Could BCG vaccine protect against COVID-19?
A largescale global trial designed to test the theory that the widely-used BCG vaccine could help protect against COVID-19 will soon recruit healthcare staff and care home workers […]
A largescale global trial designed to test the theory that the widely-used BCG vaccine could help protect against COVID-19 will soon recruit healthcare staff and care home workers […]
Indomethacin reduces the severity and duration of covid-19 symptoms and the need for hospital admissions There is mounting evidence to support the use of indomethacin to control covid-19 […]
As politicians grapple with the idea of a lockdown or a more stringent lockdown GPs have called for an end to the ‘one-track’ response – using covid deaths […]
As the number of signatures on the Great Barrington Declaration nears half a million, support for the focused protection that it advocates appears to be growing There are […]
A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged “clones” of the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes are to blame for the resurgence of the disease, which has caused high death […]
During the pandemic the oncology pharmacy service at Velindre Cancer Centre demonstrated its ability to react rapidly to service demands and to patients’ needs, according to Rhiannon Walters-Davies, […]
Modifications of cancer treatment regimens to reduce time spent in hospital, a drive-through pharmacy service and a technician-led virtual counselling clinic were some of the measures introduced at […]
The key message for primary care is about using the guidance document, Differentiation of the Cs to enable health care professionals to triage patients more accurately, says Professor David Baldwin, […]
Differentiation of the Cs is a document aimed at health care professionals working in primary care to help them to triage their patients. It provides a simple table that […]
The lung cancer service has been very seriously affected by the coronavirus pandemic, in particular, lung cancer referrals have fallen sharply during lockdown, says Professor David Baldwin, chairman […]
Patients could self-treat covid-19 symptoms with aspirin and GPs should consider prescribing indomethacin, according to retired GP and researcher, Dr Colin Brown. Covid-19 is associated with musculoskeletal pain […]
The use of NSAIDs in early covid-19 needs more research, according to retired GP and researcher, Dr Colin Brown. “We know from the RECOVERY study1 that dexamethasone is effective […]
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