As the omicron variant brings a new wave of uncertainty and fear, I can’t help reflecting back to March 2020, when people in health care across the U.S. watched in horror as COVID-19 swamped New York City. Hospitals were overflowing with sick and dying patients, while ventilators and personal protective equipment were in short supply.
Month: December 2021
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. One-hundred-fifty health care workers at an Israeli hospital received a second COVID booster shot Monday in an experiment to see if the extra boost offers more protection against the Omicron variant. Data from the test at Sheba Medical Centre near Tel
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo | EPA | Bloomberg | Getty Images The federal government should consider requiring Covid-19 vaccines
Can fixing what’s broken in an ailing healthcare system create a model for everything else that’s going wrong in this country, and around the world? As we come to the end of another fun-filled year in healthcare, so many conversations have been started about things we need to do, about ways we need to change,
A new study from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has found children’s books may perpetuate gender stereotypes. Such information in early education books could play an integral role in solidifying gendered perceptions in young children. The results are available in the December issue of the journal Psychological Science. “Some of the stereotypes
Nine-year-old Kingston Murriel’s favorite Christmas character is the Grinch, but for a very different reason than other kids. Houston doctors have helped Kingston’s heart grow three times the size, just like the Grinch. The boy, from Brandon, Mississippi, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a defect in which a small and weakened left ventricle
Thousands more first and second doses were administered last week compared with the week before, as the public are today reminded that the offer of a vaccine is still available and encouraged to come forward to protect themselves against Omicron. 221,564 first doses were administered in the week of 15 to 21 December in England,
It’s easy to beat ourselves up over relapses when it comes to eating disorders, but it’s all a unique journey. Here we share essential tips to help you through the rough patches of recovery Recovering from an eating disorder is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. When we start our journeys
As the holiday season is filled with get-togethers and meetups with friends and family, inevitably, this is also a time when people are more likely to indulge and enjoy. While there’s nothing wrong with having your fill of Christmas roast and sweet treats, too much of anything is always bad and can leave you bloated even before the party
Maria Trent, MD, MPH, was studying ways clinicians can leverage technology to care for adolescents years before COVID-19 exposed the challenges and advantages of telehealth. Dr Maria Trent Trent, a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist and professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, has long believed that the phones in her patients’
So you want to become a nurse practitioner. You want to work in healthcare, but being a doctor seems like overkill. Why not have many of the doctoring upsides while avoiding many of the doctoring downsides. Here’s how you can decide if becoming an NP is a good career for you. 💌 Sign up for
GI, liver, and pancreatic diseases cost the U.S. health care system about $120B per year and account for approximately 250,000 annual deaths, according to a “conservative” estimate from a recent analysis. These figures emphasize the need for more research funding in the area, along with additional clinical and public health initiatives, reported lead author Anne
Dr. Anthony Fauci takes part in a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and other members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on developments related to the Omicron COVID-19 variant from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 9, 2021. Leah Millis | Reuters
It’s that time of year again: the American Diabetes Association released its annual Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, with new updates on managing diabetes and prediabetes. (Diabetes Care) Although childhood obesity rates were already steadily rising before, the COVID-19 pandemic only seemed to accelerate this trend in Massachusetts. (JAMA Pediatrics) The FDA cleared Koios
Researchers in Japan have evaluated hemodynamic factors that may help identify sites where aneurysms are likely to form. Detailed findings of this study are described in the article “Computational fluid dynamic analysis of the initiation of cerebral aneurysms” by Soichiro Fujimura et al., published today in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Unruptured aneurysms are most often
Mark James, a corrections deputy for St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office, youth football coach, and mentor, knows that it takes a village to raise a child, which is why he created a special mentorship program. When James isn’t on duty, he spends his free time mentoring the young men in his community, to make sure
Scientists at Scripps Research, University of Chicago and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new Achilles’ heel of influenza virus, making progress in the quest for a universal flu vaccine. Antibodies against a long-ignored section of the virus, which the team dubbed the anchor, have the potential to recognize a broad
We’re thinking about our health more than ever, but there comes a point when anxiety about health in itself can become a problem Over the past couple of years, the topic of health has become front and centre in our minds. As the Coronavirus pandemic spread, so, of course, did our fear. This is natural
A new program that is a spinoff from City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center is offering remote second opinions from oncologists concerning management plans for lung cancer patients. In a new study of initial data from the program, the expert-on-demand service recommended significant changes to treatment plans for more than one quarter of patients and
A new study has revealed potential cell-specific effects of the human Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor tofacitinib, including possible targets – such as intestinal inflammation – for future research and even for increasing the drug’s effects. The work used both mice and human cell models to explore the drug’s effect in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The
Emergency Room nurses and EMTs tend to patients in hallways at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on August 18, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Flu cases are on the rise in the United States. That could put pressure on hospitals already battling a surge of Covid. The so-called “twindemic” —
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include the best oral anticoagulant, managing immune-modulating
A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports in adolescents 11-14 years old, that schools account for a small, but significant part of a young person’s mental health. As young people transition back-to-school, we must prioritize their mental health and consider what we can
The Christmas season is all about doing things to show others we care and spreading holiday cheer. This year, donations from generous supporters have allowed GreaterGood, in partnership with Greater Good Charities, to spread lots of good Christmas cheer by sending toys to at-risk and needy children in areas hit hard by poverty and natural
A new medRxiv* preprint study suggests that the immune response against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is greater with a three-dose regimen than a two-dose regimen. Administering a Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot produced a 1.7-fold increase in IgG levels one after one month compared to IgG levels one month after the second dose. Additionally,
Field cancerization and subsequent second cancer in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) patients was significantly associated with cigarette and alcohol use, based on data from more than 300 individuals. Cigarette and alcohol use are established risk factors for SCCs of the esophagus, head, and neck, Manabu Moto, MD, of Kyoto University, and colleagues wrote. “In addition,
Doctor, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant. Three different healthcare paths with three overlapping but distinct outcomes. How can you know which is right for you? I’ll help you decide. The doctor training path, whether MD or DO, is the longest by far. After your 4 premed years in college, you’ll complete another 4 years of
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