Apr 12 2021
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Preterm Delivery Rates During Coronavirus Lockdown

By Lynnepi

A journal club I attend recently reviewed two articles published in Obstetrics & Gynecology (the “Green journal”) that reported rates of preterm delivery during “lockdowns” imposed last year due to the coronavirus epidemic.  One of the articles was from Australia and observed a decrease in preterm births. The paper (https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Fulltext/2021/03000/Prematurity_Rates_During_the_Coronavirus_Disease.3.aspx) examined monthly preterm delivery rates…

May 11 2020
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Famotidine: Another Proposed Weapon Against COVID-19

By Lynnepi

My brother recently made me aware of a randomized trial testing whether famotidine (brand name: Pepcid) can prevent bad outcomes in patients with COVID-19.  The idea for this came from an infectious disease physician, Michael Callahan, who was working in China when the coronavirus outbreak hit and went to Wuhan to study (?) it.  Dr.…