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Meta-Analysis Links Smoking to COVID-19 Disease Progression
Risk for COVID-19 progression nearly double for smokers versus nonsmokers
Risk for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Celiac Disease Linked
Risk for celiac disease increased in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and vice versa
High Career Satisfaction Reported by Many Thoracic Surgeons
But 55.7 percent of cardiothoracic surgeons who responded report symptoms of burnout or depression
Guidance Issued for Acute Large Vessel CVA During COVID-19 Pandemic
Recommendations relate to prehospital care, pre-, intra-, postthrombectomy care
Graduated Compression Stockings May Not Be Needed After Surgery
Low molecular weight heparin noninferior to LMWH plus GCS for preventing VTE after elective surgery
Bowel Abnormalities Described in Inpatients With COVID-19
Bowel wall abnormalities identified on 31 percent of 42 CT scans, associated with ICU admission
Poll: One in Seven Older Adults Report Food Insecurity
Yet, very few are able to access government food benefits, including food stamps or home-delivered meals
Sickness Presenteeism Common With Influenza-Like Illness
Most health care workers, non-HCWs continue to work when sick with ILI; more HCWs work with fever
Live Biotherapeutic Promising for Prevention of Bacterial Vaginosis
Following vaginal metronidazole for BV, incidence of recurrence lower with Lactin-V versus placebo
Atezolizumab-Bevacizumab Beats Sorafenib in Liver Cancer
Overall, progression-free survival longer with combo in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma