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• Circulating miRNA for Early Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) could be a potential noninvasive biomarker for early diagnosis of multiple myeloma, according to the results of a meta-analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2020
• Pigment Traits, Sun Sensitivity Tied to Risk for Blood Cancers Risk factors for keratinocyte carcinomas were associated with the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukemia in an analysis of 92,097 women.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2020
• Sedentary Postmenopausal Women Have Higher HF Risk The more time older women spent sitting or lying down, the more likely their risk for hospitalization for heart failure.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2020
• CDC Panel Delves Into Priorities for COVID Vaccine Distribution The CDC's ACIP panel saw a need to get early doses of COVID-19 vaccines to hospital support staff. They also debated whether nursing home residents should be in the first wave of vaccinations.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2020
• A Reality Check on COVID-19 Risks From Air Travel While airlines promote holiday deals and encourage travel, a nationwide COVID-19 surge makes getting on a plane risky.
  Kaiser Health News, November 24, 2020
• North Dakota Nurses Fight Policy Asking Infected HCWs to Stay on Job In a highly controversial move, the North Dakota governor has said that symptomatic healthcare workers who are positive for COVID-19 can continue working, much to the dismay of the nursing community.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• These Frontline Workers Could Have Retired An investigation by KHN and The Guardian shows that 329 health care workers age 65 or older have reportedly died of COVID-19.
  Kaiser Health News, November 24, 2020
• ACR 2020 RA Remission? Stop Methotrexate, Keep Etanercept In patients with RA whose disease is well controlled by methotrexate and etanercept, withdrawal of methotrexate led to long-term outcomes that were nearly as good as continuation of combination therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• At-Home Cancer Screening Could Thrive After the Pandemic Cancer screenings have dropped across the board during the coronavirus pandemic, yet home screening for colorectal cancer decreased less than in-person methods, which could suggest a potential option for the future, according to a group of doctors.
  Reuters Health Information, November 23, 2020
• ESO-WSO 2020 ECG Increases AF Detection, but Not Anticoagulation, After Stroke Researchers suggest that additional ECG monitoring should be focused on patients with stroke who are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• Bone Mineral Density Correlates With Coronary Artery Calcification Score Both trabecular and cortical volumetric bone-mineral density (BMD) are associated with coronary-artery calcium score (CACS), but in different directions, according to a new pilot study.
  Reuters Health Information, November 23, 2020
• New Trump Medicare Drug Price Rules Denounced as Political Revenge by Industry US President Donald Trump on Friday announced two rules aimed at lowering drug prices for people 65 and older in the Medicare health insurance program, prompting a biotechnology industry group to accuse the president of seeking political revenge.
  Reuters Health Information, November 20, 2020
• Anticytokine Therapy Normalizes ACE2 Expression in IBD, May Protect Against COVID-19 Anticytokine therapy curbs inflammatory bowel disease symptoms by normalizing reduced or elevated ACE2 levels, and could play a protective role in COVID-19 as well, researchers suggest.
  Reuters Health Information, November 23, 2020
• ACAAI 2020 Rhinitis Options: Fast Relief or Delayed Long-term Effect An oral antihistamine improved nasal airflow quickly in ragweed-allergic patients, but effects faded fast, whereas a nasal spray provided no immediate relief in a head-to-head comparison.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• HHS Shipping 30K Doses of Regeneron COVID Monoclonal Antibody Today Federal officials say they do not anticipate shortages and are hoping to ignite interest in monoclonal therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• COVID Cases Could Top 20 Million in January, Model Shows Depending on how well people adhere to proper precautions, a new forecast model predicts the US could nearly double its number of cases from the current 12.4 million.
  WebMD Health News, November 24, 2020
• USPSTF Continues to Back Behavioral Intervention to Cut CVD Risk Adults with risk factors for cardiovascular should be offered or referred for behavioral counseling to promote a healthy diet and physical activity, the task force recommends.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• Hundreds of Bodies Remain in Mobile Morgues in New York City While some are unclaimed bodies, many of the deceased have families who still can't afford to pay for the burial, or the families couldn't be reached.
  WebMD Health News, November 24, 2020
• AHA 2020 'Dramatic' Inflammation Reduction After OHCA With Tocilizumab A pilot study showed reduced systemic inflammatory response and cardiac injury in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, with the hope of affecting mortality and neurologic outcome in larger trials.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020
• AHA 2020 Finerenone's Heart Benefits Hold in T2D Without CVD: FIDELIO-DKD The nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist showed cardiovascular benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, with or without CVD, a phase 3 trial shows.
  Medscape Medical News, November 24, 2020