Few Dementia Caregivers Receive Firearm Safety Counseling
THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Few caregivers of adults with Alzheimer disease...
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Emergency Medicine
Whole-Body CTs Save Time for Trauma Patients in Emergency Dept
THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Whole-body computed tomography (WBCT) for trauma...
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Three in Four Americans Favor Face Coverings: Survey
THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Face coverings should be worn by people when they...
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New Guidelines Released for Recovering COVID-19 Patients to Leave Isolation
THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Many recovering COVID-19 patients in the United...
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Financial Health of Hospitals ‘Dire’ Due to COVID-19
THURSDAY, July 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 continues to cause financial peril for...
Read MoreChanging Hospitals for Readmission After Emergency Surgery Ups Overall Mortality Rates
Severity of patient illness at readmission responsible for increase Among adults requiring rehospitalization after emergency general surgery (EGS), nearly 15% are readmitted to a hospital other than the original hospital the...
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CDC Will Again Post COVID-19 Hospitalization Data
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In a quick policy reversal, the Trump...
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Family Medicine Resident Graduates Remain in the Field
THURSDAY, July 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Family medicine (FM) residency graduates continue...
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Masking of Health Care Workers Cuts SARS-CoV-2 Positivity
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Universal masking of health care workers (HCWs) is...
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Social Determinants of Health Linked to Incident Stroke Risk
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For adults younger than 75 years, increases in the...
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Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Ups Deaths of Hemodialysis Patients
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients receiving in-center hemodialysis,...
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Lopinavir/Ritonavir COVID-19 Treatment Linked to Bradycardia
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/RTV) treatment of COVID-19...
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3M Sues Over Fake N95 Masks, Price Gouging
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — 3M says it has filed 18 lawsuits in relation to...
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Call for ‘Challenge Trials’ to Hasten COVID-19 Vaccine Development
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government should make immediate...
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Lack of Public Education for Using Face Masks Leads to Noncompliance, Experts Warn
FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A nationwide, coordinated effort is needed to...
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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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Conference Highlights – AIDS 2020: Virtual – A Focus on COVID-19
New research was presented at AIDS 2020: Virtual, the 23rd International AIDS Conference, from...
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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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Children Seem Not to Be Driving SARS-COV-2 Transmission
FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Children are mainly infected with severe acute...
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More Than One in Four Seniors Reported Falling in Past Year
FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In 2018, 27.5 percent of older adults reported...
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