October 30, 2020
Health Care Workers, Families Account for One in Six COVID-19 Admissions
FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Health care workers and their households account for 17.2 percent of COVID-19 admissions in the working-age population, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in The BMJ. Anoop S.V. Shah, M.D., from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues examined the risk for hospital...
Telehealth Visits Up in First Quarter of 2020 Versus 2019
FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During the first quarter of 2020, there was a 50 percent increase in the number of telehealth visits compared with the same period in 2019, according to research published in the Oct. 30 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report....
Sleep Disorders Common Among Employees in Hospital System
FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Sleep disorders are common among employees at a teaching hospital system and are associated with occupational burnout, according to a research letter published online Oct. 30 in JAMA Network Open. Matthew D. Weaver, Ph.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues examined the prevalence of sleep...
Lipid Screen, CVD Assessment Advised in Endocrine Disorders
FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Lipid screening and cardiovascular risk assessment should be performed for all patients with endocrine disorders, according to an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline published in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Connie B. Newman, M.D., from the New York University Grossman School of...
Smoking Has Negative Effects for Patients With Psoriasis
FRIDAY, Oct. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with psoriasis, smoking has negative effects, including increased frequency of nail involvement and cardiovascular diseases and higher psoriasis area and severity index, according to a study published online Oct. 14 in the International Journal of Clinical Practice. Yildiz Hayran and Basak Yalcin, M.D., both from Ankara...