Day: July 6, 2024

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It took 4 years after “expression of concern” to retract a problematic paper on Vitamin D as a covid treatment.

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Where did the lunch hour go? The pandemic didn’t steal it, but employers probably did.

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Screenshot of webpage of the CDC COVID-19 Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19: Information for Healthcare Professionals Updated Apr. 12, 2024 - Key Findings from One Large Cross-Sectional Study Underlying Medical Conditions and Severe Illness Among 540,667 Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19, March 2020–March 2021 This study used data from the Premier Healthcare Database, which represents approximately 20% of all inpatient admissions in the United States since 2000. This cross-sectional study of 540,667 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 included both inpatients and hospital-based outpatients with laboratory-diagnosed COVID-19 from March 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021. The database included reports from 592 acute care hospitals in the United States. The study was designed to examine risk factors associated with severe outcomes of COVID-19 including admission to an ICU or stepdown unit, invasive mechanical ventilation, and death. Main Findings: Certain underlying medical conditions were associated with an increased risk for severe COVID-19 illness in adults. Having multiple conditions was also associated with severe COVID-19 illness. Obesity, diabetes with complications, and anxiety and fear-related disorders had the strongest association with death. The number of frequent underlying medical conditions (present in ≥10.0% of patients) increased with age. [The screenshot has yellow highlighted the text “study was designed to examine risk factors associated with severe outcomes of COVID” and under main findings yellow highlighted text is “anxiety and fear-related disorders had the strongest associating with death.” with the word “death” underlined in red marker.

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There’s a horrendous irony in being accused of being “anxious” when you want to avoid covid.

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