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Face mask type matters when sterilizing, study finds
June 18, 2020
The testing described in the report is “quite affordable,” according to one of the authors.
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DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin slows T2D onset in heart failure patients
June 16, 2020
In the landmark DAPA-HF trial that enrolled HFrEF patients without diabetes, treatment with dapagliflozin cut incident type 2 diabetes by a relative 32%.
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FDA revokes emergency use of hydroxychloroquine
June 15, 2020
The agency determined that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are unlikely to be effective against COVID-19.
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Learning the ICU
June 15, 2020
Ninety-five percent of management of COVID-19 patients is nothing other than practicing sound critical care medicine.
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For COVID-19 plus diabetes, glycemic control tops treatment list
June 15, 2020
Tight glucose control led to better results in patients with diabetes and COVID-19.
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Secondary infections common in COVID-19, implications unclear
June 15, 2020
Lessons from the global influenza epidemic of 1918 may still apply.
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Half of type 1 diabetes patients with COVID-19 manage at home
June 12, 2020
Despite high rates of hyperglycemia and DKA, only about half of patients with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 required hospitalization, according to data from the T1D Exchange; mortality was low.
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Mortality differs by LVEF between women and men
June 12, 2020
An Australian big-data study shows that a left-ventricular ejection fraction above 70% in women spells trouble
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Hospitalists stretch into new roles on COVID-19 front lines
June 11, 2020
Hospitalists have been the backbone of the response to COVID-19 in the U.S.
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Clinicians urged to use CURE ID to report COVID-19 cases
June 11, 2020
A total of 65 repurposed drugs have been identified as potential treatments for the virus, including 15 drugs with 10 or more cases.