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Gut bacteria linked to cardiovascular, other health conditions
August 31, 2020
“Microbiota and their metabolites ... could serve as potential therapeutic targets for the maintenance of health and prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.”
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NYC public hospitals rose to the demands of the COVID-19 crisis
August 31, 2020
“We hospitalists, and all those recruited to act as hospitalists, essentially took responsibility for the COVID response.”
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DAPA-CKD: SGLT2 inhibitor benefit extends to chronic kidney disease without diabetes
August 31, 2020
DAPA-CKD showed that dapagliflozin helps patients with albuminuria and declining eGFR levels whether or not they have type 2 diabetes.
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COVID-19 at home: What does optimal care look like?
August 31, 2020
Most attention has focused on the sickest patients, leaving less severe cases to fall through the cracks.
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EMPEROR-Reduced: Empagliflozin’s HFrEF benefit solidifies class effects
August 30, 2020
The 25% cut in primary endpoints among HFrEF patients on empagliflozin matched the benefit seen before from dapagliflozin in DAPA-HF.
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Early rhythm control in AFib gains new life
August 30, 2020
EAST-AFNET 4 trial reanimates rhythm-control strategy as superior for 5-year cardiovascular outcomes.
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SARS-CoV-2 appears unlikely to pass through breast milk
August 28, 2020
Researchers detected viral RNA in a breast milk sample from one woman with COVID-19 disease, but culture was negative.
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Hospitalists balance work, family as pandemic boosts stress
August 28, 2020
Experts describe the emotional and psychological strain that has come from working during the pandemic.
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Batten down the hatches for thyroid storm
August 28, 2020
“The big thing is to look for and treat the underlying precipitating event.”
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Drug allergy in the chart? Ask patients for specifics
August 28, 2020
Hospitalists “have a huge role to play” in drug allergy delabeling.
