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CNN's Sanjay Gupta worries about a muddled pandemic message
Read full article: CNN's Sanjay Gupta worries about a muddled pandemic messageCNN's Sanjay Gupta says he's worried that Americans are not getting clear enough messages about what they should or shouldn't be doing at this stage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Does losing weight lower COVID-19 infection risk?
Read full article: Does losing weight lower COVID-19 infection risk?East Alabama Medical Center nurse Abby Smith works on a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Opelika, Ala. The medical center faces a new influx of COVID-19 patients as the pandemic intensifies. Obese patients who contract COVID-19 are 74% more likely to end up in the ICU and 48% more likely to die. Obesity is a precursor to other health conditions such as heart and lung disease, diabetes, an impaired immune system, chronic inflammation and blood that’s more likely to clot. “Add COVID-19 to that and the risk goes up even more,” Gupta said.
Analyzing Trump's illness is humbling for media's med teams
Read full article: Analyzing Trump's illness is humbling for media's med teamsFILE - Sanjay Gupta arrives at Sean Parker and the Parker Foundation's Gala Celebrating a Milestone in Medical Research in Los Angeles. “You try to put the pieces of the puzzle together,” said CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who logged hours comparable to his residency days in the wake of Trump's announcement. Ashton also objects to how some in the media have pinned percentages on Trump's likely survival. Then again, as Gupta noted, the president is 74 years old, clinically obese and just climbed a flight of stairs. It's why, more often than not, the media medical reports have been dominated by careful couching.