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SUBJ: Telehealth for medicine is here to stay
SUBtitle: Severe covid cured in a day
SHORT NOTES: Practicing Physicians see continuation of Telehealth as a Practice norm ;
Severe Covid patients cured in a day; NPR notes that just 12 people are responsible for 65% of false and misleading anti-vaccine posts on social media; Vitamins A, D, E, and K boost the body’s defense mechanism against COVID-19 infection; We find no difference in the regenerative potential of human muscle stem cells based on age and conclude that sarcopenia is most likely a reflection of detrimental changes in the muscle micro-environment; Sleep disturbance is a paramount public health concern that besets many modern middle-aged and elderly community residents; Systolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, mean arterial pressure and pulse pressure index increased the risk of stroke; Melatonin helps prevent progression of prostate cancer.
LONG NOTES Practicing Physicians see continuation of Telehealth as a Practice norm – An article recently appeared in the May 2021 issue of the Journal of Medical Internet Research where the authors conducted a survey of practicing physicians to gain a perspective on the short- and long-term implications of the shift to telemedicine during the early COVID-19 pandemic. They assessed their attitudes toward telehealth training and care provision during the early pandemic to determine the potential implications for quality, access, and mode of U.S. healthcare delivery. The sample was small with only 148 physicians. On average, the use of telehealth visits increased from 13.1% immediately before the pandemic to 59.7% - on average – during the early months of the pandemic. In essence, the physicians felt that telehealth patient-visits and face-to-face patient-visits were comparable in quality and, that telehealth care should continue to play a larger role (44.9% of visits) in U.S. healthcare post-pandemic.
Severe Covid patients cured in a day. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-biotech-company-aces-phase-i-covid-cure-trial/
NPR notes in a recently reported study that just 12 people are responsible for 65% of false and misleading anti-vaccine posts on social media.
Vitamins A, D, E, and K boost the body’s defense mechanism against COVID-19 infection and specifically prevent its complications such as cytokine storm and other inflammatory processes,
Sarcopenia, or age-related muscle atrophy, leads to significant impairments in muscle function and strength in the elderly. We developed a model of human muscle xenografting to assess myogenic capacity of human cadaver muscles across a range of ages. We find no difference in the regenerative potential of human muscle stem cells based on age and conclude that sarcopenia is most likely a reflection of detrimental changes in the muscle micro-environment that disfavor myogenic capacity with advanced age.
Reading is important to adults as it facilitates the completion of daily tasks, and might be associated with sleep issues. Reading was associated with short sleep duration on weekdays, but not with sleep quality. Furthermore, reading was related to late sleep-onset time.
We aim to comprehensively investigate the association between BP indicators and stroke. a nested case-control study was designed to identify the association between BP indicators and stroke. systolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, mean arterial pressure and pulse pressure index increased the risk of stroke.
Melatonin helps prevent progression of prostate cancer. It inhibits migration and invasion through blocking multiple TLR4 downstream EMT-associated pathways both in LPS-stimulated and -unstimulated PCa cells. Our results provide new insights into the role of bacterial infection in PCa metastasis and a potential therapeutic agent.