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September 25, 2021
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Top Questions Answered About COVID Boosters for Your Patients
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A lot of questions about the Pfizer/BioNTech booster shots are circulating after decisions from the FDA and the CDC and recommendations from two vaccine advisory committees.
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September 24, 2021
23:48
FDA Okays Evolocumab Add-On for FH in Children Aged 10 and Up
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The agency has approved the PCSK9 inhibitor for children 10 years of age and older with both homozygous and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
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23:33
FDA Issues Proposed Order for Over-the-Counter Sunscreens
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"We see it as a key public health priority and our regulatory obligation to make sure that marketed sunscreen products offer protection from the sun's effects."
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22:51
Two COVID-19 Vaccine Scientists Win 2021 Lasker Award in Medicine
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Two scientists whose decades-long work contributed to the development of the Pfizer- BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were awarded the 2021 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award.
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22:28
CDC Director Expands Boosters, Urges Unvaccinated to Get Shots
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Unless the unvaccinated get their shots, the extra protection will not be enough, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said at a Friday briefing.
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21:59
Los Angeles County Begins Giving Pfizer Booster Doses
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"Starting today, eligible Los Angeles County residents can begin receiving their booster dose at any of the hundreds of sites offering the Pfizer vaccine."
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21:13
Physician Shortages Blamed on Residency Policies in New Report
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Think tank asserts residency training is "hamstrung by its fractious design and needless complexity" and suggests comprehensive reform to repair physician pipeline.
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20:35
Delta Wants Airlines to Share Banned-Flyer Lists
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The FAA reported this week that it has received 4,385 reports of unruly passengers this year alone, including 3,199 reports of passengers refusing to obey the face mask rules.
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20:33
Alabama Leading US in COVID-19 Death Rate Over Last Week
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Alabama has averaged more than 100 deaths a day from COVID-19 over the last week, the nation's highest death rate even as hospitalizations linked to the coronavirus pandemic continue to decline.
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20:28
US Education Secretary Backs Mandatory Vaccine for Kids in School
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'Not only do I support it, but I'm encouraging states to come up with a plan to make sure it happens,' Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told Politico on Thursday as he toured schools in the Midwest.
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20:23
A Daily Pill to Treat COVID?
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At least three promising antiviral treatments for COVID-19 are being tested in clinical trials, with results expected as soon as late fall or winter.
Kaiser Health News
20:10
COVID-19 Toll in WVa Eclipses Worst US Coal Mine Disaster
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Gov. Jim Justice is asking why the daily tolls don't motivate more people to get their COVID-19 shots.
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19:59
NY Hospitals, Schools Fear Staff Shortage From Vaccine Rules
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Some of the nation's most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine mandates are scheduled to take effect Monday in New York amid continued resistance from some to the shots.
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18:45
Dupilumab Effective for Up To 1 Year in Teens With AD: Study
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Efficacy remained steady at high levels at 52 weeks, and serious adverse effects were rare, extension trial finds.
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18:43
Holding Mycophenolate Helps Immune Response to COVID Vaccination
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A comparison of patients with RMDs shows that withholding mycophenolate around the time of vaccination can be done safely and is associated with a positive antibody response to vaccination.
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18:23
Factors Differ for Early vs Late TNFi Switch in AS Patients
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Different factors were associated with switching an initial TNF inhibitor within 2 years vs after 2 years of treatment.
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18:06
A Plant-Based Diet for the Big Apple? That's the Plan
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams put his type 2 diabetes into remission with a plant-based diet. As New York City's likely next mayor, he'll aim to move residents in a 'plant-forward' direction.
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17:57
Use Live Donors for Liver Transplants for HCC Patients
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For patients with hepatocelluar carcinoma (HCC), liver transplant from a live donor improves survival and frees up organs from deceased donors for other patients on the long waiting list.
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17:40
Apple Devices Identify Early Parkinson's Disease
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Smartwatch motion sensors, cognitive tasks, and motor exams can differentiate between patients with early, untreated Parkinson's disease and healthy controls, new research shows.
