Bon Temps in the Arts District closes permanently, a casualty of the shutdown
Lincoln Carson has decided to close his lauded Arts District restaurant permanently because of the coronavirus outbreak. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - April 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Addison Source Type: news

On the Agenda: Addison, North Richland Hills face big budget shortfalls from coronavirus fallout
Budget shortfalls spurred along by fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic are moving communities across North Texas to make marked changes. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 28, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bill Hethcock Source Type: news

On the Agenda: Addison, North Richland Hills face big budget shortfalls from coronavirus fallout
Budget shortfalls spurred along by fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic are moving communities across North Texas to make marked changes. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 28, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Bill Hethcock Source Type: news

Common Cause of Addisons Disease
What Is The Most Common Cause of Addison ’s Disease? (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - April 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Looking for special occasion takeout? Our critic has 15 suggestions
L.A. takeout and delivery to mark special occasions during the shutdown (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - April 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Addison Source Type: news

Is it responsible to recommend restaurant takeout during the shutdown?
Bill Addison talks through his decision to continue covering L.A. restaurants for takeout and delivery (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - April 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Addison Source Type: news

To Fight COVID-19, Ford Is Planning to Manufacture Ventilators. This Isn ’t the First Time the Automaker Has Made Medical Devices
The odd hush that has fallen over New York City has lately been broken once every day, at precisely 7:00 PM. That’s when New Yorkers are stepping onto balconies or flinging open windows to applaud the people—pharmacy clerks, supermarket cashiers, food delivery workers and more—who continue to keep to keep the silent city running. But even the most heroic of health-care workers are faced with a difficult reality in the city that has become the center of COVID-19 in the U.S., as officials have predicted that New York City will need at least 400 more ventilators by Sunday and thousands more in the days to fo...
Source: TIME: Health - April 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

How do L.A. wine shops keep business flowing during a pandemic?
L.A. wine shops pivot to curbside pickup, online meet-ups and lively phone recommendations to stay alive during the coronavirus shutdown. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Addison Source Type: news

Unhappiest hour: What the coronavirus shutdown has meant for two L.A. bars
Bartenders out of work are left to figure out what's next. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Addison Source Type: news

7 great takeout meals our restaurant critic has tried (so far)
Bill Addison reports on takeout and delivery during the coronavirus shutdowns. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Addison Source Type: news

NHS Emergency Steroid Card for adrenal insufficiency patients released
To keep patients with adrenal insufficiency safe during the COVID-19 crisis NHSE&I have agreed it is appropriate to release theNHS Emergency Steroid Card as a PDF that patients can download themselves.Guidance related to the release of the new NHS Emergency Steroid Card is almost ready for publication but the COVID-19 crisis has taken precedence.The card can be downloaded from ouradrenal crisis webpage, where you will also find additional emergency adrenal insufficiency management information and COVID-19 guidance.    (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - March 19, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

A critic and a restaurant face the pandemic over pastries (6 feet apart)
A critic and a restaurant face the pandemic over pastries (while maintaining distance). (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Addison Source Type: news

Spring issue of The Endocrinologist now available online
The spring issue of the Society’s quarterly magazineThe Endocrinologist is now available online.  This issue, with the theme,'Exercise: It's good to move it, move it' examines multiple benefits of staying active, including maintaining a healthy metabolism, improving bone health and staying well during aging and pregnancy.In Society News, find out all you ever wanted to know about your new Society President, Raj Thakker, learn about the Society's new Undergraduate Video Award, and read new Society guidance on peri-operative management of adrenal insufficie...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - March 12, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

New guidelines for the management of adrenal insufficiency published
The Society for Endocrinology, the Association of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Physicians have published newGuidelines for the management of glucocorticoids during the peri-operative period for patients with adrenal insufficiency.You can access the guidelines from theAnaesthesia journal website.The guidelines provide eight recommendations and aim to ensure that patients with adrenal insufficiency are identified and adequately supplemented with glucocorticoids during the peri-operative period.  Anaesthetists must be familiar with the symptoms and signs of acute adrenal insufficiency so that inade...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - February 4, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Sport-related concussion preceding adrenal insufficiency and hypopituitarism - Northam WT, Alexander A, Carneiro K.
A 49-year-old female with history of daily inhaled corticosteroid use for asthma presented to a concussion clinic 7 wk after sport-related head injury with headache, visual blurring, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, polydipsia, and polyuria. Examination reveale... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news