Yes, Covid-19 has made the obesity epidemic worse, but do not neglect psychological factors
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Why haven't dose limits & reduced prescribing reduced opioid overdoses?
Evaluation of State Policy Interventions Targeting the US Opioid Epidemic, 2007-2018
This cross-sectional study assesses state drug policies implemented between 2007 and 2018 to ascertain whether they are associated with variations in opioid misuse, opioid use disorder, and drug overdose mortality.
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"Recent trends in the US opioid epidemic present a paradox: opioid overdose mortality has continued to increase despite declines in opioid prescriptions since 2012.28,29 The opioid paradox...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 14, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: drusso Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Covid-19 mass testing facilities could end the epidemic rapidly
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Source: BMJ Comments - January 14, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
The effect of the COVID 19 pandemic on the UK ’s “fatphobia” epidemic
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
The pandemic intensifying the obesity epidemic
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Source: BMJ Comments - August 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Combating the obesity epidemic
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Source: BMJ Comments - August 18, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
CMS Proposing 6% paycut for EM physicians in 2021
NPs and PAs would get a 8% increase. Crazy that EM and ID are getting paycuts after being at the forefront of this epidemic. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 5, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: g3tb0mbed Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
COVID-19 and seasonal influenza: dual burden and epidemic intelligence from Flu vaccine
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Source: BMJ Comments - August 2, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Per CDC definitions- the COVID epidemic has been over for at least a couple weeks!
The COVID epidemic is over.
Per CDC guidelines the epidemic threshold is crossed when a disease causes more than 7.2% of the total weekly deaths. COVID became a CDC defined epidemic in the 1st week of April and stopped being one in mid-June.
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However, we will continue to be in an indefinite state of “panic-demic” for the foreseeable future.
Why is the media not reporting on these facts? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - July 6, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: wamcp Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Availability on literature for vulnerable groups ’ management and communication during COVID-19 epidemic
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Source: BMJ Comments - May 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Lessons Learned - Coronavirus Pandemic
We need to avoid repeating the mistakes from this coronavirus pandemic. In the future, the US should...
1. Be able to produce enough PPE / medical equipment (ventilators) / food for the entire nation for future epidemics / pandemics.
2. Have enough hospital / staff surge capacity for an epidemic / pandemic.
3. Anticipate that an epidemic could become a pandemic (WHO declares coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern on January 30th).
4. Prevent politics from...
Lessons Learned - Coronavirus Pandemic (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 11, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Path of Most Resistance Tags: Pathology Source Type: forums
The role of vitamin D in the prevention of COVID-19: Stay rational during an urgent epidemic outbreak Re: Preventing a covid-19 pandemic
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Source: BMJ Comments - April 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Challenges for NHS hospitals during covid-19 epidemic
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Source: BMJ Comments - April 2, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Is temperature screening "clinical experience"?
While I'm waiting on some more substantive clinical activities to come through during this epidemic (have an orientation at a local EMS service), I've taken up a gig screening people for COVID-19 at energy stations around my city. I'm definitely going to list this somewhere so they know what I was doing, but I feel like this is kind of similar to the hospice debate, and I have a few reasons for and against.
For:
I am performing basic clinical skills, such as proper use of PPE, taking...
Is temperature screening "clinical experience"? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 1, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: swatttt007 Tags: Pre-Medical - MD Source Type: forums
