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Commonly used for arthritis and other inflammatory conditions, these medications may have promise in fighting inflammation related to COVID-19.
Research shows that the sunshine vitamin is not only associated with a lower risk of testing positive for coronavirus, but also with reduced illness severity for those who do test positive.
New research shows the true extent of just how much more these two drugs, commonly used for rheumatologic conditions such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, have been prescribed in 2020, especially by primary care doctors who usually don’t prescribe them.
A draft of recommendations for vaccine allocation divides patients who are at higher risk for complications into two different groups.
Emerging data suggests that certain inflammatory proteins could serve as a red flag for COVID-19 patients who are more likely to have worse outcomes.
New research shows this cluster of conditions, which includes obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, high triglycerides, and low HDL cholesterol, is associated with greater need for intensive care, ventilation, and worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients.
This could affect research that observes the association between diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus with coronavirus infection and complications.
Data on a large cohort of patients in a New York City hospital indicates that those who received anticoagulant therapy had better outcomes than those who did not.
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