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Metabolic syndrome linked to worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were over three times more likely to die if they had metabolic syndrome Date: August 25, 2020 Source 1: Tulane University Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who had a combination of high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes were over three times more likely to die from the disease,

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Blood clots and lung injuries found in patients who have died of COVID-19

Date: August 20, 2020 Source 1: Imperial College London Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: A new post-mortem study of patients who have died from COVID-19 found severe damage to the lungs and signs of blood clotting in major organs. A new post-mortem study of patients who have died from COVID-19 found severe damage to the lungs

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Autopsies reveal surprising cardiac changes in COVID-19 patients

Date: July 21, 2020 Source 1: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: A series of autopsies conducted by LSU Health New Orleans pathologists shows the damage to the hearts of COVID-19 patients is not the expected typical inflammation of the heart muscle associated with myocarditis, but rather a unique pattern of

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