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Colorectal screening: We have not caught up. A surge of colorectal cancer after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic?
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), reorganized digestive care. On March 12, 2020, the French government declared national restrictions on elective surgery and gastrointestinal endoscopy for 2 months. After suspension of elective surgery, the French government reimposed restrictions on October 30, 2020. Several guidelines were rapidly published to help guide surgeons and gastroenterologists in their decision making.
Source: Surgery - January 20, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Alexandre Challine, Andrea Lazzati, Bertrand Dousset, Thibault Voron, Yann Parc, Jeremie H. Lefevre Source Type: research

‘Not Just Dots On a Map’: SLPs Speak Their Truth From the COVID-19 Battlefront
Tuesday, March 10. Speech-language pathologist Fatima Warren was grocery shopping with her grandmother when she first noticed the painful body aches. Chalking it up to the rainy day and an earlier workout, she ran a hot bath. Wednesday, March 11. Warren woke up with chills, fever, and worsening aches. She drove straight to the closest ER in her hometown of Lexington, Kentucky. There, staff ran numerous tests, but not for COVID-19. The 45-year-old didn’t qualify because she hadn’t traveled outside the country and couldn’t name a contact with the virus. Thursday, March 12. Worried about infecting her 13-year-old son an...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - April 1, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Bridget Murray Law Tags: Slider Speech-Language Pathology Uncategorized acute care Cognitive Rehabilitation Dysphagia FEES Health Care MBSS personal protective equipment skilled nursing facilities Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs

I ’m a Doctor’s Husband, and I’m Begging You to Keep Medical Workers Like Her Safe
I never imagined needing to have end-of-life conversations with my wife while we were in our thirties. But here was my wife, a doctor board-certified in internal medicine, giving me directives a few days ago as she suited up to head to her New York hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic. “If I’m on a ventilator, I don’t want you to come visit me,” she said stoically. “And do everything you can to keep my parents away, too. I don’t want to infect any of you.” That was the moment it hit me. I was getting a glimpse into what it might feel like for a spouse right before a loved one in ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shahar Ziv Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news