I miss the intimacy, and the innocence, of my visits with patients. The coronavirus pandemic, and the impending tsunami of how it will sicken us, has fundamentally altered how we think about health care. I recall fondly the carefree days of just a few weeks ago, when I casually scheduled one patient with leukemia for…
April 8, 2020 Wearing a face mask takes some getting used to. To get the most benefit, you need to avoid these common mistakes. Almost overnight, masks in a variety of colors, styles and materials have appeared on the faces of people around us. While it’s good news that many people are doing their part…
During these trying times, exercise could provide indispensable mental-health support for many of us, according to a timely new study. The study finds that among a generally healthy but sedentary group of adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s, working out lowers levels of depression, hostility and other negative feelings. The study also finds that…
HONG KONG — For months the Chinese government’s propaganda machine had been fending off criticism of Beijing’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, and finally, it seemed to be finding an audience. Voices from the World Health Organization to the Serbian government to the rapper Cardi B hailed China’s approach as decisive and responsible. But China…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageThe Dutch finance minister, Wopke Hoekstra, meeting with his European counterparts in a video conference on Tuesday.Credit…Bart Maat/EPA, via Shutterstock European finance ministers split on ‘coronabonds’ to help the countries worst hit by the pandemic. European finance ministers broke off a marathon overnight teleconference without reaching an agreement on…
The Research Luxembourg COVID-19 task force announces the launch of “CON-VINCE “, a study that aims to evaluate the dynamics of the spread of the COVID-19 disease within the Luxembourgish population. The project is one of the several initiatives put in place under the aegis of the task force to help contain the current pandemic.…
In a study of adults in China with lung cancer, patients who knew of their cancer diagnosis generally survived longer than those who did not. In the Psycho-Oncology study of 29,825 patients, the median survival time in patients who knew of their diagnosis was 18.33 months versus 8.77 months for those who did not. The…
Below please find link(s) of new coronavirus-related content published today in Annals of Internal Medicine. A collection of coronavirus-related content is free to the public at //go.annals.org/coronavirus. Chest Computed Tomography for Detection of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Don’t Rush the Science In this Ideas and Opinions piece from the University of California, San…
In an analysis of primary care records of 519,513 UK adults who were overweight or obese between 2000-2016 and followed up until 2019, the incidence of new cases of depression was 92 per 10,000 people per year. The risk of depression also rose with higher weight, according to the Obesity analysis. The study also found…
Philadelphia, March 31, 2020 – DNA sequencing is becoming a more commonplace method for detecting diseases and improving precision medicine. Because DNA sequencing does not detect all possible disease-causing mutations, RNA sequencing is often used to address this important gap. However, RNA sequencing is typically performed on clinically-accessible tissues from blood and skin and likely…