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Home-based chemo skyrockets at one U.S. center
The University of Pennsylvania’s home-based chemotherapy program experienced a 300% increase in participation in a 5-week period.
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The 7 strategies of highly effective people facing the COVID-19 pandemic
When trouble comes, it’s important to have coping strategies that help you navigate, said Dr. Alice W. Lee.
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Almost 90% of COVID-19 admissions involve comorbidities
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COVID 19: Psychiatric patients may be among the hardest hit
It’s important for patients with severe mental illness to have up-to-date, accurate information about mitigating risk, said Dr. Benjamin Druss.
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Crisis counseling, not therapy, is what’s needed in the wake of COVID-19
Crisis counselors assist with emotional support. And they aim to educate individuals, families, and communities about how to be resilient, said Dr...
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Concerns for clinicians over 65 grow in the face of COVID-19
Health care leaders are sounding the alarm about exposing “senior physicians” to the virus and recommending alternative ways older clinicians can...
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See acute hepatitis? Consider COVID-19, N.Y. case suggests
This is the first documented instance of a patient with COVID-19 presenting with acute hepatitis as the primary symptom before developing...
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First case of COVID-19 presenting as Guillain-Barré reported
A case report from China suggests a possible association between GBS and SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Abortion is essential health care
Particularly during this national emergency, we should come together to support women and families and ensure all of our health care needs are met...
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Reproductive health care in the time of COVID-19
We do not have complete knowledge of what the novel coronavirus 2019 does to a developing pregnancy, especially early in pregnancy.
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COVID-19: A guide to making telepsychiatry work
“There’s going to be a much wider and diffuse acceptance of telemedicine as we go forward,” said Dr. Jay H. Shore.