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• Local health, medical professionals discuss coronavirus - WTAP-TV

  10-03-2020 23:14
  
  Local health, medical professionals discuss coronavirus  WTAP-TV
  
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• It all boils down to handwashing, medical experts say - FOX13 Memphis

  10-03-2020 23:00
  
  It all boils down to handwashing, medical experts say  FOX13 Memphis
  
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• Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center to begin screening for coronavirus - WBOY.com

  10-03-2020 22:53
  Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center to begin screening for coronavirus  WBOY.com
  
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• New bill would change Utah's medical marijuana program again - KSL.com

  10-03-2020 22:28
  
  New bill would change Utah's medical marijuana program again  KSL.com
  
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• Man wearing medical mask wanted for armed robberies in North Spokane - KHQ Right Now

  10-03-2020 22:25
  Man wearing medical mask wanted for armed robberies in North Spokane  KHQ Right Now
  
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• A New Medical Emergency Grant for Artists - Hyperallergic

  10-03-2020 21:42
  
  A New Medical Emergency Grant for Artists  Hyperallergic
  
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• Coronavirus crisis boosts Gillibrand's calls for medical leave legislation - Buffalo News

  10-03-2020 21:40
  
  Coronavirus crisis boosts Gillibrand's calls for medical leave legislation  Buffalo News
  
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• County medical experts brief San Diego County Supervisors on Coronavirus - - KUSI

  10-03-2020 21:28
  
  County medical experts brief San Diego County Supervisors on Coronavirus -  KUSI
  
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• Naval Medical Center Portsmouth sets up coronavirus call center for military and beneficiaries - WAVY.com

  10-03-2020 21:24
  Naval Medical Center Portsmouth sets up coronavirus call center for military and beneficiaries  WAVY.com
  
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• Lexington Medical Center sets up tent outside ER to triage possible coronavirus patients - WIS10

  10-03-2020 21:07
  
  Lexington Medical Center sets up tent outside ER to triage possible coronavirus patients  WIS10
  
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• Coronavirus likely to leave hospitals, medical offices short-staffed, expert says - Fox News

  10-03-2020 20:45
  
  Coronavirus likely to leave hospitals, medical offices short-staffed, expert says  Fox News
  
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• Trust Your Diagnostic Instincts

  10-03-2020 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Recently we had a patient admitted for a diagnosis that did not really fit his problem representation. The diagnosis was a convenient one and easily treated. He initially responded to treatment, and we discharged him. The diagnosis...
  
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• House passes resolution to compete with Medical Marijuana ballot Initiative 65 - Yall Politics

  10-03-2020 19:40
  
  House passes resolution to compete with Medical Marijuana ballot Initiative 65  Yall Politics
  
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• Strong Support, Tough Questions for CDC at Budget Hearing

  10-03-2020 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--"We won't be cutting the CDC's budget any time soon."A Capitol Hill observer might not expect those words to come from a Republican member of Congress, and yet that's exactly what Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told...
  
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• Coronavirus: Princeton Medical Center Asks Visitors To Stay Home - Princeton, NJ Patch

  10-03-2020 19:18
  
  Coronavirus: Princeton Medical Center Asks Visitors To Stay Home  Princeton, NJ Patch
  
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• COVID-19 Vax Moving at Brisk Clip, but Will It Be Soon Enough?

  10-03-2020 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON--Development of a COVID-19 vaccine is moving rapidly, according to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).In a recorded message shown during a special session at the virtual...
  
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• Postmates reveals plans to cover medical costs for couriers as part of COVID-19 response - TechCrunch

  10-03-2020 18:53
  Postmates reveals plans to cover medical costs for couriers as part of COVID-19 response  TechCrunch
  
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• Caution, Misconceptions Hold Back Genetic Testing

  10-03-2020 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- MIAMI BEACH--Technologic and economic barriers to genetic testing in cancer have all but disappeared, yet a huge backlog of untested and retest patients have accumulated, primarily because of clinician caution and confusion...
  
