Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...
Older Age, Obesity, Disability Tied to Severe COVID-19 in MS
Proportion of patients with severe COVID-19 higher among those not receiving disease-modifying therapy
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Affordable Care Act
Oral arguments in the ACA case are scheduled for the Supreme Court's next term
Black Americans More Likely to Know Someone Who Has Died of COVID-19
Poll's findings highlight significant racial differences in how Americans are being affected by the pandemic
U.S. Has Second Day of Record Rise in COVID-19 Cases; Young People Fueling Trend
In Florida, the median age of residents testing positive for the virus has dropped to 35, down from 65 in March
Complications After Colonoscopy Up for Those Aged ≥75
Other factors associated with risk include anemia, cardiac arrhythmia, hypertension, smoking history, obesity
Colchicine May Improve Time to Clinical Deterioration in COVID-19
Significant improvement seen in time to clinical deterioration for hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Women Have More Brain Changes Related to Alzheimer Disease
Menopausal status the predictor most consistently and strongly linked to brain differences, after sex
Heart Failure Ups Risk of Death in Patients With New T2DM
Five-year risk ratio of death linked to heart failure three times higher at five years after T2DM diagnosis
Genomewide Level Associations Identified for Severe COVID-19
Association signal spanning several genes ID'd at 3p21.31; signal at 9q34.2 coincides with ABO locus
