Nurse vs. Hospital Board; ISRIB; Danish Mask StudyDecember 09, 2020 | Trending in Healthcare Allergy & Immunology Fired Nurse Faces Board Review for Wearing Hospital Scrubs From MedPage Today comes this story about Cliff Willmeng, a registered nurse who was fired from United Hospital in St. Paul, MN, in May 2020. Willmeng believes the hospital board is investigating his conduct due to his standing up for his own safety and that of other nurses when he pressed for hospital scrubs over using and reusing his own, fearing he may bring the virus home. Read full article Family Medicine/General Practice Drug Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline Within Days In the new study, published December 1, 2020, in the open-access journal eLife, researchers from UC San Francisco showed the drug, ISRIB, produced rapid restoration of youthful cognitive abilities in aged mice, accompanied by a rejuvenation of brain and immune cells that could help explain improvements in brain function. Read full article Allergy & Immunology The Curious Case of the Danish Mask Study The British Medical Journal’s executive editor, Kamran Abbasi, pens a commentary about DANMASK-19, the first trial of mask use during COVID-19 and its controversial “negative” results. Abbasi claims that disagreement among experts, especially about interpretation of a study, is a common occurrence and “the usual business of science,” but the influence of social media has created a major challenge for science. Read full article
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