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• First coronavirus patient in Worcester County was treated at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester - MassLive.com

  10-03-2020 17:49
  
  First coronavirus patient in Worcester County was treated at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester  MassLive.com
  
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• New GI Tool to Retrieve Foreign Objects Just an Arcade Claw Machine

  10-03-2020 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Disclaimer: This post is from GomerBlog, a satirical site about healthcare.Observing that its fellows have a very challenging time using forceps, snares, or loops to retrieve foreign objects from the esophagus and stomach...
  
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• After 30 Months, 'London Patient' Still in HIV Remission

  10-03-2020 17:15 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Thirty months later, and the so-called "London patient" is still in HIV remission following treatment interruption, researchers found.The patient, who revealed himself to the New York Times on Monday as Adam "LP" Castillejo...
  
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• Clinical Challenge: Pain and Cognition

  10-03-2020 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Does chronic pain make cognition worse?Observational studies have looked at the relationship but "there's still a lot of unanswered questions," said Yuko Hara, PhD, of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation in New York City...
  
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• GBD Study Highlights Chronic Kidney Disease as 'Killer Hidden in Plain Sight'

  10-03-2020 16:00 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Chronic Kidney Disease CollaborationTarget Audience and Goal Statement: Nephrologists, primary care physiciansThe goal of this study was to estimate the global, regional, and...
  
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• Coronavirus: Dayton VA Medical Center to screen everyone entering facility - WHIO

  10-03-2020 15:58
  
  Coronavirus: Dayton VA Medical Center to screen everyone entering facility  WHIO
  
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• NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center - Rutherford Daily Voice

  10-03-2020 15:30
  
  NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center  Rutherford Daily Voice
  
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• Breast Cancer Gene Screening Criteria May Need New Look

  10-03-2020 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Women with postmenopausal breast cancer diagnosed before age 65 had a probability of carrying the BCRA1/BCRA2 gene that was similar to that of Ashkenazi Jewish women, even though the former had no hereditary factors that would...
  
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• Iran to call dead medical staff 'martrys' as virus kills 291 - ABC News

  10-03-2020 15:18
  
  Iran to call dead medical staff 'martrys' as virus kills 291  ABC News
  
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• Egg Safety; COVID-19 Cardiac Injury; Next Gen Apple Watch Features

  10-03-2020 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Eating up to an egg a day was not associated with cardiovascular disease risk in a meta-analysis of the Nurses' Health Studies and Health Professionals' Follow-Up Study. (The BMJ)Cardiac injury from COVID-19 was common in serious...
  
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• Should Medical Conferences Be Canceled for COVID-19? - Medscape

  10-03-2020 14:36
  Should Medical Conferences Be Canceled for COVID-19?  Medscape
  
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• The Shifting Landscape in ITP

  10-03-2020 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- While there are many available treatments for immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), new therapies are emerging and they are changing the landscape in 2020.In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Terry Gernsheimer, MD, professor...
  
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• Switching HIV Regimens Safe in African-Americans

  10-03-2020 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON – Self-identified black or African-American patients with HIV maintained viral load suppression when switched to new regimens, researchers reported here.In the randomized, open-label BRAAVE (B/F/TAF Regimen for...
  
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• Cartersville Medical Center Testing Two for COVID-19 - Coosa Valley News

  10-03-2020 13:57
  Cartersville Medical Center Testing Two for COVID-19  Coosa Valley News
  
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• 2nd POSITIVE Test of COVID-19 at Redmond REgional Medical Center - Coosa Valley News

  10-03-2020 13:56
  2nd POSITIVE Test of COVID-19 at Redmond REgional Medical Center  Coosa Valley News
  
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• Physician Assistant With COVID-19 Speaks Out

  10-03-2020 13:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- A New Jersey physician assistant who was the state's first COVID-19 patient is speaking out from his hospital bed, calling his illness "severe" and raising concerns about his treatment.James Cai, a 32-year-old non-smoker with...
  
