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COVID-19: Problematic gambling could worsen
Multiple aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic have the potential to instigate or exacerbate addictive behaviors such as problematic gambling.
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Today’s top news highlights: Addressing racism in maternity care, group forms to protect health professionals from retaliation
The emerging racial disparities in COVID-19 incidence and outcomes in the United States are on a collision course with long-standing racial...
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COVID-19: New group stands up for health professionals facing retaliation
“Doctors, nurses, health care workers are not the typical type to engage politically, to speak out, [or to] advocate for themselves,” said Beacon...
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FDA okays emergency use for Impella RP in COVID-19 right heart failure
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Distancing works, N95 respirators work better
Commentary
COVID-19 ravaging the Navajo Nation
The Navajo are having to rely on the strength and resilience of traditional Navajo culture and philosophy to confront COVID, said Dr. Mary Hasbah...
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Today’s top news highlights: Protests and COVID-19 risk, avoidable epilepsy deaths, and more
“There’s going to be a lot of issues coming out of what’s happened in the last week, but one of them is going to be that chains of transmission...
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10% with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19 die within a week
“Even in diabetes, each increase in BMI is associated with an increase in the risk of intubation and/or death in the 7 days following admission...
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Mass protests could cause COVID-19 outbreaks
“There’s going to be a lot of issues coming out of what’s happened in the last week, but one of them is going to be that chains of transmission...
Opinion
COVID-19: An opportunity to rehumanize psychiatry
We should also promote as much humanity as society and public health safety will permit, said Dr. Nicolas Badre.
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Despite guidelines, controversy remains over corticosteroids in COVID-19
There are conflicting recommendations on the use of corticosteroids in critically ill patients with COVID-19.