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17:19
TVT Registry Low-risk Bicuspid TAVR 1-Year Results Hit Print
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Short-term outcomes were similar for bicuspid and tricuspid aortic stenosis, but randomized trials are need to direct optimal care in these patients, experts say.
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August 29, 2021
1:17
FIDELITY: Finerenone Cuts CV Risk in T2D Across CKD Spectrum
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Importantly, the study saw few cases of hyperkalemia associated with the drug, suggesting it avoids a major problem associated with spironolactone and eplerenone.
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0:59
DECAAF II: AF, Fibrosis Ablation Falls Short, but Signs of Hope
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The novel AF ablation technique produced better results when the ablated atrial fibrosis was at an early stage.
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August 28, 2021
22:12
APAF-CRT: 'Ablate and Pace' Cuts Mortality in HF, Permanent AF
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Heart block by ablation plus CRT emerged as far better than rate-control drug therapy for the trial's narrow-QRS patients with severely symptomatic, permanent AF and a past HF hospitalization.
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21:24
'Less Is More' for Edoxaban in Post-TAVI Anticoagulation: ENVISAGE-TAVI AF
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Although edoxaban was associated with similar net adverse cardiac events as vitamin K antagonists, it was linked to high rates of major bleeding in this phase 3b study.
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19:40
Low-to-Moderate Coffee Intake in Midlife Tied to Heart Benefits
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A new study found no adverse effects of coffee consumption on cardiovascular health and a possible benefit, based on cardiac MRI findings and stroke and mortality outcomes.
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18:33
MASTER DAPT: 1 Month DAPT Enough After High-Bleeding-Risk PCI
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The study gives the first prospective randomized evidence for abbreviated dual antiplatelet therapy in this group of patients with high risk for bleeding.
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0:54
Report Urges Complete Residency Overhaul
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New report recommends a top to bottom reorganization of the process to promote equity, standardize student evaluations, and reduce reliance on medical licensing exam scores.
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August 27, 2021
23:36
Long COVID Symptoms Can Persist for More Than 1 Year, Study Shows
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The largest study to date confirms that a substantial number of COVID-19 survivors have persistent problems. One researcher calls it a "modern medical challenge of the first order."
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23:30
Classroom Study Highlights Delta Variant's Threat to Schools
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A school in Northern California saw a COVID-19 spike after an unvaccinated teacher removed her mask to read to students.
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22:59
ICMs Detect Serious Arrhythmias in High-Risk Post-MI: SMART-MI
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After an MI, implantable cardiac monitors are sensitive for detecting serious arrhythmias in patients with cardiac autonomic dysfunction but only moderately reduced LVEF, according to new trial results.
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22:55
iPhone Flash Helps Nurse Identify Her Infant Son's Retinoblastoma
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An inadvertent flash exposed an unusual glow in her son's right eye. Now, a smartphone app can help parents identify possible eye disorders early.
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22:43
Flu Shot Timing: What's Optimal?
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Research finds quick decline in influenza vaccination efficacy among hospitalized adults, suggesting delays might improve public health outcomes.
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22:30
US Teens 16 to 17 Have the Highest COVID Infection Rate
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As of Saturday, children 16-17 accounted for 160.3 COVID weekly cases per 100,000 people, CNN said, citing data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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22:12
Brutal Benchmark: Arizona Passes 1 Million COVID-19 Cases
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The benchmark is the latest in a tumultuous year and a half where Arizona went from being touted as a pandemic success story to being 'the hot spot of the world' and then being a model again.
Associated Press
22:07
Dapagliflozin in HFrEF May Cut Arrhythmias, Sudden Death: DAPA-HF
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Response to the positive findings was tempered, however, by the post hoc nature of the analysis, choice of primary outcome, and inconsistencies among key subgroups.
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22:06
Capacity Straining at Some Florida Hospital Morgues
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Mounting deaths from the latest surge in COVID-19 have strained the capacity of hospital morgues and funeral homes in central Florida.
Associated Press
21:46
Cryotherapy Found Efficacious for Chronic Rhinitis
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Cryoablation of the posterior nasal nerve may reduce the symptoms of chronic rhinitis, results of a recently published trial suggest.
