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Despite COVID, Americans Still Help Others With Medical Bills

April 5, 2021 antigens, biologic therapy, cancer, cancer risk, carcinoma, diabetes mellitus, elderly/concerns of older adults, financial hardship, financing, geriatrics (elder care), malignant neoplasia, pandemic, poverty, practice management, salary compensation, social determinants of health, Social Issues

The number of Americans donating to crowdfunding campaigns for medical bills during 2020 held steady relative to previous years, despite

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Friendly Fire: How Autoantibodies Could Drive Severe COVID

March 29, 2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Autoimmune Disease, Coronavirus, Dengue, Dengue Fever, diversity, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Hospitals, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, inpatient care, Lupus, RA, rheumatoid arthritis, rube, sle, social determinants of health, Social Issues, systemic lupus erythematosus, tropical disease, tropical infection, viral illness, wuhan coronavirus

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Some people get very sick with

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WHO Advises Against Hydroxychloroquine to Prevent COVID-19

March 4, 2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, adverse effects, clinical guidelines, Coronavirus, guidelines, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, health care quality/access/evaluation, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, inpatient care, patient safety, side effects, social determinants of health, wuhan coronavirus

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline

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ACOG Advises on Care for Transgender Patients

March 2, 2021 asexual, birth control, Bisexual, cancer, carcinoma, contraception, contraceptive management, endocrine therapy, fertility, gay, health care inequity, hormone therapy, hysterectomy, intersex, Iowa, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQI, LGBTQIA, malignant neoplasia, management (contraception, menopausal syndrome, Menopause, pregnancy, primary care, queer, social determinants of health, Social Issues, surgery, transgender

Transgender patients have unique needs regarding obstetric and gynecologic care as well as preventive care, and ob.gyns. can help by

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Racist Attack on Asian Med Student Prompts Pleas for Tolerance

February 23, 2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, crime, criminal, diversity, Ethics, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, implicit racism, New York, pandemic, racism, racist, social determinants of health, Social Issues, socioeconomics, student, tolerance, wuhan coronavirus

Faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, in New York City, circulated an internal memo

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Tablet-Based Sex Trafficking Screening Works for Minors in the ED

February 20, 2021 Adolescent, adolescent health, adolescent medicine, Adolescents, Child, child sexual abuse, Childhood, children, confidentiality, crime, criminal, hospital emergency services, kids, molestation, patient confidentiality, Pediatrics, Sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual violence, social determinants of health, Social Issues, teenage, teenager, teens

(Reuters Health) – Using an electronic tablet to deliver a six-item screening tool to minors in a pediatric emergency department

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Survey: Most Patients Support Teledermatology

February 16, 2021 Books, Clinic, health care reform, health care technology, health clinic, healthcare technology, journals, medical literature, outpatient clinic, pandemic, physical distancing, social determinants of health, Social Distancing, teledermatology, telehealth (telemedicine), Telemedicine, textbooks, Washington

Many medical practices turned to telemedicine when the pandemic shut down the economy last spring, but what do dermatology patients

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