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    Being overweight ups risk of severe COVID-19 in hospital

    April 29, 2021

    This research “adds to the known data on the associations between obesity and severe COVID-19 disease and extends these findings” to patients who are overweight and/or have diabetes.

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    ‘Major update’ of BP guidance for kidney disease; treat to 120 mm Hg

    March 16, 2021

    “[Chapter one] of the guidelines is devoted to blood pressure measurement ... if [targeting] 120 [mm Hg systolic], the emphasis is on 120 measured properly.”

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    Cardiac arrest in COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Survival is possible’

    November 17, 2020

    Results of new studies of in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest underline that, despite lower survival rates during the pandemic, rates are “not zero,” and response is “not futile.”

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    In those with obesity, will losing weight cut COVID-19 severity?

    November 17, 2020

    “To think excess weight may also be detrimental to acute effects of a novel virus running amok in the world has focused minds on obesity in a manner not seen before.”

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    Obesity biggest risk for COVID-19 pneumonia, after age, male sex

    November 5, 2020

    The impact of obesity was most pronounced in women younger than 50 years.

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    Low vitamin D in COVID-19 predicts ICU admission, poor survival

    September 18, 2020

    The “data give strong observational support to previous suggestions that reduced vitamin D levels may favor the appearance of severe respiratory dysfunction and increase the mortality risk in patients affected with COVID-19,” according to researchers.

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    Severe obesity ups risk for death in younger men with COVID-19

    August 18, 2020

    These findings show that “obesity is an important independent risk factor for serious COVID-19 disease,” said Dr. David A. Kass.

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