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A newly published study in the journal Nature shows a strong and independent correlation between elevated inflammatory markers and survival of the COVID-19 infection: "We found that high serum IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α levels at the time of hospitalization were strong and independent predictors of patient survival (P < 0.0001, P = 0.0205 and P = 0.0140, respectively)." The researchers suggest: "To mitigate inflammation caused by SARS-CoV-2, immunomodulatory agents, including small

Researchers from a number of American medical universities including Harvard Medical School, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and more, published a review of clinical research in the recent edition of the journal Neurology and Therapy. They summarized their review with four key findings (Urits et al., 2020): Acupuncture is gaining increasing attention as a viable addition to the physician's armamentarium for the management

A new systematic review and meta-analysis was published in this month's issue of Pharmacological Research, including more clinical trials and ongoing research into the treatment of COVID-19 using Chinese herbal medicines alongside or in lieu of conventional Western Medicines (pharmaceuticals). Xiong et al. (2020) performed this updated systematic review and related current clinical results for SARS-CoV-2 to the 2003 SARS outbreak in China: "According to the research reports