be the most effective way to treat the complications of COVID-19."Ad Understanding COVID-19 abzymesSARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, has a protein on its surface called the ...
Based on our in silico analysis, we found that DEDDSEPV amino acid sequence might trigger autoimmunity due to its similarity with myosin-16 protein. Our study provides evidence for the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 inducing autoimmunity via molecular mimicry. Our ndings can have signicant ...
The first element to be considered in the future is developing sex targeted therapies. The information among multiple pharmacological options in COVID-19 evidences different efficacy and safety results, but data on sex-related responses are currently limited. Neither sex disaggregated data on benefits,...
Experts have long observed that the COVID-19 coronavirus increases the likelihood of having aheart attackor stroke for up to a year after infection, particularly for those who already have underlying heart conditions. However, the specific mechanisms that account for these risks had until now remai...
During the early days of the pandemic, clinicians noticed that males were more likely than females to be hospitalized or admitted to the ICU or to die from COVID-19 despite having similar infection rates. This pattern held true across all age groups and in countries around the world. ...
Early stages of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are associated with silent hypoxia and poor oxygenation despite relatively minor parenchymal involvement. Although speculated that such paradoxical findings may be explained by impaired hypoxic pul