Family Medicine News

• ATS 2020Oral Masitinib Improves Severe Asthma The small-molecule biologic reduces exacerbations in patients not responsive to steroids, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 28, 2020
• USMLE Step 2 CS Suspended for at Least 1 More Year Some say a crucial tool for ensuring proficiency will be sorely missed. Some say the test material is covered elsewhere and that it should be permanently replaced, regardless of COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 28, 2020
• COVID-19 Daily: Infectious Stool, Thyroiditis Risk These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Immunotherapy, Steroids Outcomes Positive in COVID-19–Associated MIS Children may experience an acute cardiac decompensation from the severe inflammatory state following SARS-CoV-2 infection, termed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a study says.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• COVID-19 Virus Found in Stool May Be Infectious If confirmed by future studies, it would mean that people could get sick by ingesting tiny amounts of stool from others who are infected.
  WebMD Health News, May 27, 2020
• Retesting Positive for SARS-CoV-2 May Not Mean Infectious Those who again test positive for COVID-19 after being discharged from isolation or the hospital are not considered infectious, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Alert FDA Approves New Biologic for Atopic Dermatitis in Children Dupilumab (Dupixent) injection has been approved for adults since 2017. The new indication is for children whose atopic dermatitis is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies.
  FDA Approvals, May 27, 2020
• No Link Between ARBs, Increased Suicide Risk A Veterans Affairs study fails to confirm the results of an earlier Canadian, population-based, nested case-control study, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Medicare Will Offer a $35/Month Insulin-Cost Cap in 2021 US Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes will be able to cap their out-of-pocket cost for insulin starting in January 2021 under a new coverage option.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Strokes Linked to COVID-19 Are More Severe, More Likely Embolic A new study has found that the profile of ischemic strokes in COVID-19 patients is different from what is usually seen. Several other new studies show the pandemic has led to fewer patients presenting for care.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• EAN 2020No Laughing Matter: Illicit Use of Nitrous Oxide on the Rise? The growing popularity of nitrous oxide is linked to an upsurge in young people presenting to the hospital with neurologic complaints.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Autopsy Confirms Severe Alveolar Damage in COVID-19 Autopsy findings from patients who have died from COVID-19 shed light on the underlying pathology and resulting clinical symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• COVID-19: Psychiatrists Assess Geriatric Harm From Distancing Social connectedness between elderly persons and their peers and family members can be maintained and should be encouraged during the physical distancing required by the pandemic, says one expert.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• COVID-19 May Cause Subacute Thyroiditis COVID-19 may lead to subacute thyroiditis in some patients, which is suspected to have a viral or postviral origin, especially with upper respiratory tract infections, according to a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• AGS 2020Long-term Care Work Conditions Pose COVID-19 Risk Many workers who provide patient care in long-term-care facilities lack paid sick leave and health insurance and have second jobs, so are more likely to spread the coronavirus, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Tau Inhibitor Promising in Rapidly Progressing Dementia Type An experimental tau inhibitor in development for Alzheimer's also has significant pharmacologic activity in bvFTD, a rare, rapidly progressive type of dementia that affects those younger than 65.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Money Worries During COVID-19? 6 Tips to Stay Afloat Thousands of physicians are seeing a slowdown or stoppage of work and income. Here's how to stay in safe financial shape during these financially rocky times.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 27, 2020
• Alert 'Superpotent' Lots of NP Thyroid for Hypothyroidism Recalled in US Thirteen lots of the combination T4/T3 product have been voluntarily recalled as they may contain 115% of the labeled amount of T3. Patients should not stop taking the pills without medical advice.
  News Alerts, May 27, 2020
• EAN 2020High Levels of Air Pollution Linked to Increased MS Risk Living in highly polluted urban areas is associated with a greater risk of developing multiple sclerosis than living in less polluted areas, a large population-based study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020
• Severe Disease Not Uncommon in Kids Hospitalized With COVID-19 The rate of severe COVID-19 requiring pediatric intensive care admission among hospitalized children was higher than previous data suggested, researchers found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2020