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A Nurse’s Story: Hospitalized with COVID-19

A highly experienced nurse knew to remain calm and turn her healing power inward as she fought COVID-19 in patient isolation for six long days in a hospital.

Mysterious Syndrome Strikes Children with COVID-19

Although the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been relatively benign in children compared to adults, there is growing concern about an emerging syndrome that causes severe, sometimes fatal, outcomes in pediatric patients.

IPs Face Threat of COVID-19, Flu Season Convergence

Infection preventionists are preparing for an unknown but widely predicted possibility this fall and winter: a large second wave of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) hitting hospitals amid the 2020-2021 influenza season.

ED Administrators, Advocacy Orgs Search for Missing Patients

Recent steep declines in U.S. emergency department visits, attributed to fears about contracting COVID-19, alarm the healthcare industry.

Cheap, Common Steroid Shows Efficacy Against COVID-19

British researchers are excited about their discovery, but full results have not been published.

Selpercatinib Capsules (Retevmo)

Selpercatinib should be prescribed to treat metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET) fusion-positive, non-small cell lung cancer and advanced or metastatic RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer.

How Does Weight Loss Affect Lower Urinary Symptoms and Incontinence in Obese and Overweight Women?

Weight loss interventions were associated with improvements in urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women at one to 2.9 years.

Type of Provider and Opioid Use in New-Onset Low Back Pain

When compared to an initial visit with a primary care physician, patients who initially received care for new-onset low back pain from a chiropractor, physical therapist, or acupuncturist were at lower odds for early and long-term opioid use.

Disability After Minor Stroke and TIA — Secondary Analysis of the POINT Trial

Although the data from this analysis suggest disability might be less with dual antiplatelet therapy, differences between the groups were small, did not show robust findings, and did not reach statistical significance in most of the analyses.

Benefits of Targeting LDL Cholesterol Below 70 mg/dL

After an ischemic stroke of atherosclerotic origin, targeting low-density lipoprotein cholesterol to less than 70 mg/dL resulted in a significant reduction in subsequent major vascular events and no increase in intracranial hemorrhage.