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AANP Launches COVID Guidance Resource for Naturopathic Physicians
The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians has launched a resource guide for COVID-19, which includes naturopathic and lifestyle protocols to support the immune system and mitigate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases. AANP is also accepting information for the guide. Click here for more information.Read more
Hinge Health Partners with CVS Health for Pharmacy Benefit Management
After rigorous evaluation, CVS Health selected Hinge Health as part of its Point Solutions Management service to help its pharmacy benefit management (PBM) clients address a top medical cost driver, musculoskeletal (MSK) care. The decision was made after reviewing Hinge Health’s unmatched track record, product technology, and validated outcomes. PublishedRead
UPDATED: CPT Medical Services Has Critical COVID-19 Kits Available for Physicians
CPT Medical a surgical pack and kit manufacturing firm based in Greenville, SC, is now shipping nasal wash COVID-19 testing kits that are available throughout the US. With 54,000 test kits in production for allocation to hospitals, nursing homes, and physician’s offices by the end of next week, CPT MedicalRead
From Lancet: Coronavirus Mortality Risk Factors of Adults Hospitalized in Wuhan
Being of an older age, showing signs of sepsis, and having blood clotting issues when admitted to hospital are key risk factors associated with higher risk of death from the new coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a new observational study of 191 patients with confirmed COVID-19 from two hospitals in Wuhan,Read
Median Incubation Time for COVID-19 is 5 days
Median incubation time for COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from exposure to symptoms affirms earlier estimates and supports CDC’s current 14-day quarantine period, says Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health An analysis of publicly available data on infections from the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19 yieldedRead
Hong Kong Sets Best Practices for Preventing Coronavirus Spread in Hospitals
Health systems can protect healthcare workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak when best practices for infection control are diligently applied along with lessons learned from recent outbreaks, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. ResearchersRead
The Lancet: New Coronavirus Cannot be Passed from Mother to Child Late in Pregnancy
There is currently no evidence that the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) causes severe adverse outcomes in neonates or that it can pass to the child while in the womb, according to a small observational study of women from Wuhan, China, who were in the third trimester of pregnancy andRead
Echosens Aligns with Fatty Liver Foundation to Accelerate Screening for Undiagnosed Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Echosens, a high-technology company offering the FibroScan family of products, is proud to support the Fatty Liver Foundation (FLF), a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting fatty liver disease and advocating for ongoing screening of undiagnosed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its more severe form nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). FLF isRead
Can the New American Nutrition Association Finally De-Rodney Dangerfield Nutrition in US Medicine?
What reform push to turn the medical industry toward health has been shouted from the white-papered roof tops as long as the call to dramatically increase the role of nutrition in professional education and practice? Food as medicine is both cornerstone and connective stratum across the naturopathic, functional, integrative, lifestyle,Read
One-Quarter of all US Health Care Spending is a Waste of Money, says JAMA study
Though the US spends more on health care than any other country, a new JAMA study estimates about one-quarter of total health care spending in the United States is wasted. The wasteful spending price tag is hefty, from $760 billion to $935 billion. Worse yet, one-quarter of this wasteful spendingRead
