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A YouTube video thumbnail with Dr. Zubin Damania and the words MAKE AMERICA MASKLESS AGAIN?

Op-Ed: Make America Maskless Again?

ZDoggMD thinks we're reaching the COVID tipping point, here's why

A computer rendering of COVID-19 viruses traveling through the air in water droplets.

Droplets vs Aerosols: What's More Important in COVID-19 Spread?

CDC finally acknowledged aerosol transmission, but contribution to case counts remains unclear

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Chemo-Free Regimen Shows Promise in High-Risk Early Breast Cancer

PFS and other outcomes with letrozole-palbociclib almost identical to chemotherapy

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Is This the Most TikTok'd COVID Vaccine Side Effect?

Dermatologists say there's no issue: 'Happy filling, happy vaccinating'

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New Rules for Some Medicare ACOs Are No Good, Say Healthcare Groups

Letter seeks a 3-year delay for reporting new quality measures

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Implanted Sensor Translates Brain Signals Into Text

Brain-computer interface decodes handwriting movements from neural activity

Layers and layers of brightly colored Post-it notes.

Bloated Notes Are a Time Suck

Why do we do it to ourselves?

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Harassment Charges Fly at LSU Medical School

Women say leadership fostered a culture of harassment, discrimination, retaliation

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Therapists Distracted by Social Media While Delivering Virtual Care

Small survey finds 39% of therapists check email, social media during sessions

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Nasal Vaccines for COVID-19?

Some argue intranasal vaccines, still in early trials, may be better at blocking transmission

A Taltz (ixekizumab) auto injector pen over a photo of a mans back, his spine highlighted in red

Stopping IL-17 Drug for Axial Spondyloarthritis? Expect Spinal Flares

But low disease activity regained if treatment restarted

COVID-19 UPDATE and Other News over a background of illustrated coronaviruses

Indian Variant a Global Risk; Good News on U.S. Cases; Baylor Expert Gets Threats

A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine

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First COVID Treatment Ads Hit the Airwaves

Regeneron hoping patients ask their doctors about monoclonal antibodies

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Op-Ed: Don't Overdose on COVID Optimism

As the pandemic drags on, we can all take a cue from this Vietnam-era admiral's "paradox"

FDA EUA Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 VACCINE over a photo of a female nurse vaccinating a teen girl.

First COVID Vax Authorized for Younger Teens

FDA officials argued authorization was necessary to help control pandemic

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No Clarity for Role of Laser Therapy in Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus

Mixed results from two small randomized clinical trials

A pregnant woman wearing an oxygen mask and pulse oximeter lies in a hospital bed.

COVID-19 Mortality Low Among In-Hospital Pregnant Patients

But pregnant women should continue taking precautions to avoid infection, researcher says

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COVID Vax & Myocarditis; Ejection Fractions on EKG; Southerners Still Unwell

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Op-Ed: Why the COVID Vaccine Didn't Work for Me

Millions of transplant patients need to be informed that they may not get sufficient protection

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Blood Thinners Continue at End of Life, Despite Risks

No clear guideline for stopping anticoagulants in patients with advanced dementia

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Doubling Down on Immunotherapy in Advanced Melanoma

Checkpoint inhibitor combo active after upfront anti-PD-1/L1 therapy

Post-Vax Adverse Events; Blood Groups and Disease: It's TTHealthWatch!

Also this week: nanoparticle vaccine for COVID and dexamethasone for surgical site infections

A mature female physician comforts her mature male patient while his daughter holds back tears.

Physicians: Heal Yourself First

Treat yourself like you treat your patients

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Defining Alzheimer's: Should Cognitively Unimpaired People Be Included?

A definition that works for research is not right for the clinic, experts argue

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The Death of One Little Girl Helped Millions

A case more than 35 years ago has spurred discoveries ever since

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Screaming Patient, No Restraints

The empathy idea in emergency psychiatry

People wearing protective masks are lined up outside of Krishnaraja Hospital in Mysore of Karnataka state in India.

Op-Ed: Death Is the New Normal in India

The COVID crisis in my country has been a long time coming

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Ohio Surgeon Pens His Own Hilarious Obit

Thomas Flanigan wrote his own "shocking and unexpected, yet fabulous, exit"

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Cannabis Vaping Skyrockets in High School Students

COVID-19's effect still to be determined

A mature woman receives a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan

Bone Density Scans and Cardiovascular Disease: Two Birds, One Stone?

DXA scans may improve atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk-stratification for women

9 faces on a video conference, the center person is a man wearing a paper bag over his head with an unhappy face drawn on it.

Another COVID-19 Side Effect: 'Zoom Dysmorphia'

As people spend more time on camera, many of them like themselves less and less

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Teen Social Media Addiction? Consider Race-Based Trauma

Composite case offers example on how media diet of racial violence could affect mental health

Computer rendering of the COVID-19 virus with two different colored strands of DNA

Tracking the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2

What do scientists know about its behavior, and how does that help predict what comes next?

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Docs React to Medical Stand-Up Comedy

See if you find their bits funny

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Private Practices' Share of U.S. Medicine Continues to Shrink

AMA survey: Majority of physicians work in nonphysician-owned practice settings

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APA 2021 Roundup: New Antipsychotic Class, Anxious America

Other noteworthy research presented at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting

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Neurosurgeon Settles Kickback, Unnecessary Spine Surgery Charges

Allegedly performed unnecessary procedures with spine devices, got kickbacks from Medtronic

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Saxenda Boosted Weight Loss, Especially With Exercise

But year-long RCT excluded those with type 2 diabetes

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Patient Awake for 13 Minutes of Surgery

Paralytic initiated, but sevoflurane never turned on

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FDA Panel to Weigh Avacopan's Fate for ANCA Vasculitis

Agency staff called out "interpretability" of phase III trial results ahead of Thursday's meeting

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