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• Coronavirus, Other Respiratory Viruses Can Cause Severe Bronchiolitis Coinfections with endemic coronaviruses and other respiratory viruses can cause severe bronchiolitis, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, August 06, 2020
• Antiviral Combo Shows Early Promise Against HCV in Pregnancy The combination of ledipasvir and sofosbuvir appears to be safe and effective in treating pregnant women infected with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus, curing all nine participants in a phase 1 trial.
  Reuters Health Information, August 06, 2020
• Diabetic Amputations Soared Amid Italian Pandemic Lockdown Amputation rates skyrocketed at an Italian hospital far from the hardest-hit region amid a mandatory national lockdown, a new study has revealed.
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• Woman Is First in US to Get Second Face Transplant Carmen Blandin Tarleton was burned and blinded in a 2007 attack by her husband. A face transplant in 2014 was effective for 5 years but began to fail last year. "It's a new chapter in my life," she said.
  Associated Press, August 07, 2020
• Does Stirrup Choice Influence Vaginal Surgery Outcome? "The difference of the angles at the femur is not inherent to the type of stirrup but in the method in which the patients were positioned using the two different types of stirrups."
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• ACP, Others Call on Schools to Waive the MCAT for 2021 Cycle The Association of American Medical Colleges, however, says keeping the test is the only fair solution and that MCAT-optional and online solutions would introduce a different kind of inequity.
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• US Surpasses 160,000 Coronavirus Deaths as School Openings Near More than 160,000 people have died from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, according to a Reuters tally, as the country debates whether schools are ready to reopen in coming weeks.
  Reuters Health Information, August 07, 2020
• Only 42% Would Get Vaccinated Against COVID 'If and when a coronavirus vaccine becomes available, will you get vaccinated?'
  WebMD Health News, August 07, 2020
• Guidance Covers Glycemia in Dexamethasone-Treated COVID-19 The latest document from the COVID-19 response group of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists is a response to the recent RECOVERY trial.
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• Weight Gain Persists as HIV-Treatment Issue Reports have rattled the HIV-treatment community by associating alarmingly high levels of weight gain with a useful and relatively new drug, tenofovir alafenamide fumarate.
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• AHA on Cannabis: No Evidence of Heart Benefits, but Potential Harms The statement from the American Heart Association indicates that evidence for a link between cannabis use and cardiovascular health remains unsupported. Various cannabis formulations are addressed.
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• Appendix May Be Common Site of Endometriosis 'In the women with appendiceal endometriosis, only 26% had an appendix that looked abnormal.'
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• Dermatology Atlas Will Profile Disease in All Skin Types From the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, multiple nonviral pandemics have rapidly emerged, 'most notably the persistent and well-masked racism that maintains disparities in all facets of life.'
  Medscape Medical News, August 07, 2020
• Worldwide, Gout Cases and Years of Disability Rising The prevalence of gout and the years lived with disability due to the condition are on the rise worldwide, a new study finds.
  Reuters Health Information, August 05, 2020
• NY Home Health Workers Report Personal Risks During COVID-19 Pandemic Home health care workers in New York City report feeling invisible and at personal risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 05, 2020
• Physicians Overlook Some Preventive Services Tied to Longer Life Most physicians prioritize which preventive services to discuss with patients based on time constraints and assumptions about which interventions improve quality or length of life, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 05, 2020
• Urgent Care Membership Programs May Expand Access, Not Cut Costs Urgent care center membership programs may provide convenience and expanded access to care to people who are uninsured or underinsured without necessarily saving them money, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 05, 2020
• Hospitalization for IBD Should Not Be Delayed in Pandemic: Experts Hospitalization of patients with severe or complicated inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should not be delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recommendations from the International Organization for the Study of IBD (IOIBD).
  Reuters Health Information, August 05, 2020
• Pediatric EDs Using CT Less Often; Ultrasounds, MRIs on the Rise Use of advanced imaging in pediatric emergency departments increased from 2009-2018 in the US, despite a drop in CT, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, August 05, 2020
• Severe COVID-19 in Kids Rare With Variable Symptoms and Generally Good Outcomes Critical pediatric COVID-19 disease is a rare entity with heterogeneous clinical presentation and generally good outcomes compared with adults, according to preliminary data from the CAKE study.
  Reuters Health Information, August 05, 2020