Are more people surviving Covid-19 because doctors are doing less?
Few treatments, even widely hyped ones, fail to arrest the progress of Covid-19. Prevention has trumped the so-far failed quest for a cure. More
Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Diagnoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This cohort study describes the number of patients undergoing cancer screening tests and of ensuing cancer diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in 1 health care system in the northeastern United States. More
Colonoscopy Alternative Comes Home
An at-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as the traditional screening, health experts say, and more agreeable. More
Vitamin D sales are up. But experts still don’t know whether it can prevent or treat covid.
Links between vitamin D deficiencies and coronavirus infections have been seen in studies, but “correlation doesn’t prove causation.” More
Should I take a Cholesterol Medication to Protect my Heart? With Dr. Rita Redberg
In today’s episode, Dr. Rita Redberg, a cardiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and Editor-in-chief at JAMA Internal Medicine, explains why a healthy lifestyle and regular exercise are much more important for preventing heart attacks and strokes than a daily cholesterol pill. More
Sorting Out Whether Vitamin D Deficiency Raises COVID-19 Risk
This Medical News Quick Uptake examines the debate about a link between vitamin D and COVID-19 risk. More
How COVID-19 Highlights the Uncertainty of Medical Testing
Widespread COVID testing has revealed uncomfortable truths about medical tests: A test result is rarely a definitive answer, but instead a single clue. More
Proposed British guidelines reject useless chronic fatigue syndrome treatments
A key British agency has rejected graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavior therapy as treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome. More
Does Remdesivir Actually Work Against Covid-19?
The evidence shows only that the drug might be effective. That once wasn’t enough for F.D.A. approval. More
Increasing Numbers of Children Prescribed Multiple Psychiatric Medications
According to researchers, children are being increasingly prescribed multiple different psychiatric medications. More