News
Evidence suggests possible RAS-blocker benefit in COVID-19 patients
April 16, 2020
Animal findings and physiologic mechanisms suggest RAS system inhibitors may benefit COVID-19 patients, another reason not to stop these drugs.
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Sleep in the time of COVID-19
April 16, 2020
Staying home during the coronavirus pandemic may lead to increased stress that could induce or worsen insomnia.
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No hydroxychloroquine benefit in small, randomized COVID-19 trial
April 16, 2020
Two experts caution that because of confounding, the trial is unable to answer convincingly the question of whether HCQ can benefit COVID-19 patients.
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COVID-19: Mental illness the ‘inevitable’ next pandemic?
April 16, 2020
“Communities and organizations could consider training nontraditional groups to provide psychological first aid,” the authors wrote.
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COVID-19 cases highlight longstanding racial disparities in health care
April 16, 2020
Data on higher infection and death rates in African Americans from COVID-19 may serve as a call to action.
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Opinion
Call for volunteers for palliative care in COVID-19
April 16, 2020
NYC Health + Hospitals needs volunteers trained in palliative care to help patients remotely via telemedicine.
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Pandemic strains blood supply for COVID-19 and noninfected patients
April 16, 2020
“There needs to be a significant call out for people to make every effort to donate blood.”
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Severe COVID-19 may lower hemoglobin levels
April 15, 2020
The authors suggest that hemoglobin values might provide a prognostic indicator of COVID-19 severity.
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COVID-19: When health care personnel become patients
April 15, 2020
For physicians and others in the health care industry, almost half of all exposures occurred outside of work.
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Opinion
The role of FOAM and social networks in COVID-19
April 15, 2020
FOAM and social networks are crucial channels for collecting and conveying up-to-date information during disasters.