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• Healthcare Disruptors: What's Really in Your Meds?

  10-03-2020 13:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Many startup companies in healthcare are entrepreneurial or innovative, but true disruptors in the field are harder to come by. These are the companies that are actually shaking the pillars of an established system. MedPage Today...
  
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• Early Dementia Triples; Amyloid Beta & Booze; Konzo Outbreak: Global Wake-Up Call?

  10-03-2020 12:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Early-onset dementia and Alzheimer's disease diagnosis rates increased threefold from 2013 to 2017 among commercially insured people ages 30 to 64, according to a Blue Cross Blue Shield report.Unexplained seizures in older...
  
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• No DNA Damage Seen With Single Low-Dose CT Scan

  10-03-2020 12:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- A single low-dose chest CT (LDCT) scan did not cause statistically significant human chromosomal DNA damage, but notable increases in two markers of DNA damage were observed immediately following a single standard-dose chest...
  
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• Ofev Wins New Approval for Interstitial Lung Disease

  10-03-2020 11:45 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--The FDA on Monday approved the oral drug nintedanib (Ofev) for treating patients with progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILD)."Today's approval helps to fulfill an unmet treatment need, as patients...
  
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• White House on COVID-19: 'We're All in This Together'

  10-03-2020 11:40 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--"We are all in this together."That's the message President Trump and Vice President Pence kept emphasizing during Monday evening's press briefing here by the White House's Coronavirus Task Force. "It's not just...
  
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• Dear Annie: I think my husband has a serious medical condition and he is in denial about it - cleveland.com

  10-03-2020 11:34
  
  Dear Annie: I think my husband has a serious medical condition and he is in denial about it  cleveland.com
  
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• HIV Treatment as Prevention Seemed to Work in Australia

  10-03-2020 11:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Community-level HIV viremia was associated with decreasing HIV incidence in a real-world example of the population-level impact of "treatment as prevention" in two large Australian states, researchers found.Annual community...
  
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• Most Medical Imaging Devices Run Outdated Operating Systems - WIRED

  10-03-2020 11:23
  
  Most Medical Imaging Devices Run Outdated Operating Systems  WIRED
  
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• Judge Orders Medical Panel for '20th Hijacker' at Guantanamo - Military.com

  10-03-2020 10:47
  
  Judge Orders Medical Panel for '20th Hijacker' at Guantanamo  Military.com
  
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• Marine Corps fires head of medical training battalion over 'loss of trust' - Stars and Stripes

  10-03-2020 10:09
  
  Marine Corps fires head of medical training battalion over 'loss of trust'  Stars and Stripes
  
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• Morning Break: Ebola 'Countdown'; Bias in Cancer Trials; #NotMe

  10-03-2020 10:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions.It's been 3 weeks since the last Ebola case was diagnosed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and "we are now in the countdown to the end of the outbreak," said the World...
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak tests nation's emergency medical stockpile - STAT

  10-03-2020 09:37
  
  Coronavirus outbreak tests nation's emergency medical stockpile  STAT
  
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• Facts Not Fear: a panel of medical and travel experts discuss coronavirus - KHON2

  10-03-2020 09:04
  Facts Not Fear: a panel of medical and travel experts discuss coronavirus  KHON2
  
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• Citizens question inmate medical attention, audit | News, Sports, Jobs - Lock Haven Express

  10-03-2020 07:31
  Citizens question inmate medical attention, audit | News, Sports, Jobs  Lock Haven Express
  
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• Coronavirus: US medical worker says condition getting worse every day - Business Insider - Business Insider

  10-03-2020 06:49
  Coronavirus: US medical worker says condition getting worse every day - Business Insider  Business Insider
  
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• Presumptive case of coronavirus treated at Lexington Medical - Abccolumbia.com

  10-03-2020 02:44
  
  Presumptive case of coronavirus treated at Lexington Medical  Abccolumbia.com
  
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