Annals of internal medicine
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Recommendations on masks for preventing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vary. ⋯ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Multicenter Study
Incidence and Severity of COVID-19 in HIV-Positive Persons Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy: A Cohort Study.
The incidence and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among HIV-positive persons receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) have not been characterized in large populations. ⋯ Instituto de Salud Carlos III and National Institutes of Health.
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Multicenter Study
Qualitative Assessment of Rapid System Transformation to Primary Care Video Visits at an Academic Medical Center.
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic spurred health systems across the world to quickly shift from in-person visits to safer video visits. ⋯ Stanford Department of Medicine and Stanford Health Care.
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In recent years, the number of patients choosing to have direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing without involving their clinicians has increased substantially. For example, the number of subscribers to a commonly used testing site has grown to more than 10 million. These services have been heavily marketed in the United States and often include information about ancestry; genetic traits; and, increasingly, disease risk. ⋯ Some DTC tests for genetic susceptibilities look for only a few known mutations in a particular gene (such as BRCA1); a negative test result does not exclude the possibility of a clinically important mutation. A positive DTC genetic test result that might change clinical management should be followed by a confirmatory test through a genetics laboratory. Here, 2 expert physicians-a general internist and a medical oncologist with genetics experience-discuss an approach to counseling a patient who is considering DTC testing to learn more about his ancestry and his risk for metabolic syndrome.