Tag Archives: Endocrinology

Female reproductive hormones may be protective against COVID-19

[ad_1] In an article recently published on Trends in endocrinology and metabolism, Graziano Pinna of the University of Illinois at Chicago outlines some of the evidence that suggests that female reproductive hormones may play a role in the sexual bias that has been observed in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Reports …

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Body mass index and severe COVID-19

[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic has affected over 60 million people worldwide, of which nearly 1.43 million have died from the severe COVID-19 disease and nearly 40 million have recovered. COVID-19 disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is severe and leads to life-threatening complications in a small …

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