New Rules of the Road in TTP Management
In July 2020, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) issued its first-ever guidelines for the treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), helping...
Racism Persists in Medicine, Including Hematology
Medicine is not exempt from the explicit and implicit racism seen in other parts of American life.
When Deirdra Terrell, PhD, MPH, started attending...
Rewriting the Rules of Blood Donation
What will the FDA’s newly loosened blood donation restrictions mean for donors, blood banks, and the safety of the national blood supply?
In the initial...
The Rise of Preprint Archives
As medical research continues to evolve, so do publication platforms.
The traditional peer review publishing model has operated in much the same way since its...
The Costs of COVID-19
The massive economic and health impacts of the global pandemic may be difficult to quantify, but there are still lessons to be learned.
In May...
Medicine’s New Virtual Reality
Providers discuss the almost overnight adoption of telemedicine – and their hopes for its future.
When asked how often telehealth or virtual patient visits...
Shelter From the Cytokine Storm
How the immune system responds to the infection is among the major questions clinicians and researchers must answer to identify therapies and develop a...
Palliative Care and Transplant
Early palliative care integration has increased in oncologic settings but remains less common − and often misunderstood − in hematologic malignancies, especially for patients...
Coagulation Dysregulation
Thrombosis is a major contributor to death in patients with severe coronavirus infection. As new data emerge, experts discuss approaches to prevention and treatment.
In...
Medicine and Machines
As artificial intelligence applications broaden, experts advise physicians to approach them as tools – not threats.
Tools have been invented to aid physicians and improve...
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October 2020 Volume 6, Issue 12
This issue examines racism in the U.S. health care system, discusses the FDA's newly loosened blood donation restrictions, and more.