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Covid-19: Despite Telemedicine Surge, Primary Care Visits Fall

Oct 05, 2020

Screening for cardiovascular risk factors also declined Despite the surge in telemedicine, the number of primary care visits has fallen since the Covid-19 public health emergency — and so has scree...

Opening Colleges and Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Oct 05, 2020

Bringing together students in a traditional way, with no effective treatment for victims, no vaccine, and a highly contagious virus would be irresponsible. More than sixteen million college students a...

How to Quantify and Interpret Treatment Effects in Clinical Studies of COVID-19

Oct 05, 2020

The deadly virus named as COVID-19 has raised concerns about the efficiency and adequacy of the heath infrastructure which are available in the marketplace. Therefore, what matters at the end is basic...

The Saga of Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19: A Cautionary Tale

Oct 05, 2020

The outbreak of coronavirus has taken a toll on the health infrastructure in the worst possible manner. There has been a tremendous pressure over the health infrastructure of not only curing the patie...

Hydroxychloroquine in Nonhospitalized Adults With Early COVID-19

Oct 05, 2020

The pandemic of COVID-19 has severely affected health infrastructure of the world and has made the world realize that no matter how much technology grows, nature will always be bigger and hence, chall...

Regulatory T Cells for Treating Patients With COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Oct 05, 2020

The novel coronavirus outbreak has taken a toll on the lives of various people this year. However, the virus is not affecting every person in the same manner. Instead, there are variations in the patt...

COVID-19, Prison Visits, and the Value of a Cup of Coffee

Oct 05, 2020

This novel coronavirus outbreak has affected the lives of millions of people. This infection has not only made them vulnerable physically, but at the same time has broken their confidence mentally. Pe...

Mental Health Treatment for Front-Line Clinicians During and After the COVID-19

Oct 05, 2020

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has affected the lives of the people to such an extent that every individual and every institution is disintegrating. The health crisis has affected the populatio...

Occupational Health: A Key to the Control of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities

Oct 05, 2020

Pandemics like the outbreak of the novel coronavirus have raised several concerns for the authorities at large. In the garb of protecting each other and standing in unity, this world has distanced its...

Age Is Just a Number: A Critically Important Number for COVID-19 Case Fatality

Oct 05, 2020

Pandemics like the novel Coronavirus have shook the consciousness of the world for the worse. This virus has transmitted itself across the borders to such an extent that there is no scope of looking b...

Studies Explore TAVR in the Time of Covid-19

Oct 02, 2020

Delay associated with worse outcomes, but careful triage can reduce risk Among patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, delays in performing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) e...

NFID Panelists Warn of Covid-19/Flu ’Twindemic’, Urge Flu Vax

Oct 02, 2020

Fauci, Schaffner, and other infectious disease experts call influenza vaccine ’a good tool’ WASHINGTON — A panel of infectious disease experts went live at the virtual 2020 National Foundation ...

Covid-19 and Alzheimer’s Disease Psychosis: A Role for Pimavanserin?

Oct 02, 2020

Data from an RCT found the antipsychotic effective for symptom control Pimavanserin showed efficacy for patients with Alzheimer’s disease psychosis (ADP) in improving symptoms of psychosis, as we...

In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Common in Critically Ill With COVID-19

Oct 01, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For critically ill patients with COVID-19, in-hospital cardiac arrest is common and is associated with poor survival, according to a study published online S...

Proportion of Pediatric COVID-19 Cases Rising in the U.S.

Oct 01, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Pediatric COVID-19 cases increased considerably from April to September in the United States, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in Pediatrics. ...

GI Complications More Common in Critically Ill With COVID-19

Oct 01, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A higher rate of gastrointestinal complications, including mesenteric ischemia, occurs among critically ill patients with COVID-19 versus matched patients wi...

No Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Expected Until Next Spring

Oct 01, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Moderna will not have a COVID-19 vaccine available for widespread use until next spring at the earliest, the company's CEO said Wednesday. Stéphane Bance...

Obesity and Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19

Oct 01, 2020

Obesity, ethnicity, and other characteristics have emerged as risk factors for adverse COVID-19 associated outcomes, yet studies have not satisfactorily disengaged their effects. This retrospective co...

Covid-19: Age Not a Factor in Response to mRNA-1273 Vaccine

Oct 01, 2020

No new safety signals in small study The two-dose mRNA-1273 vaccine for Covid-19 being developed by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAAD) and Moderna induced an effective...

Covid-19: AMA Pushes Flu Vax as Pandemic Rages On

Oct 01, 2020

Organization argues vaccination will reduce flu burden, save health care resources CHICAGO—The American Medical Association (AMA) released a statement to strongly suggest that everyone in the U.S...

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