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(HealthDay)—In a synopsis of the 2020 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guideline, published online Nov. 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, recommendations and practice points are presented for clinicians caring for patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Sankar D. Navaneethan, M.D., from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, […]
Even if you’ve been exposed to someone sick with COVID-19 but you don’t feel sick, the CDC says you now no longer have to get yourself tested. This latest about-face has public healthcare workers baffled because earlier guidance called on local health departments to test those who have been within 6 feet, and for 15 […]
Top stroke experts have issued new guidance to ensure stroke patients receive safe, timely care while preventing the transmission of COVID-19. The guidelines urge the use of telemedicine to speed treatment and advise EMS crews how to determine the best facility to treat the patient’s needs. The recommendations, from the American Heart Association’s Stroke Council, […]
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise and the deaths mount, the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) has drafted a set of recommendations for health care workers on the front lines, to help them make decisions on how to treat the most critical patients, those with severe lung or heart failure […]
New guidance is available for physicians who must go through a number of steps to provide a probable diagnosis of sarcoidosis—an inflammatory disease that affects the lungs, lymph glands, and other organs. The American Thoracic Society has published an official clinical practice guideline in which a panel of experts strongly recommended a baseline serum test […]
Improved treatment of COVID-19 as a result of new guidelines? There are new guidelines for the treatment of people with COVID-19, which are so ill that they need to be treated in an intensive care unit. In these guidelines a number of recommendations were given to improve the treatment of affected persons. Researchers of McMaster […]
It starts as a yellow or shiny bump on the eyelids, face or body that grows and doesn’t go away, unlike a pimple. The bump is sebaceous carcinoma, a cancer of the oil glands diagnosed in thousands of patients in the U.S. every year. If not removed and treated promptly, it can spread to other […]
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is in the news a lot, and now newer research has prompted a leading pediatricians’ group to update its guidelines for diagnosing and treating the disorder for the first time since 2011. Dr. Mark Wolraich, lead author of the guidelines, noted that there weren’t any dramatic differences between these and previous guidelines. […]
(HealthDay)—Only two-thirds of all health care providers are fully adherent to surgical guidelines for risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Annelise M. Wilhite, M.D., from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and colleagues retrospectively evaluated health care provider adherence to the surgical protocol endorsed by the National […]
You can reduce your chances of suffering from dementia by following a few healthy living guidelines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement yesterday. The guidelines are simple and also support other areas of personal health. They include regularly exercising; controlling your weight; eating healthy foods; refraining from smoking and drinking excessively; and controlling your blood pressure, blood sugar, […]