Practicing Medicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Doctors Adapt, Improvise
Experiences during the COVID-19 crisis could speed changes in healthcare delivery.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Proves the World Is Small
The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) caught the world by surprise. Whatever becomes the new normal, the United States will be a different country from what it was on March 13, when President Donald J. Trump declared a national emergency. At this writing on May 28, more than 100,000 people in the…
Spike in Urologic Cancers Predicted
Urologists will be facing a tremendous backlog due to the COVID-19 quarantine.
COVID-19 Impacts Transplant Centers
Most programs put live-donor transplants on hold.
Testosterone Levels Falling in Young Men
Testosterone levels among adolescents and young men in the United States declined significantly from 1999 to 2016, and data suggest the trend is related to increases in body mass index, a study found.
Expanded Use of Partial Nephrectomy Shows Promise
Separate studies demonstrated that partial nephrectomy could be an acceptable alternative to radical nephrectomy in selected cases of high-risk kidney cancer and large renal masses.
RAAS Inhibitors Not Linked to Higher COVID-19 Risks
Three studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine on May found no evidence that the use of ACE inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers increase the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection or worsen COVID-19 disease course.
Hypertension Risk Increases as Uric Acid Levels Rise
Elevated serum uric acid (SUA) levels are associated with development of hypertension and vascular and renal target organ damage, according to a new long-term study. Investigators studied 961 parents and 570 children who were initially healthy at the time of recruitment into the STANISLAS cohort, a single-center familial longitudinal cohort that began recruiting patients in…
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