COVID-19 Updates
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For COVID-19 plus diabetes, glycemic control tops treatment list
Tight glucose control led to better results in patients with diabetes and COVID-19.
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Secondary infections common in COVID-19, implications unclear
Lessons from the global influenza epidemic of 1918 may still apply.
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CDC emphasizes pandemic not over, need to avoid large gatherings
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Daily Recap: Stressed out primary care docs, ‘hospital at home’ for cancer patients
Volunteer “street medics” -- nursing students, veterinarians, doctors, trauma surgeons, security guards, ski patrollers, nurses, wilderness EMTs,...
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Many COVID patients shed virus in feces, even without GI symptoms
Regardless of GI symptoms, 40.5% of patients in the meta-analysis tested positive for viral RNA in feces.
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Fighting COVID and police brutality, medical teams take to streets to treat protesters
“I am working full time and basically being at the protest after getting straight off of work,” said Butler, who is black. That’s tiring, she...
Managing Your Practice
If you reopen it, will they come?
The big question, of course, is whether patients can be convinced that it is safe to leave their homes and come to your office.
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Racism joins COVID-19 at the primary care table
One-third of clinicians say that recent racism-related events have had a negative effect on their own well-being.
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Surge in colonoscopies postponed by COVID-19 expected
Experts share concerns and advice for navigating an anticipated wave of colorectal cancer screening patients returning after the pandemic.
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Daily Recap: Feds seek COVID-19 info through app, hospitalists take on new roles
Federal health officials say CURE ID could help find possible treatments to ease the pandemic and better prepare for the next one.
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Hospitalists stretch into new roles on COVID-19 front lines
Hospitalists have been the backbone of the response to COVID-19 in the U.S.