Internal Medicine Alert – August 30, 2020

August 30, 2020

• The Relationship Among Step Count, Step Intensity, and Mortality in Adults

  Investigators found an association between higher number of steps taken daily and lower all-cause mortality, lower mortality from cardiovascular disease, and lower mortality from cancer, but no association between intensity of steps and mortality in any of those areas.

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• Stroke Risk: COVID-19 vs. Influenza

  During the early surge in COVID-19 infections in New York City, many neurologists observed an unusual frequency of ischemic stroke. Researchers investigated further. Read on to learn what they discovered.

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• Risks of Hookah Smoking

  An average hookah contains as much tobacco as 20 filtered cigarettes. The nicotine hit from a hookah is every bit as real and as addictive as smoking cigarettes. The temperature of the smoke when heated electronically in newer hookahs, rather than by older charcoal versions, may be cidal to lung cells.

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• Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in Heart Failure

  A comprehensive cardiorespiratory study of stable systolic heart failure patients showed Cheyne-Stokes breathing in the awake, upright position is related to hypercapnia and is independently associated with a higher risk of cardiac death.

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• Decitabine and Cedazuridine Tablets (Inqovi)

  Inqovi should be prescribed to treat adults with myelodysplastic syndromes.

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