Family Medicine News

• A Role for Sitting in Brain Health? Older adults are encouraged to exercise as a way of improving general health and cognition. Surprisingly, this study suggests there is also a role for sitting in brain health.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• Lilly Stops Antibody Trial in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients The company cited new data from the NIH showing no significant benefit for bamlanivimab in combination with remdesivir for people hospitalized with COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• More Mask Wearing Could Save 130,000 US Lives by End of February IHME researchers predict the potential number of lives saved from COVID-19 this winter based on different percentages of Americans following mask and social distancing recommendations.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• Alert Security Breach Leads to Psychiatric Patient Blackmail Hackers have accessed patient records at Finland's largest private psychotherapy system, emailing some patients to pay up or face having their private medical records released online.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• Menstrual Irregularity Appears to Be Predictor of Early Death In a peer-reviewed observational study of 79,505 premenopausal women, researchers sought to determine whether a life-long history of irregular or long menstrual cycles was associated with premature death.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• Fauci: Early COVID Vaccines Will Prevent Symptoms, Not the Virus Importantly, the initial COVID-19 vaccines will prevent symptoms in those who become infected with the coronavirus rather than kill the virus itself, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD, said.
  WebMD Health News, October 27, 2020
• Artificially Sweetened Drinks Tied to Higher CVD Risk Sugary and artificially sweetened drinks are each associated with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to results from a large prospective cohort study.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• End of the Road for High-Dose Biotin in MS? High-dose biotin, a B vitamin used at lower doses as a food supplement, does not significantly improve disability or walking speed in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• KidneyWeek 2020 CV Benefit of Eicosapentaenoic Acid Seen at All eGFR Levels Daily icosapent ethyl safely reduced fatal and nonfatal ischemic events in patients with reduced kidney function in an extension of the REDUCE-IT trial.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• CHEST 2020 Pandemic Pushes Residents to Improve Patient Communication The experience of many residents and interns in New York City during the COVID-19 peak in the spring helped them hone their communication skills related to goals-of-care discussions, survey data show.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• AHA Adds Recovery, Emotional Support to CPR Guidelines Updated guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care from the American Heart Association emphasize physical, social, and emotional recovery after resuscitation.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• Colleges Testing Wastewater to Find COVID Outbreaks Early More than 65 colleges or universities in the United States are testing wastewater, often from dormitories, to anticipate and curb the spread of the coronavirus on campuses.
  WebMD Health News, October 27, 2020
• Brain Imaging Reveals a Neural Basis for Partisan Politics The differences between politically left- and right-leaning individuals may have neural underpinnings, results from a new brain imaging study suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• CHEST 2020 OSA Diagnoses Not Carried Forward to the Inpatient Setting In a retrospective, single-center study, nearly 40% of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosed in the outpatient setting did not have a corresponding diagnosis during hospitalization.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• IDWeek 2020 TDF Preferred in PrEP for Blacks and Women, Studies Indicate "I think when we're comparing these two drugs overall, we have a clear benefit/risk, and we need to take both of these potential toxicities seriously," said a pharmacology researcher at ID Week2020.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• AAP 2020 When Should Students Resume Sports After a COVID-19 Diagnosis? "The thing that you need to keep in mind is that this is not just a respiratory illness."
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• Delta Adds Hundreds to No-Fly List for Mask Refusal 'Wearing a mask is among the simplest and most effective actions we can take to reduce transmission, which is why Delta has long required them for our customers and our people,' said Delta CEO Ed Bastian.
  WebMD Health News, October 27, 2020
• Now USPSTF Also Suggests Start CRC Screening at Age 45 The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued a draft recommendation to begin screening for colorectal cancer at age 45 years.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• ICNA-CNS 2020 Cerebral Blood Flow May Predict Postconcussion Recovery The study is the first to examine changes in cerebral blood flow in children with persistent postconcussion symptoms, said an author.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• White House: 'We're Not Going to Control the Pandemic' Mark Meadows said the focus is on controlling 'the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation areas,' and that the administration is 'making efforts' to contain the virus.
  WebMD Health News, October 27, 2020