Acute appendicitis: Will a novel endoscopic “organ-sparing” approach change the treatment paradigm?
by Skeptical Scalpel, Physician’s Weekly Top Blogger Will a novel endoscopic “organ-sparing”...
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#PWChat Recap: The Disproportionate Effects of COVID-19 on Black Americans
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the disproportionate effects of the...
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COVID-19 Explored in Kidney Recipients, Hemodialysis Patients
FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Many outpatient kidney transplant recipients with...
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WHO to Lead Investigation of COVID-19 Pandemic Origins
FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The World Health Organization will lead an...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbates Mental Health Issues
THURSDAY, July 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Just as the physical symptoms of COVID-19 vary...
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A Blueprint for Teaching Hemorrhage Control to the General Public
Military’s Stop the Bleed program provides simple tools to help trauma victims at the scene...
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Thousands of Heat-Related Deaths Occur Each Year in the U.S.
THURSDAY, July 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Between 1997 and 2006, 0.44 percent of U.S. deaths...
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EMS Calls Down Early in COVID-19 Outbreak
THURSDAY, July 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Early in the COVID-19 outbreak there was a...
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Model Estimates Herd Immunity Threshold for COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, July 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A mathematical model shows that severe acute...
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Prone Position Ups Oxygenation in Patients With Severe COVID-19
FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The use of the prone position for awake,...
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Worst Ever COVID-19 Screening Idea for Airports
Written by Physician’s Weekly blogger, Skeptical Scalpel In a June 3rd Washington Post article...
Read MoreEducation Affects Pain in Adults Aged 30-49
Pain is a major health problem among US adults. Surprisingly little, however, is known about educational disparities in pain, especially among the nonelderly. In this study, we analyze disparities in pain across levels of...
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Endogenous Opiates and Behavior: 2018.
This paper is the forty-first consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of...
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Reducing Abdominal Radiographs to Diagnose Constipation in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
To determine the frequency of abdominal radiographs obtained in healthy children aged 6 months to...
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Diagnosis Setting and Colorectal Cancer Outcomes: The Impact of Cancer Diagnosis in the Emergency Department.
The rate of diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the emergency department (ED), its...
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Heart Transplant Patients May Have Higher COVID-19 Mortality
FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Heart transplant patients admitted to the hospital...
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Scientists Say Journal Should Retract Mask Study
FRIDAY, June 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A study on the use of masks to protect against the...
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The Talk: It’s Time to Move from Curative to Palliative Care
Physicians may fail to explain to patients when they are being switched from curative to...
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Study Connects the Dots Between Smoking and Stroke Risk in African Americans
Risk increases as more cigarettes are smoked According to the Office of Minority Health of the...
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New Coronavirus Hot Spots Emerge Across South And In California, As Northeast Slows
Nationwide, coronavirus infection numbers are trending down, but several states are seeing upticks, with the heaviest impact falling on communities of color and nursing home residents.
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