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Usefulness of Combined Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors and Diuretic Treatment In Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19

Usefulness of Combined Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors and Diuretic Treatment In Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19

Source : https://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(21)01189-9/fulltext

Antecedent use of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi) prevents clinical deterioration and protects against cardiovascular/thrombotic complications of COVID-19, for indicated patients. Uncertainty exists regarding treatment continuation throughout infection and doing so...

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Cannabinoids Block Cellular Entry of SARS-CoV-2 and the Emerging Variants - PubMed

Cannabinoids Block Cellular Entry of SARS-CoV-2 and the Emerging Variants - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007072/

As a complement to vaccines, small-molecule therapeutic agents are needed to treat or prevent infections by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its variants, which cause COVID-19. Affinity selection-mass...

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Expert Discusses How DMT Differs From Other Psychedelic Medicines

Expert Discusses How DMT Differs From Other Psychedelic Medicines

Source : https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/expert-discusses-how-dmt-differs-from-other-psychedelic-medicines

Carol Routledge, PhD, chief medical and scientific officer at Small Pharma, discussed DMT, how it differs from other psychedelic medicines, and what the future holds for DMT-assisted treatments. She spoke...

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Salk researchers find a new route for regulating blood sugar levels independent of insulin - Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Salk researchers find a new route for regulating blood sugar levels independent of insulin - Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Source : https://www.salk.edu/news-release/salk-researchers-find-a-new-route-for-regulating-blood-sugar-levels-independent-of-insulin/

LA JOLLA-The discovery of insulin 100 years ago opened a door that would lead to life and hope for millions of people with diabetes. Ever since then, insulin, produced in...



Finding the PDE4 pathway opens new opportunities for drug discovery and basic research focused on high blood glucose (hyperglycemia) and insulin resistance. The scientists are eager to investigate the possibility of modifying FGF1 to improve PDE4 activity. Another route is targeting multiple points in the signaling pathway before PDE4 is...

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COVID-19 vaccination associated with a small, temporary increase in menstrual cycle length, suggests NIH-funded study

COVID-19 vaccination associated with a small, temporary increase in menstrual cycle length, suggests NIH-funded study

Source : https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/covid-19-vaccination-associated-small-temporary-increase-menstrual-cycle-length-suggests-nih-funded-study

Women receiving one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a single menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day, compared to unvaccinated women, according to a...



A subgroup of app users who received two vaccine doses in the same menstrual cycle (358 users) had a larger average increase in cycle length of two days. However, this change appears to decrease in subsequent cycles, indicating that the menstrual changes likely are temporary. The authors added that the International Federation of Gynecology and...