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By MedPageToday
- Oct 24, 2020
OP-ED: PROFESSIONAL BOARDS, TAKE HEED
While 2020 has been fraught with uncertainty, at least one thing is quite evident: antitrust compliance remains a high priority of...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 24, 2020
COVID BRAIN FOG; PANDEMIC GRIEF; HANDLING A COVID VAX
What is COVID brain fog? Judith Graham describes the sudden emergence of cognitive dysfunction in seniors who have become seriously...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING WORKED IN LARGE NEW JERSEY CITY
Comprehensive contact tracing efforts in one New Jersey city worked to drive COVID-19 cases down, even with limited resources, a researcher...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
'THE PATIENTS KNOW MORE THAN THE DOCTORS': WHAT WE HEARD THIS WEEK
"You need to listen to them to understand the disease. The patients know more than the doctors." - Paul Garner, MD, of Liverpool School...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
AACE REBRANDS; PANDEMIC PUSHES ENDOCRINOLOGY TO INNOVATE
Formerly known as the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, AACE has rebranded itself as the American Association of Clinical...
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By MedPageToday - Oct 23, 2020
RELAPSING/REFRACTORY EGPA AMENABLE TO BIOLOGICS
Study Authors: Alice Canzian, Nils Venhoff, et al. Target Audience and Goal Statement: Rheumatologists, pulmonologists, nephrologists,...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
OP-ED: BEYOND COVID TRIBALISM
Two things are true about COVID-19. First, there is no person who has all the answers. SARS-CoV-2 affects every aspect of human life,...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
MODEL: MORE MASK-WEARING MAY SLASH U.S. COVID-19 DEATH TOLL
The COVID-19 fall/winter surge is fast approaching - and may already be upon us - and mask wearing could make a substantial dent in...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
ARE HHS, FDA CHIEFS OFFICIALLY FRENEMIES? BIDEN TOUTS BIDENCARE
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar reportedly tried to force FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn from his post recently, after...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
FB LIVE: WHAT WE NOW KNOW ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENINGS
Topic: Schools around the country are now open even as COVID-19 rages on. What have we learned about transmission dynamics in school...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
MILITARY BURN PITS LINKED WITH RA SEROPOSITIVITY
Among veterans with rheumatoid arthritis , environmental exposures to burn pits and military waste disposal were associated with increased...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
PRE-EXISTING PSYCH ILLNESS TIED TO ICU DELIRIUM
Patients who were being treated for psychiatric disorders before being sent to the intensive care unit for episodes of acute respiratory...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
ETHICS CONSULT: KEEP DEAD MAN'S MEDICAL SECRET? MD/JD WEIGHS IN
Welcome to Ethics Consult - an opportunity to discuss, debate , and learn together. We select an ethical dilemma from a true, but anonymized,...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
FINERENONE CUTS KIDNEY, HEART RISKS IN CKD AND T2D
An investigational anti-mineralocorticoid agent slowed chronic kidney disease progression in people with type 2 diabetes, the phase...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
VOICE-BASED SCREENING PREDICTS LUNG FUNCTION
Results from a preliminary study showed novel voice and breath analysis using a smartphone app to be a useful measure of lung function,...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
HOW WISCONSIN DOCS ARE HANDLING THE COVID ONSLAUGHT
Two weeks ago, it looked to Bob Wachter, MD, and many other hospitalists, that Wisconsin was the nation's "ground zero" for COVID-19....
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
DISPARITIES ABOUND IN CHINESE HEART ATTACK CARE
Continued quality improvement in acute MI may be possible in the U.S. given lessons learned from another country with major geographic...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
MODERNA VAX TRIAL FULL; AZAR DENIES HAHN RIFT; MITCH MCCONNELL'S HANDGATE
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Thursday marked completion of enrollment in Moderna's U.S. vaccine clinical...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
FDA PANEL STRESSES SAFETY, DIVERSITY, EFFICACY FOR COVID-19 VAX
COVID-19 vaccine safety, dueling efficacy standards, and representation of groups from racial and ethnic minorities to children drew...
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By MedPageToday
- Oct 23, 2020
COVID-19, ACA HIGHLIGHTED IN FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF 2020
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden argued about Trump's response to COVID-19 and the fate of the Affordable...
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COVID-19 Tally in India Crosses 78 Lakh Mark
In the last 24 hours, India has reported 53,370 new infections and 650 deaths taking the total COVID-19 tally to 78,14,682.
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Global Coronavirus Cases Cross 42 Million Mark
The global COVID-19 cases have surpassed the 42 million mark, while the deaths have soared to 1,143,290, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Proton Therapy for Lung Cancer may Help Decrease Heart Disease Risk
Treating lung cancer patients with proton therapy may help decrease the risk of radiation-induced heart diseases, according to a new study.
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COVID-19 Lockdown Decreased Mental Health, Sleep, Exercise
New research adds to the growing body of evidence that COVID-19 lockdown dramatically modified our personal habits, reduced mental health, sleep, and exercise.
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Aspirin Use Reduces Heart Disease Complications, Improves Survival in...
Low-dose aspirin intake by hospitalized COVID-19 patients can reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications and death, reports a new study.
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Searching for Clues to COVID-19 Immunity
Getting more specific answers about how the immune system responds to the virus that causes COVID-19, including whether recovery is likely permanent, is crucial not only to...
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Op-Ed: Beyond COVID Tribalism
Two things are true about COVID-19. First, there is no person who has all the answers. SARS-CoV-2 affects every aspect of human life, carries massive uncertainty, and there is...
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Op-Ed: Going Trick-Or-Treating During A Pandemic Is Ridiculous
When the CDC released its guidelines about Halloween and trick-or-treating, I wasn't entirely surprised. They are along the lines of all the COVID-19 guidelines: wear a mask...
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America, We Need To Get Our Covid Sh*t Together Or This Winter Is Going To...
Any way you cut it, the news is grim. New coronavirus cases have increased by 30% from just a few weeks ago. 17 states have recently reached all-time high case counts...
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FDA to let AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine trials resume in the US
More than a month after the global trial pause and long after international trials resumed, FDA regulators will finally let Oxford's trials can restart in the US, according to...