Month: May 2021

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How to manage bone health in women from peri to postmenopause

May 28, 2021 by admin

Perimenopause to Post menopause changes for women & Bone Health changes  Perimenopause is characterized by increasing menstrual irregularity but less than 3 months of amenorrhea, late perimenopause by amenorrhea lasting greater than 3 months but less than 1 year, and post menopause by the absence of menstrual bleeding for twelve consecutive months or more. The […]

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High prevalence of hypocalcemia in non-severe COVID-19 patients

May 27, 2021 by admin

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected over 50 million people and has inflicted more than 1.2 million casualties ever since its inception in December 2019. Although most patients tend to have mild-moderate disease with a favorable prognosis, the infection may not infrequently lead to severe-to critical disease and mortality1. The prognosis tends to be […]

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Serum calcium: biomarker of clinical severity and prognosis in COVID 19 patients

May 24, 2021 by admin

The pathogen has been reported as a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The World Health Organization (WHO) has made the assessment that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be characterized as a pandemic because the disease is still spreading rapidly around the world, especially in the United States, Spain, and Russia.1 The […]

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Low serum calcium: new, important indicator of COVID-19 patients from mild to severe

May 20, 2021 by admin

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally.1 Confirmed cases and deaths have been reported in more than 200 countries worldwide.2  While 80% of COVID-19 infections have less severe clinical symptoms (low-grade fever, cough, fatigue) with no evidence of pneumonia or even asymptomatic, those mild or moderate […]

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Heart health a good predictor of bone health

May 17, 2021 by admin

Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are age-related diseases. Traditionally, these two conditions were considered unrelated and their coexistence was attributed to independent age-related processes. However, an increasing body of biological and epidemiological evidence has provided support for a link between the two conditions that cannot be explained by age alone. Shared risk factors, such as […]

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Hypocalcemia is highly incident in COVID-19

May 3, 2021 by admin

Basis of mechanism and therapeutic relevance of hypocalcemia during severe COVID-19 infection Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV- 2), presents primarily with fever, dry cough, and fatigue or myalgia.1 Many researches have reported that calcium played a central role in viral infectious and replicative mechanisms of SARS-CoV, […]

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