Daily Archives: April 13, 2020

Higher Mortality Rate in Ventilated COVID-19 Patients

In the largest COVID-19 patient series to date, nearly 67% of patients who were treated in an ICU and who required ventilation died, compared with 19% of ICU patients who did not require ventilation. Medscape Medical News …read more

Pandemic Brings Financial Trouble for Many Doctors

Physicians are having to close their clinics and transition to remote patient visits when possible because of COVID-19. “This is going to drive a lot of people out of practice,” says one pediatrician. Georgia Health News …read more

Desiccated Thyroid Better Than Standard Therapy, Say Patients

Patients with hypothyroidism taking desiccated thyroid extract such as Armour perceive it works better than synthetic levothyroxine alone, despite lack of data and known risks. Medscape Medical News …read more