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For patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Risk for COVID-19 Hospitalization Follows Usual Pattern in Lupus

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Similar to the general population, predictors of hospitalization include race, comorbidity, and BMI
Three COVID-19-positive people with no symptoms were successfully identified and isolated at four overnight camps in Maine

Maine Summer Camps Identified, Isolated COVID-19 Cases

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Actions prevented COVID-19 transmission to more than 1,000 other campers and staff
A minority of adolescents with diagnosed mental

Minority of Teens Receive Health Care Transition Planning

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Adolescents with anxiety, depression more likely to receive recommended transition care planning
For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)

Yoga Practice May Benefit Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

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Reductions seen in symptomatic AF, nonsymptomatic AF, asymptomatic AF episodes; depression and anxiety
The TEACH (Targeting Effective Analgesia in Clinics for HIV) intervention is a promising strategy for improving adherence to opioid prescribing guidelines among HIV care providers and their patients on chronic opioid therapy

Program Improves Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in HIV Care

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TEACH intervention increases adherence to guideline-concordant care for HIV patients with chronic pain
There is no association between use of topical calcineurin inhibitors for the treatment of atopic dermatitis and an increased risk for skin cancer

Topical Calcineurin Inhibitors Not Tied to Skin Cancer

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No increased risk seen with topical calcineurin versus topical corticosteroids in adults with dermatitis
The National Kidney Foundation and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics have updated the clinical practice guideline for nutrition in chronic kidney disease; the 2020 update was published as a supplement to the September issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

Guideline Updated for Nutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease

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Updated guidelines expanded to include patients with stage 1 to 5 CKD, those with kidney transplant
There is considerable racial and ethnic disparity in alcoholic liver disease mortality

Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates Up for Non-Hispanic Whites

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Death rates higher for men, but male-to-female ratio decreased in past two decades
The combined estimated multiple sclerosis population-attributable fractions for smoking and childhood and adolescent high body mass index vary from 11 to 14 percent in conservative estimates

Smoking, High Early-Life BMI Projected to Add to MS Burden

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Authors estimate the contribution of smoking, high child BMI as risk factors for MS in 2015, 2025, 2035
An intensive lifestyle intervention may reduce the incidence of obesity-related mortality among individuals with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes

Weight Loss May Lower Obesity-Related Cancer Risk in T2DM

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Statistically nonsignificant reduction in incidence rate of obesity-related cancers seen in Look AHEAD trial