COVID-19 Updates
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AHA challenges diet doctor’s study alleging COVID vax risks
The association attached an ‘expression of concern’ to an abstract with controversial claims about the safety of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines that...
From the Journals
Blood pressure control worsened during COVID pandemic
Increases in BP in U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic could signal a looming increase in future cardiovascular disease mortality,...
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Is mindfulness key to helping physicians with mental health?
“When we go into our state of deep rest in the meditation practice, which is two to five times more restful than sleep, it heals those stress...
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Intent to vaccinate kids against COVID higher among vaccinated parents
“Parental vaccine hesitancy is a major issue for schools resuming in-person instruction,” according to the authors of a new paper.
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Is it time to change the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’?
“As that science evolves, we will look at whether we need to update our definition of ‘fully vaccinated.’”
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Seven legal risks of promoting unproven COVID-19 treatments
Depending on the facts, a physician or other health care professional could be charged with reckless endangerment, criminal negligence, or...
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Telemedicine, triaging, remote monitoring top list of COVID-era innovations in oncology
“We had assumed that telemedicine would be the wave of the future and cancer patients would love it.” – Aaron Begue
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Cardiologist positive for Omicron after London conference
“Came back from a conference in London. With a mask and 3 Pfizer vaccines I managed to get Omicron.”
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Hospitals refused to give patients ivermectin. Lockdowns and political pressure followed.
“My patient was struggling to breathe, but the family refused to allow me to provide care. A call to the police was the only solution.”
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No serious CV risks for elderly after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
A French study adds to other evidence that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine does not increase the risk for serious cardiovascular adverse events...
Opinion
COVID-19 and the immunocompromised physician
Beset with exhaustion and uncertainty, sacrifice has become a common thread that intrinsically united us against an unrelenting foe.