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COVID-19: Experts call for ‘urgent’ global action to prevent suicide
April 24, 2020
An increase in suicide related to COVID-19 is not inevitable provided preventive action is prompt, the group notes.
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Can convalescent plasma treat COVID-19 patients?
April 17, 2020
How COVID-19 patients can receive convalescent plasma, who is eligible to donate, and early results of treatment.
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Call for volunteers for palliative care in COVID-19
April 16, 2020
NYC Health + Hospitals needs volunteers trained in palliative care to help patients remotely via telemedicine.
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Home-based chemo skyrockets at one U.S. center
April 10, 2020
The University of Pennsylvania’s home-based chemotherapy program experienced a 300% increase in participation in a 5-week period.
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CDC: Screen nearly all adults, including pregnant women, for HCV
April 10, 2020
Screening should go beyond baby boomers.
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Maintaining cancer care in the face of COVID-19
April 1, 2020
Oncologists are moving cancer patients to other hospitals, reevaluating the need for cancer treatments, and embracing telemedicine to protect vulnerable patients from COVID-19.
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Blood test might detect multiple cancer types, study suggests
March 31, 2020
The test, which uses methylation patterns in plasma cell-free DNA, had specificity and sensitivity approaching those needed for population-based screening.
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COVID-19: Older patients with cancer especially vulnerable
March 12, 2020
Expert advises diligence in screening cancer patients and commonsense preventative measures.
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Opinion
Can this patient get IV contrast?
March 2, 2020
Patients with seafood allergy have a higher rate of reactions to iodinated contrast, but not at a higher rate than patients with other food allergies.
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Flu increases activity but not its severity
February 14, 2020
A very red map now has 41 states at the highest level of influenza activity.
