Category: Treatment for COVID-19
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Indigenous Kokama favors ayahuasca for COVID-19 treatment after seeing drop in COVID deaths
The death of Kokama community leader Guilherme Padilha Samiaslast May due to COVID-19 changed the way the community treated those with symptoms of the disease. In an article for the Mongabay published August 17, 2020, Maria Fernanda Ribeiro, Kokama chief Edney Samias was quoted saying “At first, we relied on the medicine of non-Indigenous people,…
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Read it yourself: Transcript of the first press conference of America’s Frontline Doctors
Last July 27, 2020, a group of medical professionals calling themselves America’s Frontline Doctors held a press conference outside the Supreme Court of the United States to counter the fear surrounding the return of children to schools and the narrative that COVID-19 can only be cured by a vaccine. The press conference was also posted…
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Boosting immune system, a viable treatment strategy for COVID-19
New research findings from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis offers a new theory as to why COVID-19 patients become seriously ill. Senior investigator Richard Hotchkiss says that results are showing that the immune systems of involved patients are not doing enough to protect them from the virus, hence leading them in…
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Study: Treatment with hydrochloroquine cut COVID-19 death rate significantly
A new study published by the Henry Ford Health System shows that hydroxychloroquine reduces risk of death without heart-related side effects among COVID-19 patients. The large scale retrospective study was conducted from March 10 to May 2, 2020 and involved 2,541 patients. Dr. Marcus Zervos, division head of the Infectious Disease for Henry Ford Health System…
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Clinical trial for virgin coconut oil shows potential as supplement COVID-19 treatment
Clinical trials on virgin coconut oil (VCO) as a supplement for treatment of COVID-19 is showing promise as a majority of participants have been discharged. The initial study was conducted at Sta. Rosa Community Hospital and involved 45 patients with mild symptoms. Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato Dela Pena says that more…
