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ACP: Medicare for All Needed to Fix ‘Ill’ U.S. Health Care System
American College of Physicians has endorsed two proposals being discussed by Democratic presidential candidates
Altered Mentation, Stroke Up COVID-19 In-Hospital Mortality
Findings revealed by comparison to matched hospitalized COVID-19 patients without neurological involvement
Life Expectancy 78.60 Years for U.S. Population for 2009-2011
Highest life expectancy at birth for Hispanic women, non-Hispanic white women, Hispanic men
Prescriptions Rise for Veterinary Drug for COVID-19 Patients
Increase in demand for ivermectin has been accompanied by a fivefold increase in calls to poison control centers
Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ID’d After Babesiosis
WAHA developed in six patients at two to four weeks after babesiosis diagnosis; all six patients asplenic
Two Bird Flu Cases in Cambodia Did Not Spread Person to Person
The 11-year-old girl and her father both got the virus from poultry, international health authorities say
November 2016 Briefing – Infectious Disease
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Infectious Disease for November 2016. This roundup includes the...
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...
ACE Inhibitors, ARBs Not Linked to In-Hospital COVID-19 Death
Risk for in-hospital death increased with age >65, underlying cardiovascular disease, COPD, smoking
No Benefit to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy After C-Section
Compared with standard dressings, no reduction in superficial surgical site infections in obese women
