Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Jan. 4 to 8, 2021. This …
Guidance Provided for Management of Pediatric Eating Disorders
Pediatricians should initiate comprehensive evaluations, including medical, psych assessment; refer to multidisciplinary care
Perception of Not Returning to Full Health Common After COVID-19
47 percent experience fatigue, with no correlation between any measures of persistent disease and initial disease severity
Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID-19 Patients
People who have recovered from COVID-19 may have antibodies in their plasma that could boost immunity in current patients
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Aids Depressive Disorder
MBCT tied to significant improvement in Reassure self and significant reduction in Inadequate self
Statins May Protect Heart From Chemo for Early Breast Cancer
Risk for heart failure hospital presentations significantly lower in statin-exposed women treated with anthracyclines
Vitamins E, C Inversely Linked to Risk for Parkinson Disease
Comparing individuals in highest versus lowest tertile of exposure, inverse link seen for both vitamins C and E; no link for beta-carotene, NEAC
NFL Urges Teams to Offer Stadiums as Vaccination Centers
NFL would benefit from Americans being vaccinated because it increases the odds that state officials will reopen stadiums
PCPs Spend Average of 18 Minutes With Each Patient
Shorter scheduled appointments tend to run over more often versus longer appointments
Sitagliptin Promising Addition for Preventing Acute GVHD
Low incidence of grade II to IV acute GVHD seen in patients undergoing myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation