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A flood of new scientific data is providing information about many different
aspects of COVID-19.
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HEALTH
CAPSULES
By LISA RUSSELL
Studies offer more
insights into COVID-19
Four months into the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic,
a fast-growing amount of scientific
research is now shedding light on many
aspects of this often unpredictable disease.
Recently released scientific data ranges
from unusual symptoms of COVID-19 to
potentially alarming details about serious
risks for men compared to women. Following
are summaries of a few of these studies,
with more being released almost daily.
• • •
High blood pressure medication risk.
Although many heart health experts have
expressed major concerns about a relationship
between taking certain drugs for high
blood pressure and one’s risk of serious
COVID-19 outcomes, such a link does not
appear to exist, according to research published
in the New England Journal of Medicine
on May 1. The study of about 13,000
patients found no connection between
treatment with the four most common types
of high blood pressure drugs and increased
likelihood of a positive test for COVID-
19. It also found no substantial increase in
risk for more severe illness [intensive care
hospital admission, use of a ventilator, or
death] for people taking any of these drugs.
“With nearly half of American adults
having high blood pressure, and heart disease
patients more vulnerable to COVID-
19… our findings should reassure the
medical community and patients about
the continued use of these commonly
prescribed medications, which prevent
potentially severe heart events in their own
right,” said lead investigator Harmony
Reynolds, M.D. of NYU Langone Health.
• • •
Type 2 diabetes control. While a study
reported in the journal Cell Metabolism
does show that people with type 2
diabetes are more susceptible to serious
COVID-19 outcomes, it also includes
some encouraging news: Those whose
blood sugar is well-controlled have a better
chance of survival, with fewer long-term
complications.
Chinese researchers looked at thousands
of patients who were admitted to 19
hospitals, a large percentage of them with
pre-existing type 2 diabetes. Patients whose
blood glucose was well-controlled were
found to be significantly less likely to die;
they also needed fewer medical interventions
including supplemental oxygen and/
or ventilation, and had fewer complications.
• • •
Higher potential risks for men. A
recent study in Frontiers in Public Health,
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to die or suffer more severe effects. Call us The for a consultation with a productive and a free activity, sample or workout perhaps get
results suggest that additional care may be started on a hobby they’ve always wanted
required for older men or those with underlying
conditions, researchers have said. Another reason to start your own veg-
to pursue.
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doctors there noticed that men were dying proven benefits of gardening for all aspects
at a rate up to 2.5 times higher than that of of health – physical, mental and emotional.
women. This trend has continued both in For example, a number of studies have
Europe and the U.S.
shown that regular gardening can lower
Although it’s not yet clear why men seem cholesterol and blood pressure. Periods
to be facing an increased mortality risk, of exercise during “active” gardening can
experts have said that genetics may play also improve cardiovascular function.and
a role, along with the fact that conditions help people lose weight. And regular exposure
to sunlight is the best way to increase
like heart disease tend to be more common
among older men than older women. levels of vitamin D, which is critical to
• • •
controlling inflammation in the body and
A growing list of symptoms. Signs of boosting the immune system.
COVID-19 apparently can occur anywhere Then there are the nutritional benefits
on the body … including the toes. “COVID of eating the products of a home garden:
toes,” lesions on the feet or toes of patients just-picked veggies grown without the use
which can cause itching or burning, have of pesticides or other harmful substances.
been noted by dermatologists worldwide According to experts from the Missouri
as a symptom of the virus. Conjunctivitis, Botanical Garden, vegetables that can be
or pinkeye, may be another less common grown most successfully in the St. Louis
symptom. Dizziness, headaches, muscle area include tomatoes, bell peppers, leaf
pain and tingling or “fizzing” sensations in lettuce and spinach, green beans, cucumbers
and summer squash.
the body may also be viral signs along with
the most commonly experienced symptoms
of fever, cough, shortness of breath well-being through cultivating a garden
Positive effects on one’s psychological
and fatigue.
also are many. Previous studies have
• • •
shown that gardening can improve symptoms
of depression and anxiety, and lower
New post-infection complication for
kids. A growing number of children nationwide,
particularly in New York, have been who take up gardening have also cited
feelings of anger, stress and fatigue. People
hospitalized for a pediatric inflammatory benefits such as improved life satisfaction,
greater overall well-being, improved
syndrome which includes persistent fever
and features of toxic shock syndrome or cognitive function and a stronger sense of
Kawasaki disease, a condition that causes community. In fact, gardening has increasingly
been recognized not only as a cost-
inflammation in the walls of some blood
vessels in the body. At least three children
had died as of mid-May; a few cases type of occupational therapy called “horeffective
health intervention, but also as a
had also been identified in the St. Louis ticultural therapy” for people with both
area. The same syndrome has occurred in mental and physical health issues.
Europe, the U.K. and elsewhere in the U.S. While many may consider it an activity
mainly beneficial to older people, gardening
can help to literally plant the seeds of
Gardening is a ‘win-win’ for
physical, mental health
change for anyone, research has found that
There’s a reason that seeds and other gardening
supplies are flying off the shelves and mental health benefits for those of any
gardening can provide numerous physical
at home improvement stores and selling age.