Experts Discuss Strategy for Bariatric Surgery During COVID-19
Recommendations address nonsurgical management, prioritization of patients once surgery resumes
Deceased Donor Transplantation Has Dropped Since COVID-19
Overall drop seen in deceased donor transplant in France, United States mainly driven by kidney transplant
Children of Mothers With Mental Illness Less Likely to Receive Vaccines
Risk highest for children living with mothers with alcohol or substance misuse disorders
Grip Strength May Help ID Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Healthy Adults
Grip strength cut points relative to body weight, gender, and age group proposed
COVID-19 Pandemic Slowing Cancer Research
Findings based on survey of American Cancer Society research grantees
Risk Score May Predict Critical Illness at COVID-19 Admission
10 independent predictors in risk score include chest radiographic abnormality, age, hemoptysis, dyspnea
Gap in Rural, Urban CVD Deaths Grew From 1999 to 2017
CVD age-adjusted mortality rates higher for rural versus nonrural areas for all population subgroups
Olfactory Dysfunction Most Often Occurs by Third Day of COVID-19
Loss of smell, usually severe and accompanied by loss of taste, may signal later shortness of breath
USPSTF Urges Behavioral Counseling for Those With CVD Risk
Moderate net benefit observed for behavioral health interventions on CVD risk in adults at increased risk
Doctors Without Borders Team Sent to Navajo Nation to Fight COVID-19
This marks the first time Doctors Without Borders has dispatched a team to a U.S. location
