August 2, 2020
CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report (Join the Call on August 4, 2020)
AFM Outbreak Anticipated for 2020: Healthcare providers urged to quickly recognize symptoms and hospitalize patients immediately What The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) anticipates that 2020 will be another outbreak year for acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), an uncommon but serious neurologic condition. According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, over half of patients with AFM in...
Telemedicine Use Continues to Explode During Pandemic
The emergence of telemedicine has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic. HD Live! sat down with Rujuta Saksena, M.D., an oncologist at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey, and Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., associate professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School in Boston, to discuss the future of telemedicine and its impact on health...
MS Patients Facing Increased Anxiety Brought On By COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on the psychological health of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), according to a study published online July 21 in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. Aleksandar Stojanov, M.D., from Clinical Center Nis in Serbia, and colleagues surveyed 95 patients with RRMS to assess psychological status before and during the...