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Sleepless nights, hair loss, and cracked teeth: Pandemic stress takes its toll
- Aneri Pattani, Kaiser Health News
October 20, 2020
The disparate symptoms, often in otherwise healthy individuals, have puzzled doctors and patients alike, sometimes resulting in a series of visits to specialists with few answers.
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Survey: Doctors lonely, burned out in COVID-19
- Batya Yasgur, MA, LSW
October 19, 2020
“Many other physicians may be going through versions of what I experienced, and I want to encourage them to get help if they’re feeling stressed, anxious, lonely, depressed, or burned out, and to recognize that they are not alone.”
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Fauci: Cautious optimism for COVID-19 vaccine by end of 2020
- Andrew D. Bowser
October 18, 2020
Top health official is “cautiously optimistic” for vaccine distribution before end of year, pending favorable safety and efficacy data.
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NACMI: Clear benefit with PCI in STEMI COVID-19 patients
- Patrice Wendling
October 16, 2020
Angiography fell off but door-to-balloon times haven’t suffered, even with the pandemic, according to initial results from the North American registry.
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Hospitalists and unit-based assignments
- Isha Puri, MD, MPH, FHM
October 16, 2020
The push for geographic rounding comes from the need to achieve excellence in patient care and efficiency in work flow.
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Diarrhea prevalent among COVID-19 patients with IBD
- Amy Karon
October 15, 2020
One in five patients with IBD and COVID-19 had diarrhea, at least twice the prevalence compared with pooled data from prior studies.
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COVID-19: A second wave of mental illness ‘imminent’
- Megan Brooks
October 15, 2020
Each COVID-19 death leaves about nine family members bereaved, note Dr. Naomi Simon and coauthors.
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Entresto halves renal events in preserved EF heart failure patients
- Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD
October 15, 2020
The PARAGON-HF trial of sacubitril/valsartan in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction didn’t meet its primary outcome but significantly improved a secondary renal endpoint.
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Blood group O linked to decreased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Mark S. Lesney, PhD
October 15, 2020
A retrospective analysis of all Danish individuals with a known ABO blood group tested for SARS-CoV-2 showed a lower infection risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in blood group O.
Opinion
SHM Chapter innovations: A provider exchange program
- Amith Skandhan, MD, FHM;
- Krystle D. Apodaca, DNP, FHM
October 15, 2020
An interinstitutional exchange program could provide a platform to exchange ideas and establish mentors.