Internal Medicine News

• IDWeek 2020 Around the World in 24 Hours: A Snapshot of COVID's Global Havoc IDWeek's 24-hour 'Chasing the Sun' session on advances in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 around the word was covered by a team of Medscape reporters.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• Healthcare Workers Ask OSHA for More Oversight on COVID-19 Safety With such minimal oversight from OSHA, some union leaders and legislators say it's actually more dangerous than not having workplace safety enforcement at all.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• KidneyWeek 2020 Novel Drug Slows Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease Finerenone, a selective, nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, significantly reduced both renal and cardiovascular events, with good tolerability, in the FIDELIO-DKD trial.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• IDWeek 2020 Two Thirds of US Teens Fail to Get Needed Vaccines Completion rates vary from 11.3% in Idaho to 56.4% in Rhode Island. Provider visits at age 16 or 17 and mandates for meningococcal ACWY are keys to uptake, researcher says.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• TCT 2020 Off Target: Optimal Post-PCI FFR Often Missed Despite angiographically acceptable PCI results, the majority of patients had a physiologically suboptimal outcome based on postprocedure FFR.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• US Records More Than 71,000 Cases on Thursday New coronavirus statistics bear out experts' predictions that the coronavirus will tighten its grip on the United States in the fall and winter.
  WebMD Health News, October 23, 2020
• Moderna Might Seek Government OK for Vaccine in December In a news release issued Thursday, Massachusetts-based Moderna said it had enrolled all 30,000 volunteers and had administered the second dose of the vaccine to 26,650 of them.
  WebMD Health News, October 23, 2020
• ICNA-CNS 2020 Long-Term Benefits From Nusinersen for Presymptomatic SMA Nusinersen provides continued, long-term benefits to infants with spinal muscular atrophy who begin treatment before symptom onset, according to an analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• ICNA-CNS 2020 CBD for LGS: Fewer Seizures, Increased Thrombocytopenia Risk Two recent analyses of highly purified cannabidiol (CBD) used to reduce seizures in Lennox Gastaut syndrome (LGS) have shown it is effective in reducing seizures for 3 years.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• The Ally in the Waiting Room The waiting room is where a patient's loved ones often are and they, sometimes more than anyone, can unlock the path to a patient's quicker recovery.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• Decision on Race Multiplier in CKD in Blacks 'Has Real Consequences' Dropping the eGFR multiplier for African Americans produced a 33% hike in those assigned to a more severe stage of chronic kidney disease. But whether or not to keep the adjustment remains unclear, say experts.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• ICNA-CNS 2020 Worldwide Measles Vaccination Is Flagging After almost 2 decades of progress, the global state of measles vaccination and measles mortality is deteriorating.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• Apples, Berries, and Tea: Flavanols Effective for BP Lowering? A high intake of dietary flavanols, compounds found in plant-based foods, is associated with significantly lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• COVID-19 a New Opportunity for Suicide Prevention Even with the negative mental health impact of the pandemic, an uptick in suicide is not inevitable if suicide prevention lessons are heeded, one expert says.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• Florida Will Investigate All COVID-19 Deaths The Florida Department of Health will investigate the state's 16,000 coronavirus deaths, owing to questions about the integrity of the data.
  WebMD Health News, October 23, 2020
• COVID-19: Convalescent Plasma Falls Short in Phase 2 Trial Convalescent plasma may not prevent progression to severe disease or reduce mortality risk in hospitalized patients with moderate COVID-19, based on a phase 2 trial involving more than 400 patients.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• EEG May Guide Optimal Treatment for PTSD, Major Depression Connectivity patterns on EEG reveal different subtypes of PTSD and major depression that may respond differently to psychotherapy, antidepressants, or brain stimulation.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• Trump and Biden Face Off Over COVID-19, ACA in Final Debate Healthcare once again had its time in the spotlight in the final debate between the two leading presidential candidates in Nashville.
  Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
• COVID-19 Vaccine Standards Questioned at FDA Advisory Meeting FDA advisers on Thursday heard calls for changes in how the agency plans to review applications for clearance of COVID-19 vaccines.
  Medscape Medical News, October 22, 2020
• FDA Approves Remdesivir, First Treatment for COVID-19 The agency had previously allowed use of remdesivir through an Emergency Use Authorization.
  FDA Approvals, October 22, 2020