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Blog posts March 2020

Tool to Evaluate Penicillin-Allergy Risk and Severity

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  • This diagnostic assessment subjected a penicillin allergy decision rule (PEN-FAST), derived from a prospective cohort of patients tested for penicillin allergy to internal and external validation among 622 patients and 945 patients, respectively. The tool was found t…

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The Germ That Causes Bad Breath... and Alzheimer's Disease?

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It might seem like a bizarre connection, but a common mouth germ could be responsible for more than just bad breath. It may be one more puzzle piece in understanding why…

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Could Antimalarial Drugs Really Help Treat COVID-19?

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Could Antimalarial Drugs Really Help Treat COVID-19?

There is some early evidence they could be effective in managing novel coronavirus infections.

BY MARY ELIZABETH DALLAS

Updated on March 23, 2020 at 4:45pm EST.

As scientists around the world scramble to develop a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and antiviral medication to…

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Diarrhea may be common symptom in patients with COVID-19

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Digestive symptoms were common in patients with COVID-19, according to the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Patients with these symptoms had a longer time from onset to admission and their prognosis was worse compared with patients without symptoms.

“Clinicians should recognize t…

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Chloroquine, an old malaria drug, may help treat novel coronavirus, doctors say

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What do malaria and COVID-19 have in common? On the surface, not much. But according to early research, an old malaria drug called chloroquine might also work for the new coronavirus.

Could a decades-old malaria drug work to treat COVID-19? Elon Musk seems to think so, recently tweet…

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What Does COVID-19 Do to the Body?

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What Does COVID-19 Do to the Body?

The novel coronavirus can be fatal but in most cases it doesn’t lead to severe complications.

BY MARY ELIZABETH DALLAS

The outbreak of COVID-19 and the first confirmed death in the United States has sparked fears about infection and a global pandemic. As of March 16, the…

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Association of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension With Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

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  • The definition of isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH) was changed in the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline, and this study compared the prevalence of IDH and the association of IDH with outcomes under the new definition versus the 2003 Joint National Committee (JNC7) definiti…

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Meat, Poultry, or Fish: Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality JAMA internal medicine

 

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  • This analysis evaluated the association between dietary intake of processed meat, unprocessed red meat, poultry, and fish and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality in 29,682 adults (mean age, 53.7 years) from six US prospective cohort studies. …

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Suggestion for Cold and Flu Medicines to Help You Feel Better

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Suggestion for Cold and Flu Medicines to Help You Feel Better

Suggestion for Cold and Flu Medicines to Help You Feel Better, Ewa, Hawaii

There is now some remedies for the common cold. If you catch a cold, you can expect to be sick for one to two weeks. These remedies may help:

  • Water and other fluids. Water, juice (but avoid sugary drinks by diluting w…

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