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A new study has reassured medical professionals and patients alike that common drugs for lowering blood pressure are not linked to an increased risk of COVID-19.Share on PinterestResearchers have reassured physicians that blood pressure drugs are not tied to COVID-19 risk.On March 17, 2020, the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA),…

A “drug repurposing” strategy uncovers dozens of compounds that have the unexpected potential to combat the virus.A scanning electron micrograph of a dying cell infected with coronavirus particles, in orange.Credit...National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesApril 30, 2020Updated 10:08 a.m. ETIn the early 1950s, psychiatrists began treating schizophrenia with a new drug called chlorpromazine. Seven…

April 24 (Reuters) - With much of the world living in lockdown, the spread of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that was first detected in China late last year is beginning to slow in some places. As of April 23, 2.7 million had been infected and 192,000 killed by COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.While…

By Deborah J. Nelson(Reuters) - Scientists are baffled by how the coronavirus attacks the body - killing many patients while barely affecting others.But some are tantalized by a clue: A disproportionate number of patients hospitalized by COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, have high blood pressure. Theories about why the condition makes them more…

By Deborah J. Nelson – Reuters Scientists are baffled by how the coronavirus attacks the body – killing many patients while barely affecting others. But some are tantalized by a clue: A disproportionate number of patients hospitalized by COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, have high blood pressure. Theories about why the condition makes…