Douglas Yanai

29/05/2021

17/02/2021

Vitamin D deficiency can result from inadequate exposure to sunlight; malabsorption; accelerated catabolism from certain medications; and, in infants, the minimal amount of vitamin D found in breast milk. In children, vitamin D deficiency can result in rickets, which presents as bowing of the legs;....

17/10/2020

Blood group O was associated with a decreased risk for contracting SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to the results of large retrospective analysis of the Danish population.

07/10/2020

When data from five randomized controlled trials of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 prevention or treatment were pooled for a meta-analysis, researchers found that early use of the drug by people who were not hospitalized yielded a statistically significant 24% reduction in risk of infection, hospit...

04/10/2020

Those randomized to eating only between noon and 8 pm showed no greater weight loss versus a control group, while a large proportion of weight that was lost was in lean mass.

03/10/2020

The latest in a line of studies on vitamin D and COVID-19 supports a link between insufficiency and worse outcomes from the virus, but the jury remains out without robust, randomized controlled trials.

01/10/2020

While a precipitous drop in use may make it almost moot, new data show only 'modest' increases in QT prolongation and no arrhythmic deaths directly attributable to treatment.