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Hydroxychloroquine administered for eight weeks as preexposure prophylaxis has no clinical benefit in hospital-based health care workers exposed to patients with COVID-19

Hydroxychloroquine Not Beneficial for SARS-CoV-2 Preexposure Prophylaxis

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No clinical benefit seen versus placebo for hospital-based health care workers exposed to patients with COVID-19
Continuous positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnea optimally used at night reduces resting heart rate during the day

CPAP Cuts Daytime Resting Heart Rate in Patients With Prediabetes

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Proof-of-concept study shows optimal treatment of sleep apnea may have positive CV carryover effects
Fecal microbiota transplantation is effective for Clostridium difficile infection through six months and has a good safety profile

Fecal Transplant Safe, Effective for C. Difficile Through Six Months

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90 percent of those undergoing FMT had one-month cure; 4 percent had recurrence within six months
Individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder face higher financial distress and subsequent suicide risk

Financial Distress May Increase Suicide Risk in Those With ADHD

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New prescriptions for ADHD medications were not associated with financial outcomes
Half of older gun owners have a plan for transferring gun ownership after death and even fewer have a plan for transferring ownership in the case of impairment

Many Older Gun Owners Fail to Consider Future Ownership Transfer

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Including firearm issues in medical, financial, legal advance planning may be useful, authors say
Avoiding cow's milk formula supplementation at birth may prevent asthma or recurrent wheeze in young children

Avoiding Cow’s Milk Baby Formula May Cut Asthma, Wheezing Later

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Avoiding supplementation with cow's milk formula for at least the first three days of life may lower risk
Pandemic-induced impairments in work and social functioning are strongly correlated with elevated depression and anxiety symptoms and with decreased psychological well-being

Pandemic-Induced Impairments in Work Impact Mental Health

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Impairments in work and social functioning strongly linked with elevated depression, anxiety symptoms
Infection with the new coronavirus can occur through airborne transmission between people farther than 6 feet apart

CDC Now Acknowledges Airborne Transmission of COVID-19

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Agency says it is especially true in enclosed spaces with inadequate ventilation
Adult patients with current or previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 can develop a hyperinflammatory syndrome

CDC Reports Cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults

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MIS-A related to SARS-CoV-2 infection resembles MIS in children; respiratory symptoms often minimal
Prescription pain medication abuse decreased significantly from 2007 to 2018

ASA: Sustained Decrease Seen in Prescription Opioid Abuse in U.S.

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Significant declines seen from 2002 to 2013 and 2014 and from 2015 to 2016, 2017, 2018