August 9, 2021 Clinical Research In vitro cell-culture study demonstrates that fenofibrate (used as adjunct to statins to lower cholesterol and lipid levels) reduces severity of coronavirus infection. Human trials to follow to determine if this holds true in vivo. #GoScience
August 5, 2021 Clinical Research Heparin seems to reduce progression of COVID-19 in hospitalized people with moderate symptoms but not for the critically ill. Study author states that more research required to find the therapeutic “sweet spot”.
June 3, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Study concludes that there was no evidence to support vitamin D supplementation in the general population would improve COVID-19 outcomes.
May 20, 2021 Cardiology Research presented at American College of Cardiology meeting states that 19 per cent of people with hypertension are taking other OTC or prescription meds that elevate their blood pressure. Awaiting published study.
January 25, 2021 Biomedical Engineering Two positive steps forward for treatment and testing of coronavirus.
November 24, 2020 Generic Drugs Phenelzine drug shortage in Canada may last until April 2021 and is leaving patients in a precarious and desperate position.
August 14, 2020 General information Drugs shortages in Canada have been around for years yet little action has been taken by the Canadian government. The pandemic now makes this more of an acute problem.
May 14, 2020 Generic Drugs Will there be an increase in superbugs after SARS-CoV-2? Further evaluation is required to determine if there has been an increase in indiscriminate antibiotic use during the pandemic. We probably will not know the answer for some time.
April 15, 2020 Clinical Research PM Trudeau, your flouting of pandemic health policy rules demoralizes the country. Armchair “physicians”, stop flaunting cherry-picked preprint studies as “the” evidence HCQ works when there are just as many that refute it. That is why proper investigation and meta-analysis are required.