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A drug costing less than $2 a day helps in the treatment of severely ill COVID-19 patients
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A drug costing less than $2 a day helps in the treatment of severely ill COVID-19 patients

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)  Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Metoprolol, a drug widely used to treat cardiovascular disease, is beneficial when administered to COVID-19 patients. This is the finding of a study by investigators at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), published today in the Journal of the American College of...

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Scientific discovery may lead to a treatment for lupus

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD When there is an excessive number or hyperactivation of immune cells, very high levels of proteins known as cytokines are released, resulting in a cytokine storm that causes severe and often irreversible tissue damage. This accounts for the crippling nature of many autoimmune disorders such as lupus. Now, an international team of...