AMA Asks HHS for ‘Immediate’ Aid to Ease Clinicians’ ‘Financial Peril’ (if too long take out ‘Immediate’)
Under the AMA-led proposal, every doctor would get a full month’s worth of revenue to tide practices over. Medscape Medical News …read more
Ambulatory Gynecology Care During COVID-19: The Latest Guidance
ACOG’s key recommendations for gynecologists during COVID-19 are reviewed. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
Pilates Tied to Improved CV Health in Young Obese Women
After 12 weeks of mat Pilates, obese young women with high blood pressure lost body fat and had significantly improved blood pressure compared with those who didn’t participate. Medscape Medical News …read more
Is Protocol-Driven COVID-19 Ventilation Doing More Harm Than Good?
‘This is a kind of disease in which you don’t have to follow the protocol — you have to follow the physiology. Unfortunately many doctors…cannot think outside the protocol,’ said Dr. Luciano Gattinoni. Medscape Medical News …read more
Do COVID-19 Vent Protocols Need a Second Look?
How what Cameron Kyle-Sidell, MD, saw in an NYC ICU prompted him to re-examine COVID-19 ventilator protocols WebMD …read more
Medical Societies Issue Bold Statement of Physician Support
‘You wouldn’t send a soldier into battle wearing a bathing suit,’ said one society CEO. ‘We’re asking for the same thing.’ Medscape Medical News …read more
Mother-Baby Separation for COVID-19 Not Evidence-Based
Measures to separate mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 from their newborns are not evidence-based and risk harming infants, experts say. Medscape Medical News …read more
Hard Truths From Infectious Disease Specialists
IDSA leaders warn the US mortality rate will likely climb above previous estimate and unwinding of COVID-19 pandemic will not be fast. Medscape Medical News …read more
Key Drugs Join PPEs on List of Front-Line Shortages
Orders shot up exponentially in March for sedatives such as fentanyl, propofol, and midazolam — and order fill rates are dropping. Medscape Medical News …read more
Case Fatality Rate for COVID-19 Near 1.4%, Increases With Age
The case fatality rate among persons aged 80 years or older is close to 8%, authors of new study estimate. Medscape Medical News …read more