COVID-19 Literature Digital Library compiled by Sachin Shah, MD, MPH UCSF @sachinjshah Nonrefereed, online collection only. The Annals of Family Medicine is dedicated to advancing knowledge essential to understanding and improving health and primary care. Then came 4 highly publicized negative echinacea trials, our own in Annals of Internal Medicine (2002), followed by the Taylor et al trial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (2003),64 Yale and Liu’s in Archives of Internal Medicine (2004),65 and the Turner et al trial in the New England Journal of Medicine (2005).66 It is possible that the societal message from these negative trials reduced echinacea-related expectancy and therefore contributed to the modest effects seen here. Of the 545 participants given pills, 518 (95%) said that they took them as directed. Participants completed questionnaires twice daily until their colds resolved, to a maximum of 14 days. This qualitative study of 19 adult patients interviewed after video visits with their primary care clinician found that patients accept and even prefer video visits to in-person office visits. Placebo Effects and the Common Cold: A Randomized Controlled Trial, The Challenge of Reproducibility and Accuracy in Nutrition Research: Resources and Pitfalls, In This Issue: Technology and Primary Care, Effective Hearing Loss Screening in Primary Care: The Early Auditory Referral-Primary Care Study, Patient-Centered Medical Home Activities Associated With Low Medicare Spending and Utilization, Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations Among Older Adults: 2010-2014. Editorial: An All-Hazards Approach to Pandemic COVID-19: Clarifying Pathogen Transmission Pathways Toward the Public Health Response (Journal of Environmental Health, published May, 2020) by Christopher Eddy, MPH, REHS, CP-FS, Richard Schuster, MMM, MD, FACP, FRCP (Edin), Eriko Sase, PhD Symptom severity rated on visual analogue scales was 40% lower for placebo than for no treatment (P <.001). There were no significant differences in pill counts among those groups assigned to blinded to placebo, blinded to echinacea, and open-label echinacea. The Annals of Family Medicine is the #1 cited primary care research journal in the world, according to the 2020 Clarivate Journal Citation Reports, with a 5-year journal impact factor of 6.347. Initial Implementation of a Web-Based Consultation Process for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease CONCLUSIONS Participants randomized to the no-pill group tended to have longer and more severe illnesses than those who received pills. Annals of Family Medicine is a peer-reviewed, indexed research journal that provides a cross-disciplinary forum for new, evidence-based information affecting the primary care disciplines. This is a non-refereed extension of the COVID-19 online collection. Despite this, practices are showing remarkable adaptiveness by significantly increasing their outreach to community organizations and adopting wise and flexible use of telehealth despite payment concerns. Green Center, As we begin month 9 of the pandemic, primary care is weaker, patients are sicker, and the pandemic is raging more fiercely. Physical health, mental health, and stress were similar among the 4 groups. Of 21 PCP survey respondents, 100% reported they would use the model intervention again, and 90% reported improved confidence in managing their patient’s care. Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) - Medical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic Mean duration and global severity among the 32 participants randomly assigned no pills was 8.41 days and 374 points, compared with 5.83 days and 277 points for the participants blinded to placebo (n = 25), 7.10 days and 275 points for the participants blinded to echinacea (n = 33), and 7.07 days and 264 points for the participants in the open-label echinacea group (n = 30).