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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday it will crack down on the fraudulent COVID-19 antibody tests that have flooded the market.

FDA Goes After Unproven COVID-19 Antibody Tests

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Companies selling tests will be required to submit data proving accuracy within next 10 days
Black Americans with severe sleep apnea are more likely to have high blood glucose levels

Sleep Apnea Tied to High Blood Glucose Levels Among Blacks

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Authors call for more sleep apnea screening in high-risk groups
For patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥70 mg/dL or non-high-density cholesterol ≥100 mg/dL despite statin therapy

Evolocumab Does Not Impact Cognition in Atherosclerotic CVD

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Adding evolocumab to maximally tolerated statin therapy did not affect patient-reported cognition
In guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Recommendations Made for PPE Use by HCPs in COVID-19 Care

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Guidelines address mask, glove, face shield use in conventional, contingency, crisis capacity settings
A new analysis shows inadequate levels of testing for COVID-19 in 60 percent of states

With Many States Reopening, COVID-19 Testing Levels Still Too Low

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Analysis shows that right now just 40 percent of states can meet the lower 2 percent threshold for testing
In an official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

ATS Issues Guideline on the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis

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Recommendations address the uncertainties faced by clinicians in the detection, diagnosis of sarcoidosis
Electronic cigarette use with or without combustible cigarette use is associated with a similar elevation in the augmentation index compared with combustible cigarette use alone

Vascular Stiffness Similar in E-, Combustible Cigarette Users

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Similar elevation of augmentation index seen for e-cigarette users, combustible cigarette users, dual users
Changes in total lean body mass with aging are associated with the development of diabetes among men and women

Lower Lean Body Mass With Aging May Up Diabetes Incidence in Men

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Men and women with higher absolute lean body mass also have greater incidence of diabetes
Right ventricular longitudinal strain is a predictor of mortality in patients with COVID-19

RV Strain on Echocardiogram May ID High-Risk COVID-19 Patients

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Right ventricular longitudinal strain predicts higher mortality in COVID-19
Use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors is associated with a reduced risk for serious renal events compared with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors

SGLT2 Inhibitors Linked to Reduced Risk for Serious Renal Events

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Data from three countries showed drop in serious renal events with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors