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A Heart-Mind Connection: The Links Between Cardiovascular And Mental Health

Too often mental health problems are dismissed as being “all in your head”. With scientific...

A False Start For Sudden Cardiac Death In Athletes And COVID-19 Vaccines

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Inflaming The Myths Of COVID-19 Vaccines

Like the phantom heart in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, myths about...

Do COVID-19 Vaccines Fan The Flames Of Myocarditis?

Since COVID-19 emerged on the global scene, the heart has been the centre of action. Cardiovascular...

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The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Failure Of Hydroxychloroquine As A COVID-19 Treatment And The Science That Explains It

The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Failure Of Hydroxychloroquine As A COVID-19 Treatment And The Science That Explains It

Jun 02 2020 | comment(s)

The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, touted as a miracle cure for COVID-19, appeared to have had it’s Titanic moment, at least according to a study published in the Lancet. The retrospective study analyzed the records of patients from 6 continents and found that not only was hydroxychloroquine not an effective treatment, its cardiac side effects were potentially dangerous. But this was just the tip of the iceberg, and the results were disastrous.

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Getting To The Heart Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

Getting To The Heart Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 30 2020 | comment(s)

Co-authored by by Lauren Philippi, Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph

In late December 2019 an outbreak of pneumonia cases arose in Wuhan, China. Patients presented with an acute respiratory illness linked to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 is a betacoronavirus, similar to Human Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronaviruses. SARS and MERS both cause severe respiratory disease. Although COVID-19 is primarily considered a respiratory virus, there is a strong link to cardiovascular disease.

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