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“After Covid-19, if we dare imagine the day, it will be important to ask who was harmed by delayed and forgone medical care. But the severe financial strains on individuals and public budgets make it just as essential to ask who benefited from avoiding interventions with no salutatory effect.”

Assessment of Proficiency of N95 Mask Donning Among the General Public in Singapore

28 May, 2020 | 09:44h | UTC

Assessment of Proficiency of N95 Mask Donning Among the General Public in Singapore – JAMA Network Open

Commentaries: People Are Still Terrible at Correctly Using Medical-Grade Face Masks And Respirators – Science Alert AND Study Casts Doubt on N95 Masks for the Public – MedPage Today (free registration required)

WHO: Countries Failing to Stop Harmful Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes

28 May, 2020 | 09:38h | UTC

Countries failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warn WHO and UNICEF – World Health Organization

Original Report: Marketing of breast milk substitutes: national implementation of the international code, status report 2020 – World Health Organization

Randomized Trial: Comparison of 3 Treatment Strategies for Medication Overuse Headache

28 May, 2020 | 09:40h | UTC

Comparison of 3 Treatment Strategies for Medication Overuse Headache: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

“Is It Safe for Me to Go to Work?” Risk Stratification for Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic

27 May, 2020 | 02:39h | UTC

“Is It Safe for Me to Go to Work?” Risk Stratification for Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine

Study: Loss of Smell and Taste in 2013 Patients with Mild to Moderate COVID-19

27 May, 2020 | 02:35h | UTC

Loss of Smell and Taste in 2013 European Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19 – Annals of Internal Medicine

CDC Updated Guidance: When You Can be Around Others After You Had or Likely Had COVID-19

27 May, 2020 | 02:37h | UTC

When You Can be Around Others After You Had or Likely Had COVID-19 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“I think or know I had COVID-19, and I had symptoms.”

You can be with others after:

3 days with no fever AND
Symptoms improved AND
10 days since symptoms first appeared”

Just the Facts: What Drugs are Safe and Effective for COVID-19?

27 May, 2020 | 02:31h | UTC

Just the Facts: What drugs are safe and effective for COVID-19? – Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

“Apart from supportive care, there are no current effective therapeutics for COVID-19”

Short Review: Using Insulin to Treat Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes in 2020

27 May, 2020 | 02:18h | UTC

Using Insulin to Treat Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes in 2020 – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Randomized Trial: Antihypertensive Medication Reduction vs. Usual Care Among Older Adults Taking Multiple Antihypertensive Medications

27 May, 2020 | 02:16h | UTC

Effect of Antihypertensive Medication Reduction vs Usual Care on Short-term Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Hypertension Aged 80 Years and Older: The OPTIMISE Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA

Editorial: Deprescribing Antihypertensive Medications for Patients Aged 80 Years or Older: Is Doing Less Doing No Harm?

Commentary: Less is more? Deprescribing blood pressure lowering medications is safe in the short-term in older people with frailty and multiple long-term conditions – University of Oxford

Related Commentary on Twitter

Less is more? Our new trial suggests #deprescribing #bloodpressure lowering medications is safe in the short-term in older people with frailty and multimorbidity – see thread for details https://t.co/fLf2Vv42hB #hypertension #RCT @richardjmcmanus @jenniaburt @HomeUrs29 @prof_mant pic.twitter.com/HfScHju6HS

— James Sheppard (@jamessheppard48) May 26, 2020

Study Shows Abnormalities in Placentas from COVID-19-positive Pregnant Women

26 May, 2020 | 10:00h | UTC

Placental Pathology in COVID-19 – American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Commentaries: Placentas from COVID-19-positive pregnant women show injury – Northwestern University AND Expert reaction to study looking at placentas from COVID19-positive pregnant women – Science Media Centre AND Covid-19 appears to attack placenta during pregnancy, study says – CNN AND Placenta Injury Observed in Pregnant Women Who Test Positive For Coronavirus – Forbes

Review: COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease

26 May, 2020 | 10:05h | UTC

COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease – Circulation

Perspective: In Pandemic, Many Seeing Upsides to Telemedicine

26 May, 2020 | 09:52h | UTC

Part I: In pandemic, many seeing upsides to telemedicine – CIDRAP

Part II: COVID-19 reveals telehealth barriers, solutions – CIDRAP

Study: Androgenetic Alopecia Present in the Majority of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

26 May, 2020 | 09:43h | UTC

Androgenetic Alopecia Present in the Majority of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients – the “Gabrin sign” – Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Perspective: “Here’s What Needs to Happen Before We Can All Get Vaccinated for COVID-19”

26 May, 2020 | 09:45h | UTC

Here’s what needs to happen before we can all get vaccinated for COVID-19 – CBC

WHO Pauses Hydroxychloroquine Arm Of COVID-19 Clinical Trial Due to Safety Concerns

26 May, 2020 | 09:35h | UTC

WHO Pauses Hydroxychloroquine Arm Of COVID-19 Clinical Trial – After Lancet Study Finds Higher Mortality Rate Among Patients Getting The Drug – Health Policy Watch

Opinion: The ‘Just Stay Home’ Message Will Backfire

26 May, 2020 | 09:33h | UTC

The ‘Just Stay Home’ Message Will Backfire – The Atlantic

“We need less extreme and more nuanced recommendations for navigating life during the pandemic.”

Related Commentary on Twitter

The #JustStayHome Message Will Backfire: We need less extreme and more nuanced recommendations for navigating life during the pandemic, by @ProfEmilyOster https://t.co/qy8TumP1z6 via @TheAtlantic @VPrasadMDMPH #Covid19 #HarmReduction

— André Picard (@picardonhealth) May 24, 2020