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21:39
SSRI Helps Prevent Hospitalization in COVID Patients: Study
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In a large platform trial of high-risk COVID-19 outpatients in Brazil, a 10-day course of fluvoxamine reduced emergency department and hospital admissions by nearly a third.
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21:02
Pace of US COVID Infections May Be Slowing, But Still Rising
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The number of new cases is still very high, averaging around 152,000 per day, a rate not seen since last January, CNBC said.
WebMD Health News
20:42
UCSF Oncologist Charged With Possession of Child Pornography
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The charge alleges that Joseph Mollick, MD, possessed at least 2000 images and videos of child pornography on his Apple iCloud account.
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August 20, 2021
23:45
Phase 3 Drug Trial for ALS Halted for Lack of Efficacy
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The global CHAMPION-ALS trial of ravulizumab for adults with ALS is being discontinued following a data review, Alexion has announced.
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23:33
FDA Warns Again About Robotic Mastectomy, Breaks New Ground
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Use of robotic mastectomy for breast cancer is experimental and a 'significant' risk, says the US Food and Drug Administration.
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22:58
Insurance Companies Stop Waiving Out-of-Pocket COVID Costs
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Early in the pandemic, 88% of people enrolled in fully insured private health plans would have paid little or nothing out of pocket if they were hospitalized with the virus, the Kaiser Family Foundation said.
WebMD Health News
22:55
1 Million Vaccine Doses Given Thursday, Government Says
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The increase in vaccinations is occurring in sections of the nation with large numbers of unvaccinated people.
WebMD Health News
22:05
Guidance on Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for MS Patients
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A third dose of the vaccine may be beneficial for patients who take the disease-modifying therapies with the largest effects on the immune system, according to the National MS Society.
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21:56
Montana Only State to Ban Vaccine Requirements for Employees
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Montana is the only state in the US with a law like this for private employers, said Hemi Tewarson, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy.
Associated Press
21:21
COVID Anxiety Rising Amid Delta Surge, AP-NORC Poll Finds
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Anxiety over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter as the Delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and vaccination requirements, and hospitals again fill to capacity.
Associated Press
21:06
Healthcare Workers Eager for COVID Booster Shots
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As COVID vaccine boosters move closer to reality, most physicians and nurses are ready and willing to get another shot in the arm, according to a new Medscape survey.
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20:52
Alleged Brain Surgeon Squats on Domains, Punks Journals
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Someone using Michael George Zaki Ghali's name bought two fake web domains for the Karolinska Institutet to make it look as though he was affiliated with the world-famous medical center.
ProPublica
20:38
Early Data for Experimental THC Drug 'Promising' for Tourette's
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A new compound containing THC and palmitoylethanolamide shows promise for reducing tics in adults with severe Tourette's syndrome in a small phase 2 trial.
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20:38
Only a Fraction of Breakthrough Infections as Cases Surge
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A May 1 decision by the CDC to only track breakthrough infections that lead to hospitalization or death has left the nation with a muddled understanding of COVID-19's impact on the vaccinated.
ProPublica
19:54
'Bracing for the Worst' in Florida's COVID-19 Hot Zone
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As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state's latest surge.
Associated Press
19:34
Nurse Anesthetist Association Name Change Provokes Criticism
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists says the new name is misleading to patients.
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19:25
Scientists Say Biden Jumped the Gun With Vaccine Booster Plan
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Many experts say the evidence doesn't justify widespread booster shots for adults.
Kaiser Health News
19:08
GOP Governors, School Districts Battle Over Mask Mandates
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"This thing [the virus] is not playing with us," Marcia Andrews, a member of the Palm Beach County, Florida, school board, said. "I don't want to see a kid die."
Associated Press
18:55
Managing Sleep Problems in Older Adults
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"We hear a lot about what we shouldn’t be giving to older adults, but not a lot about what should we be doing," an expert notes.
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18:03
Q&A: Get Flu Shot Early This Year? Same Time as COVID Vaccine?
