Randomized placebo-controlled pilot clinical trial on the efficacy of ayurvedic treatment regime on COVID-19 positive patients.

Background: Specific treatment for COVID-19 is still an unmet need. Outcomes of clinical trials on repurposed drugs have not been yielding success. Therefore, it is necessary to include complementary approaches of medicine against COVID-19.

Abnormalities in the thyroid function tests as surrogate marker of advancing HIV infection in infected adults.

Objective: To study thyroid function tests in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection at various stages of the illness and to correlate the results with the disease progression.

Methods: In a prevalence study of 50 HIV infected patients at various stages of illness thyroid function tests consisting of free-thyroxin (FT-4), free tri-iodothyronine (FT-3), and serum thyroid stimulating hormone (s. TSH) were done.