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• COVID-19 in Kids: New Neurologic, Radiographic Findings Children with COVID-19-related pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome may experience new-onset neurologic symptoms that involve the central and peripheral nervous systems.
  Medscape Medical News, July 02, 2020
• The British Are Fatter Than the Rest of Europe, Says PM Johnson The British are far fatter than any other nation in Europe bar the Maltese so there needs to be a debate about how to tackle soaring rates of obesity which cost the country dearly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, June 29, 2020
• Global COVID-19 Prevention Trial of Hydroxychloroquine to Resume A global trial designed to test whether the anti-malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can prevent infection with COVID-19 is to restart after being approved by British regulators.
  Reuters Health Information, June 30, 2020
• ARVO 2020Artificial Intelligence Passes Macular Degeneration Test A deep-learning system accurately diagnosed age-related macular degeneration in a real-life population in a prospective clinical trial.
  Medscape Medical News, June 29, 2020
• Accurate COVID-19 Statistics Are Essential for Policy Guidance Inaccurate and deceptive information abounds regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. This article reviews some of the preventable methodologic errors that have arisen in reporting on COVID-19.
  American Journal of Public Health, June 29, 2020
• ESC-HF 2020Fewer Outpatient HF Med Adjustments on Dapagliflozin: DAPA-HF
  Medscape Medical News, June 26, 2020
• England COVID-19 Test and Trace System Fails to Reach a Quarter of Positive Cases England's COVID-19 test and trace system could not reach a quarter of people who had their cases transferred to the system after a positive test for the new coronavirus, the UK's Department of Health said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, June 25, 2020
• Coronavirus Social: Mixed Response to Dexamethasone Preprint Although many users praised the results of the Recovery trial now in preprint, others want more definitive answers.
  Medscape Medical News, June 25, 2020
• EAACI 2020Bathing Babies More Than Once a Week Ups Eczema Risk The more times an infant is bathed, the more skin-barrier dysfunction and eczema occurs, data from an observational study show.
  Medscape Medical News, June 23, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: Cortisol Levels, Lawsuit Claims 'Fabricated' Tests These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2020
• COVID-19: Cortisol Levels on Admission Can Help Predict Severity Those with COVID-19 do appear to mount a stress response to the infection, and cortisol levels on admission to hospital can help determine the prognosis, say UK researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2020
• Dexamethasone for COVID-19: Some Hospitals Wait to Change Practice Dexamethasone may be the first treatment shown to reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients. While some physicians were prescribing steroids already, others are still wary.
  Medscape Medical News, June 19, 2020
• After the ICU: A 'Fraternity of People Who Are Struggling' Thousands of coronavirus patients have survived the ICU. Now, a prepandemic research movement may help physicians figure out how to help them through what comes next.
  Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2020
• ESO-WSO 2020ASCOT: Amlodipine Cuts Stroke, Not Dementia Over Decades Long-term follow up of the ASCOT trial comparing amlodipine- vs atenolol-based antihypertensive regimens shows reductions in stroke, but not dementia, with amlodipine over time.
  Medscape Medical News, June 17, 2020
• ERA-EDTA 2020High-Dose Iron Protects Dialysis Patients Against Classic MI Proactive treatment with high-dose intravenous iron decreases the risk for atherothrombotic myocardial infarction (MI) in dialysis patients, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, June 16, 2020
• Battling Somalia's Epidemic, a Grieving British Doctor Finds Peace British doctor Jihan Mohamud travelled to Somalia for the first time last year to bury her father in the land of his birth.
  Reuters Health Information, June 11, 2020
• ERA-EDTA 2020Targeted Drug First to Show Real Promise in IgA Nephropathy The investigational drug reduces serum immunoglobulin levels in patients with IgA nephropathy and persistent proteinuria, interim results from a small study show.
  Medscape Medical News, June 12, 2020
• Negative Thinking Tied to Cognitive Decline, Alzheimer's Pathology Repetitive worry and rumination were associated with a decline in cognitive function and amyloid and tau deposition in a long-term study of cognitively healthy older adults.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2020
• ACOG 2020Few COVID-19 Trials Include Pregnant Women, Prompting Outcry More often than not, pregnant women are excluded from clinical trials of COVID-19, but calls to change that have had some effect.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2020
• EULAR 2020TNF Inhibitor Plus Methotrexate Surpassed Monotherapy in PsA The addition of a TNF inhibitor to the treatment regimen of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) improves the achievement of minimal disease activity, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2020