26 May 2021
Visits for appendicitis and miscarriage dropped during the pandemic, but that didn t translate into worse outcomes for patients.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have avoided emergency room visits, but this isn t always a bad thing, a new study suggests.
The study, published Tuesday (May 25) in the
appendicitis and miscarriage dropped markedly during the
pandemic, but that didn t translate into worse outcomes for patients.
The authors say their findings suggest that people may have been overusing the ER before the pandemic, seeking hospital care for symptoms that could have been managed with telemedicine or outpatient treatment. But during the pandemic, those who really did need hospital care still received it.
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In March, Gwyneth Paltrow claimed that she used a form called “intuitive fasting” to help relieve the lingering symptoms of COVID-19.
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