Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Rapid review of Systematic reviews on the efficacy and safety of Vitamin C in the management of Acute Respiratory Infection and Disease Authors
Published 2020Current evidence from published systematic reviews indicate that oral intake of vitamin C may assist with symptoms of acute viral respiratory infections (ARI) by reducing fever and chills, relieving chest pain and assist ...Article -
Loneliness, Social Support, Social Isolation and Wellbeing among Working Age Adults with and without Disability: Cross sectional study
Published 2020Background: Loneliness is significantly related to health and wellbeing. However, there is little information on the prevalence of loneliness among people with disability or the association between disability, loneliness ...Article -
Telehealth for ‘non-critical’ Patients with Chronic Diseases during the Pandemic (Preprint)
Published 2020During the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, telehealth has received greater attention due to its role in reducing hospital visits from patients with COVID-19 or other conditions, while supporting home isolation ...Article -
Different sized slices of cake: macroeconomic impacts on access to transplantation and graft survival for children
Published 2020Transplantation for children with end-stage kidney disease confers clear survival, health, and health economic benefits. Access to transplantation and graft survival has been clearly shown to be affected by macroeconomic ...Article -
Clinical significance summary: Preliminary results of a rapid review of zinc for the prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 and other acute viral respiratory infections
Published 2020As of 9 June 2020, indirect evidence from other types of viral respiratory infections suggests that zinc may potentially reduce the risk, duration and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections; particularly for populations at risk ...Article