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Social distancing impacts other infectious diseases
Social distancing had a significant impact on each of the 12 commonly diagnosed infectious diseases analyzed.
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Cachexia affects more than half of lupus patients
SLE patients with intermittent cachexia had the greatest risk for organ damage over time.
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Study: Immune checkpoint inhibitors don’t increase risk of death in cancer patients with COVID-19
The mortality rate was 8% among patients who received immune checkpoint inhibitors, which is comparable with the overall mortality rate among...
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More data needed to better understand COVID-19 skin manifestations
Histopathologic exams were done for only 23 patients and, in all cases, showed “inflammatory features without specific pathological changes.”
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Patients usually understand and agree with physicians’ notes
Those in worse health were more likely to say something important was missing from them.
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Children rarely transmit SARS-CoV-2 within households
Most children with COVID-19 disease are infected inside family groups, but are not the initial transmitters.
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COVID-19-related inflammatory condition more common in black children in small study
It appears any increased risk in black children for developing the multisystem inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19 is likely due to social...
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Placental injury reported in women with COVID-19
A first-of-its-kind study looks at the extent and implications of pathological damage to the placentas of mothers with COVID-19.
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Hyperkalemia most common adverse event in women taking spironolactone
Of the 1,272 cases of hyperkalemia reported, only 25 occurred in women aged 45 years or less.
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COVID-19 in kids: Severe illness most common in infants, teens
COVID-19 symptoms in critically ill and noncritically ill children were similar.