Coronavirus (COVID-19): What People With Breast Cancer Need to Know
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February 21, 2021
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Chemotherapy Doesn’t Seem to Increase Risk of COVID-19
Compared to people diagnosed with cancer who were not being treated with chemotherapy, people with cancer receiving chemotherapy didn’t have a higher risk for...
September 22, 2020
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Is obesity a risk factor for serious COVID-19 infection
Overweight South Africans can take measures to protect themselves [caption id="attachment_810" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Young man measuring his weight on weighing scale in clinic[/caption] Studies...
May 18, 2020
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Weight of Covid-19 evidence adds to obesity burden for South Africans
The following is an article published in The Times Live 13 May 2020, by Journalist, Sipokazi Fokazi https://select.timeslive.co.za/news/2020-05-12-weight-of-covid-19-evidence-adds-to-obesity-burden-for-south-africans/ She interviewed Dr Gert Du Toit regarding the...
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