Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Effective health communication – a key factor in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic
Published 2020Over the course of March 2020, the everyday life of most people changed from normal to extraordinary around the globe. By the beginning of March, there had been serious outbreaks of COVID-19 in a limited number of countries, ...Article -
Ethical reflections on the COVID‐19 pandemic: The epidemiology of panic
Published 2020The world has been preparing for a pandemic, most likely to be caused by a novel strain of influenza or a newly emerged respiratory virus, for decades.1 However, the unpredictable nature of a pandemic means that, when it ...Article -
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19): angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers and cardiovascular disease
Published 2020As the world watches the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, affecting the health of millions of people and the lives of everyone, common health conditions including heart disease, stroke, cancer ...Article -
Mental Health and Psychosocial Challenges in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Food for Thought for Cardiovascular Health Care Professionals
Published 2020The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has produced substantial health challenges from the perspective of both its direct health complications and the disruption to delivery of standard care for individuals with a ...Article -
Personal View: Low-dose Lung Radiotherapy for COVID-19 Pneumonia – The Atypical Science and the Unknown Collateral Consequence
Published 2020The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has had a devastating impact, with the number of deaths worldwide by June 2020 over 400 000. There ...Article