Sweetness and positivity together aren't a happy ending: Case controlled study amongst severe COVID-19 for impact of diabetes mellitus on survival.

Background: India is the epicenter of diabetes mellitus (DM). The relationship between COVID and DM in age/gender-matched non-diabetics has not been studied yet. The role of DM in predicting the disease severity and outcome in COVID patients might provide new insight for effective management.

Headache of Wearing PPE; A Survey for Neurological Symptoms with PPE amongst Health Care Workers.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has put the entire medical fraternity into a very challenging and demanding situation. Along with always being at the risk of COVID infection, healthcare workers (HCWs) are also facing neurological problems due to long working hours in personal protective equipment (PPE). These symptoms and their characteristics need to be observed and studied in-depth to understand the problems experienced by HCWs and to design new solutions to overcome such problems.