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• Study: Surgeons With Clear Masks Received Higher Ratings Patients reported better communication when surgeons wore a clear mask, suggesting that the ability to see a doctor's face during interactions is more important than medical professionals once realized.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• HRS 2021 Multisite LV Pacing Can Turn Failed CRT Into a Win Pacing the left ventricle from multiple sites may be the answer for many heart failure patients who don't respond to standard cardiac resynchronization therapy, perhaps half of them, a study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• Will the Delta Variant Peak and Then Burn Out? After the 7-day average number of cases dipped by June 22 to about 11,000, it rose to more than 85,000 by August 3.
  WebMD Health News, August 04, 2021
• Tennessee Sued Over 'Bathroom Bill' for Public Schools The federal lawsuit filed by the Human Rights Campaign challenges the state's "bathroom bill," a measure that restricts school bathroom use by transgender people.
  Associated Press, August 04, 2021
• Biden to GOP Govs: Help With COVID or 'Get Out of the Way' Speaking on Tuesday at a White House news briefing, Biden complained about governors who 'forbid people from doing the right thing.'
  WebMD Health News, August 04, 2021
• Don't Want a Vaccine? Be Prepared to Pay More for Insurance. Health insurers could do more to encourage vaccination, including letting the unvaccinated foot their bills.
  Kaiser Health News, August 04, 2021
• Digital Therapeutics Extend Their Reach in Neurology With a recent FDA approval and a flurry of studies in stroke, COVID brain fog, anxiety, and other conditions, gamified neurology is having a moment.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• San Francisco to Provide Extra COVID-19 Vaccination Shots In a possibly unique decision in California, the Department of Public Health said people who request it can receive a supplemental dose at city-run clinics.
  Associated Press, August 04, 2021
• Intracranial Atherosclerosis Finding on MRA Linked to Stroke An incidental diagnosis of intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis in stroke-free individuals should trigger a thorough assessment of vascular health.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• Alert FDA Clears App for FreeStyle Libre 2 Glucose Monitor System includes optional alarms; app allows for remote monitoring.
  FDA Approvals, August 04, 2021
• Metabolic Surgery Improves Diabetes-Related Quality of Life Significant weight loss and lack of need for insulin after metabolic surgery drive improvements in health and quality of life, but patients may still lack psychosocial support.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• Tennessee Won't Incentivize COVID Shots but Pays to Vax Cows Lee hasn't always been against incentivizing vaccinations.
  Associated Press, August 04, 2021
• FDA Panel Balks at TriGUARD 3 Cerebral Embolic Device for TAVR The device offers advantages over the approved Sentinel device but could not tamp down stroke rates, the very complication it was designed to address.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• 'No Justification' for Suicide Warning on All Antiseizure Meds There is no current evidence that five newer antiseizure medications increase suicidality in patients with epilepsy and merit a suicidality class warning.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• Do You Want a COVID-19 Booster Shot? "We are prepared for booster doses if and when the science demonstrates that they are needed," US health authorities have said.
  Medscape Reader Polls, August 04, 2021
• Really? Lies Patients Think They Can Get Away With Some patients will give their doctor the truth and nothing but the truth. But many more will fib, bend the truth, or just outright lie about what they've been doing before their office visit.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• Houston Mask Mandate Might Violate Texas Governor's Order The new order requires all employees to wear a mask while on city premises and when they can’t be socially distant from others.
  Associated Press, August 04, 2021
• Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Duping Cancer Patients A Nashville man pretending to be a naturopath has been fined and sentenced to prison for swindling 80 patients with cancer, financial institutions, and investors out of $700,000.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• Docs Fight Back After Losing Hospital Privileges, Patients Physicians in St. Louis, Missouri, lost their hospital privileges when the hospital entered into an exclusive contract with other physicians. They're losing patients and money.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021
• US Health System Ranks Last Among 11 High-Income Countries A high-income person in the US was more likely to report financial barriers to needed healthcare than a low-income person in nearly all the other countries surveyed, the Commonwealth Fund reports.
  Medscape Medical News, August 04, 2021