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Medication used to treat a range of inflammatory diseases may be less safe than previously thought.

Heart attack study during COVID-19 LICAMM Leeds news

The death rate for patients who experienced what is normally a lower-risk heart attack rose sharply during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis of NHS data.

patients with suspected heart attacks may have failed to present due to the fear of catching coronavirus

A third of people with heart attacks may not have gone to hospital at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

diabetes blood test, pin prick test

Drugs developed to treat Alzheimer’s Disease could be repurposed to prevent - or even reverse - damage done to the blood vessels of people who are obese or have type 2 diabetes, according to research.

number of children in the UK who were in paediatric intensive care units with COVID-19.

Figures just published reveal the number of children in the UK who were in paediatric intensive care units with COVID-19.