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MORNING REPORT…the warmup:

ONE MEME:

ONE FACT:

ONE GUESS…NAME THAT DRUG: 

• Potassium sparing diuretic that targets the distal nephron.  Weaker than loop diuretics.

• Used primarily to treat edema from heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease.  May also be used to treat hypertension.

• Anti-androgen that decreases testosterone/estrogen levels and can be used to treat acne, hirsutism (excessive hair growth), and PCOS in women.

• Most significant side effect is hyperkalemia.  Can also cause nausea, vomiting, headache, rash, decreased libido.  Can cause hypogonadism in males with prolonged use.

• 54th most commonly prescribed drug in the US in 2021.

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HEALTHCARE HEADLINES…flex your knowledge at work:

🤒 Got COVID? CDC says stay home while you're sick, but drops its 5-day isolation rule (NPR).  Instead of setting a strict 5-day isolation period, the new guidance says people can return to normal activities so long as their symptoms improve, and continue improving over 24 hours and they no longer have a fever, without having used fever-reducing medications.  

⚖️ Frozen embryos shouldn't be considered people, two-thirds of Americans say (Axios).  “66% of the public oppose designating IVF embryos as children and holding those who destroy them legally responsible, while 31% support it.  Republicans are divided on the question, with 49% supporting and 49% opposing.”

🦹 Cyberattack on insurance giant disrupting business for doctors, therapists (CNN).  “...the hacking incident ‘just puts a lot more burden on physician practices, hospitals, pharmacies that now are scrambling to figure out the alternatives of how to get claims submitted or fill prescriptions.’..It’s all part of the fallout from a cyberattack that a week ago hit Change Healthcare, a unit of health IT giant UnitedHealth that processes prescriptions to insurance for tens of thousands of pharmacies nationwide.”

😞 The rate of antidepressants prescribed to young people surged during the pandemic (NPR).  “...The monthly rate of antidepressants being dispensed to young people increased about 64% more quickly during the coronavirus pandemic…The increase was prominent among young women and girls. The monthly rate increased about 130% faster among 12- to 17-year-old girls, and about 57% faster among young women between the ages of 18 and 25.”

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MIND AND BODY…sharable tips for mental and physical health:

🏃Women need less exercise than men for same cardiovascular benefits, researchers find (CBS News).  “The researchers found that women needed just under 2.5 hours of moderate to vigorous aerobic physical activity a week to get the same "survival benefit" that men get with five hours of physical activity. The mortality risk for women who engaged in regular physical activity was reduced by 24% compared to 15% for men, the researchers wrote in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.”  The new study's researchers suggested differences between the male and female bodies could be responsible for the divergent results between the men and women studied. They noted that men on average have proportionately larger hearts, wider lung airways, greater lung diffusion capacity and larger muscle fibers than women.

🧘These 3 exercises found to be the best for treating depression (ABC News).  Walking or jogging, yoga, and strength training emerged as the top three exercises for reducing depression…Notably, the more intense the activity, the more effective it was…Yoga, in particular, was found to reduce depression the most compared to other forms of exercise studied.

POTPOURRI…fun facts and conversation starters:

🧠 Brain Teaser: How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn’t bounce off anything? There is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back to you.

⚡ Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail (The Conversation).  “Lightning flashes in thunderstorms at least 60 times per second somewhere around the planet…Lightning kills or injures about 250,000 people around the world every year, most frequently in developing countries…The basic ingredients for thunderstorms are warm and moist air near the ground with cooler, drier air above it and a way to lift the warm moist air….This happens most frequently near the Gulf Coast, where the sea breeze helps trigger thunderstorms most days in the summer. Florida in particular is a hot spot for cloud-to-ground lightning strikes.”

💻 Lenovo reveals "industry's first" laptop with transparent display (dezeen).  The proof-of-concept device features a display with adjustable transparency and a detachable see-through base that can be used as a keyboard or tablet.

🙂 Happiest Cities in America - 2024 (Wallet Hub).  “…the happiest cities combine economic security with kind communities and conditions that are conducive to low depression rates and high life satisfaction.” Did your city make the list?

🧠 Brain Teaser Answer: Throw the ball up in the air.

JOB BOARD…doesn’t hurt to look:

👩‍⚕️ Registered Nurse: Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Integrity Manager (Remote) - A large hospital is seeking a Supervisor of Clinical Documentation

👨‍⚕️ Registered Nurse: Claim Consultant (Remote) - This role will investigate and adjust claims with high levels of complexity and severity.