Covid-19: AMA Asks Governors to Adopt Health Care Emergency Response Protections
Using NY, Conn as models, AMA seeks to alleviate nationwide liability during pandemic response The...
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Uptick of Thyroid Cancer Dx in WTC Responders Tied to More Surveillance
’No evidence that thyroid cancer screening or incidental detection is beneficial for...
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Covid-19: Novartis Launches RCT of Hydroxychloroquine
The three-arm, placebo-controlled, phase III trial will take place at more than a dozen U.S. sites...
Read MoreCovid-19: Hand Sanitizer Poisonings Spike
Disinfecting efforts lead to accidental poisonings Since early March, calls to poison centers about exposures to cleaning and disinfectant chemicals increased sharply, according to an early online report in MMWR.Moreover, when...
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Treatment Naive Psoriasis Patients Have Significant QoL Impairment
PROSE study finds treatment of disease not optimal Patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis who...
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Covid-19: Did It Come from Bats, a Lab Accident, a Bioweapons Experiment?
Let’s look at the evidence Was the emergence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 a natural...
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Acalabrutinib Effective as First-Line Therapy for CLL
Significantly improves PFS compared to chemoimmunotherapy The Bruton tyrosine-kinase (BTK)...
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At-Home Tool Helps Older Women Understand Breast Ca Screening Options
Benefits and harms clarified with decision aid in women ages 75-plus Older women who received a...
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Covid-19: Viral Shedding Can Occur 2-3 Days Before Symptoms
This means contact tracing needs to capture more people to be successful It is no longer a...
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FDA Approves Tucatinib Plus Chemo for HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
First new drug approved under Project Orbis WASHINGTON — The FDA approved tucatinib (Tukysa)...
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Covid-19: PPE Skin Damage Common
Irritation may result in PPR protocol breaches Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic,...
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Covid-19: If It’s Friday, One Hopes the News Is Good
Editor-in-Chief Peggy Peck offers some thoughts about celebrating before all the facts are known...
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Astronauts’ Brains Show Structural Changes after Long-Duration Spaceflights
Some effects persist one year later Structural brain changes were seen in an MRI study of...
Read MoreMediterranean Diet, High Fish Intake May Be Neuroprotective
AREDS, AREDS2 analyses show protection against cognitive decline, increased brain function Adhering to a Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower risk of cognitive impairment and with higher cognitive function, but not with...
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Women With A History of Neonatal Death Likely to have Subsequent Losses
Study: maternal history is useful for identifying high-risk pregnancies and at-risk neonates Women...
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IDSA: U.S. Not Ready to Ease Covid-19 Restrictions
’Significant gaps’ in pandemic response need to be addressed Safely easing social...
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Covid-19: FDA Launches Convalescent Plasma Website
Collecting plasma from Covid-19 survivors to use in treatment WASHINGTON — The FDA unveiled...
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Covid-19: Obesity May Increase Mechanical Ventilation Risk
Disease severity increased with BMI in retrospective analysis Obesity was found to be a risk...
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