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For people getting a COVID-19 shot this fall, what is the best strategy to also get immunized against the seasonal flu?
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17:28
Influenza Antivirals Perform Similarly Compared With Placebo
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There were some differences in time to alleviation of symptoms and risk for nausea and vomiting, but the antiviral agents in the meta-analysis largely showed similar outcomes.
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16:32
Globally, US Doctors Paid Most, Women Paid Least: Survey
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In recent surveys of eight international countries, doctors in the United States were top earners and gender pay disparity exists worldwide.
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16:28
Convalescent Plasma Didn't Help High-Risk COVID Patients: NIH
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"We were hoping that the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma would achieve at least a 10% reduction in disease progression in this group, but instead the reduction we observed was less than 2%."
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August 19, 2021
19:45
COVID Politics and Fatigue Working Against Contact-Tracing
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With resources already stretched, along with the politicization of COVID-19, county and state health departments in places like Missouri and Texas are making tough calls on whom to trace.
Kaiser Health News
19:25
Diet, Exercise in Older Adults With Knee OA Pay Off in Long Term
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Older adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who participated in a 1.5-year diet and exercise trial continued to see benefits 3.5 years after the interventions ended.
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19:10
Preterm and Early Term Birth Linked to Increased Autism Risk
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Although previous studies have linked preterm births to increased autism risk, a new study finds potential causality, sex-specific differences, and association with early births were still unclear.
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18:28
Increased Stroke Risk Linked to Excess Sitting in Those Under 60
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Spending more free time seated combined with engaging in low physical activity is associated with an increased risk for stroke in adults between 40 and 60 years of age, new research suggests.
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18:15
Low Depression Scores May Miss Seniors With Suicidal Intent
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Although it is commonly assumed that suicidal intent and depression go hand in hand, new research suggests that low depressive symptom scores may mask suicidal intent in older adults.
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17:46
NSAIDs Match Steroids for Cataract Surgery Inflammation
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory eye drops, given on the day of cataract surgery, might work as well as steroids to prevent macular edema.
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17:11
Drop in COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Against Delta Seen in US Nursing Homes
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The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines for people in American nursing homes and long-term care facilities has dropped since the Delta variant became dominant in the US, government researchers said on Wednesday.
Reuters Health Information
17:08
Haiti Quake Has Stalled COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign, PAHO Says
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Haiti's COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been stalled by Saturday's quake and medical personnel, equipment, and logistical support are urgently needed to help the country deal with multiple health emergencies.
Reuters Health Information
17:02
French Medical Couple Resist COVID-19 Jab Despite Threat to Jobs
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They could lose their jobs, might jeopardise their mortgage and have experienced a rift with some colleagues, but a couple of French health workers are determined not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Reuters Health Information
17:01
Pathology Review After Splenectomy Often Unnecessary
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The vast majority of tissue reviews in patients who have undergone trauma-related splenectomy reveal no new medical conditions, new research shows, leading some to suggest that guidelines be amended
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16:22
To Be, or Not to Be? More Counseling Needed for Gender Dysphoria
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'It's not about making life harder for people who wish to transition but about improving care for all people who identify as transgender,' says the author of a new essay.
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16:20
Progestin-Only Oral Contraceptives Tied to Cardiac Events in Long QT Syndrome
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Women with long QT syndrome who use progestin-only oral contraceptives without concomitant beta-blockers are at increased risk for cardiac events, a new study suggests.
Reuters Health Information
16:16
Early ADT May Not Up OS in Prostate Cancer With PSA Relapse
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Early initiation of continuous androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for biochemical relapse did not meaningfully improve overall survival in a retrospective study.
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16:13
Tocilizumab Shortage Continues as Pandemic Wears On
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Emergency use authorization of tocilizumab for COVID-19 has led to a global shortage, but supplies for rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions are faring better — for now.
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16:08
Infections, Low IgG Seen in Many Kids Receiving Rituximab for Rheumatic Disease
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A significant proportion of children with rheumatic diseases develop new-onset hypogammaglobulinemia and infections following treatment with the monoclonal antibody rituximab, according to new US research.
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