Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Seniors with Covid-19 taking ACE inhibitors have lower hospitalisation risk

‘A Yale-led study suggests that older COVID-19 patients taking ACE inhibitors for hypertension have a lower risk of hospitalization for the novel coronavirus... The use of ACE inhibitors was associated with an almost 40% lower risk of COVID-19 hospitalization for the older, Medicare Advantage patients — but there was no significant difference in risk for the younger, commercially insured patients.’

Read here (Yale, May 27, 2020)

Read original Medrxiv pre-print paper here

Worst ever Covid variant? Omicron

John Campbell shares his findings on Omicron.  View here (Youtube, Nov 27, 2021)