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  1. SWAlexander

    Hospital team discovers why a routine treatment for severe Covid-19 can fail

    They have confirmed significant findings in how the virus alters the body’s blood clotting process, which means current treatments can fail. Main image above: research assistant Jan Whitley and research nurse Jun Cezar Zaldua, who made numerous trips into Covid hotspots The team at the Welsh...
  2. MarkRichardson

    Heparin Injections v HELP Apheresis Treatments

    Do Heparin Injections and HELP Apheresis achieve the same thing? I.e. clear blood clots? If so then why choose one over the other? Does HELP Aphereis deal with biological material that Heparin doesn’t? Dr Teitelbaum mentions in his book (From Fatigued To Fantastic - 2007) mentions that various...