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COVID-19 pandemic amplifies uncertainty for immigrant hospitalists
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- Kari Oakes
“It feels like we are essential health care workers but non-essential immigrants,” said Dr. Patel.
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Visa worries besiege immigrant physicians fighting COVID-19
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Hospital leaders call for flexibility to keep immigrant physicians on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle.
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Inactivated Bifidobacterium improves IBS symptoms
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
The modest improvement was seen for both constipation- and diarrhea-predominant IBS.
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During a pandemic, infusion center nursing team pitches in to keep patients on track
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Quick staffing shifts and a can-do attitude have kept an infusion center up and running during the pandemic....
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Flexibility and speed mark the race to a COVID-19 vaccine
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
As the world waits, how many shortcuts can be taken safely?
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Bone density slow to rebound after lactation in women with HIV
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Multiple factors, including the disease itself and antiretroviral therapy, may be at play.
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Drone flight launches first-ever insulin drop
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Collaborators navigated legal and logistic hurdles for the 43-km round trip, a year in the making.
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Higher baseline fitness may help maintain weight loss
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Still, little is known about how cardiovascular fitness affects one’s ability to lose weight.
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Dupilumab hits the mark for severe AD in younger children
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
About a third of patients had clear or nearly clear skin after 4 months.
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Patients with preexisting diabetes benefit less from bariatric surgery
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
The effect was particularly pronounced over time for patients who received gastric bypass surgery.
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Before the COVID-19 surge hits your facility, take steps to boost capacity
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Communication about resource allocation can ease workforce anxiety amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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In older HIV patients, B/F/TAF regimen was noninferior to others
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
All three regimens had favorable renal safety profiles.
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At U.S. Ground Zero for coronavirus, a hospital is transformed
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Hospitalists at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Wash., benefited from an early connection with Chinese peers.
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Coronavirus resources from AAD target safe office practices, new telemedicine guidance
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
AAD President George Hruza, MD, assured members that AAD will maintain updated resource pages in a situation that’s changing by the day.
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COVID-19 will test medical supply stocks
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
“In the matter of a week or two...I think we’ll get a feel for whether or not we really have enough of the supplies that it takes,” said Dr....