Coronavirus (COVID-19): What People With Breast Cancer Need to Know

  The respiratory illness commonly referred to as “coronavirus” and officially called COVID-19 has changed life as we know it. For people with serious health conditions, such as breast cancer, and their loved ones, the uncertainty of this situation, the need for physical distancing, job losses and financial concerns, and possible changes in cancer treatments…

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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 developing COVID-19, according to a small study done in New York City. The research was presented on Feb. 5, 2021, at the American Association for Cancer Research COVID-19 and Cancer virtual…

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Is obesity a risk factor for serious COVID-19 infection

Overweight South Africans can take measures to protect themselves Studies from around the world show that individuals with underlying medical conditions are substantially more at risk for developing serious COVID-19 disease and/or complications requiring specialised hospital care. Should obese South Africans be concerned and what precautions can they take to reduce their risks? “The World…

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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 Obesity burden that COVID-19 could add to the South African Health Care System: South Africans are eating more during Lock-down and are less active. The long-term effect of this situation will…

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