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UK Seeks To Tighten Control on Dangerous Synthetic Opioid Drug

News January 21, 2022

Home Secretary seeks expert advice in order to tighten control on isotonitazene, which is linked to multiple fatalities.
Descendants of Young Male Smokers Have More Body Fat, Extending Into Future Generations

News January 21, 2022
E-Cigarette Use in Young Teens Linked to Later Cannabis Use

News January 21, 2022

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COVID May Affect Spinal Fluid, Causing 'Brain Fog,' Study Says

WebMD Health News January 21, 2022

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, found abnormalities in the cerebrospinal fluid of 10 of 13 people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 and had thinking problems.
Survival Improving in Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Medscape Medical News January 21, 2022
Two Patients With Macular Degeneration Get Artificial Retinas

Medscape Medical News January 21, 2022

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Low Vaccine Uptake in Black Communities Often an Access Issue: Study

Medscape Medical News January 21, 2022
Simple Screening Tools Help Identify COPD in Lower-Income Countries

Reuters Health Information January 21, 2022
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Ups Risk in DKA Hospitalization

First Look January 21, 2022
Oregon Residents Decry Proposed 'Permanent' Mask Mandate

Associated Press January 21, 2022
Omicron Has Not Increased Hospitalization of Elderly in UK

Reuters Health Information January 21, 2022
Sputnik V Maintains Higher Omicron-Antibody Levels: Preliminary Study

Reuters Health Information January 21, 2022
Israel to Scrap Quarantine for Children Exposed to COVID Carriers

Reuters Health Information January 21, 2022
How Omicron Highlights Fading Hope of Herd Immunity From COVID

Reuters Health Information January 21, 2022

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Withholding Anticoagulation for ISSPE

Viewpoint January 13, 2022

Dr Holley reviews the data on whether anticoagulation is beneficial in patients with ISSPE.
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ILD Screening in Rheumatic Diseases: Strategies to Consider

Commentary January 19, 2022

Two experts from Hospital for Special Surgery review the current landscape and evidence for interstitial lung disease screening in patients with connective tissue diseases.
I Took COVID Precautions and Still Got a Breakthrough Infection

Blog January 14, 2022
Testing Could Help End the Pandemic, if Only We Had Tests

Expert Column January 11, 2022

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Skill Checkup: Man With Unusual Dyspnea, Wheezing, and Dry Cough

Skill Checkup January 12, 2022

A 32-year-old man presents to the emergency department with unusual severe shortness of breath, wheezing, and persistent, nonproductive cough. How would you manage this patient?
Fast Five Quiz: Herbal Supplements

Fast Five Quiz January 12, 2022
ECG Challenge: Sudden Palpitations and Shortness of Breath

Clinical Case January 6, 2022
Fast Five Quiz: Causes of Heart Failure

Fast Five Quiz January 5, 2022

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When the Patient Wants to Speak to a Manager

Medscape Dermatology January 21, 2022

'With virus variants raging, inflation growing, and call center wait times approaching infinity, many of our patients, it seems, cannot bear any more,' Dr Jeffrey Benabio writes in his column.
Physician Burnout, Depression Compounded by COVID: Survey

Medscape Medical News January 21, 2022
Study Finds Signs of Racial Bias in Medical Records

Medscape Medical News January 20, 2022
The Pandemic Has Changed Us, Permanently

Medscape Medical News January 20, 2022

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