Date: August 27, 2020 Source 1: Georgetown University Medical Center Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Misconceptions about the way climate and weather impact exposure and transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, create false confidence and have adversely shaped risk perceptions, say researchers. Misconceptions about the way climate and weather impact exposure and transmission of […]
Evidence for predicting how severe a patient’s illness will become and why patients develop life-threatening blood clots Date: August 26, 2020 Source 1: Lawson Health Research Institute Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: In one study, researchers have identified six molecules that can be used as biomarkers to predict how severely ill a patient will become. In
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,
