The pandemic continues to pose huge challenges to health services worldwide. Hospitals are in crisis as the pace of new COVID-19 cases outstrips their capacity. What makes things particularly difficult is that the coronavirus doesn’t affect everyone in the same way. Being able to better predict which patients will get seriously ill would allow hospitals […]
A Canadian case series of all patients with COVID-19 admitted to six intensive care units (ICUs) in Metro Vancouver found patient outcomes were substantially better than reported in other jurisdictions. The paper is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Researchers looked at outcomes for 117 patients with COVID-19 admitted to one of six hospitals […]
Last week, beauty guru Michelle Phan made a claim on Instagram that essential oils could kill off viruses. The YouTuber, who has more than two million followers, posted an Instagram story advising people to burn ‘antiviral’ tea tree, lavender, clove bud, lemon, ravensara, and eucalyptus globulus oils. Michelle used an essential oil diffuser to burn […]
