December 2, 2020
AMA Pushes for Widespread Telehealth Adoption
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — At a Special Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new policy to advocate for widespread adoption of telehealth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the resolution, the AMA will advocate for the federal government and the Centers for Medicare &...
Female Doctors Less Likely to Be Promoted to Upper Faculty Ranks
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Women physicians in academic medical centers are less likely than men to be promoted to upper faculty ranks, according to a study published in the Nov. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Kimber P. Richter, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the University of Kansas School of Medicine...
Admission Hyperglycemia Predicts Mortality in COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Among noncritical hospitalized COVID-19 patients, admission hyperglycemia is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Nov. 4 in the Annals of Medicine. Francisco Javier Carrasco-Sánchez, M.D., Ph.D., from Jiménez University Hospital in Huelva, Spain, and colleagues conducted a retrospective multicenter study involving 11,312...
Risk for Fatal Cardiovascular Events High in Many T2DM Patients
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — About half of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have a very high risk for fatal cardiovascular (CV) events, according to a research letter published online Nov. 13 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Ana M. Cebrián-Cuenca, M.D., Ph.D., from the Servicio Murciano de Salud in...