Month: May 2022

Headache medicine expert Joel Saper, MD once saw the formation of the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties as a sign of progress in the field. In 2005, he even helped write their first certification exam for headache medicine. Dr Joel Saper Now he’s calling fraud. After Saper’s initial 10-year certification expired, he paid $1,800 to
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For years, physicians around the world have watched as strain after strain of the deadly bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis evolves resistance to drugs. A new method of analyzing whole genome sequences of TB, applied to a massive set of strains of the bacteria collected from clinics around the world, has revealed 39 new genes associated with
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In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers reported the vaccine effectiveness (VE) and duration of immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron. Study: Facing the Omicron variant – How well do vaccines protect against mild and severe COVID-19? Third interim analysis of a living systematic review. Image Credit:
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Whether it’s dealing with another yeast infection, feeling like you constantly have UTIs, or trying to figure out what your discharge means, understanding vaginal health is really important. Here, Jenna Farmer chats to the experts to help you get the lowdown ‘down there’ Whatever you might have read online about vaginal steaming or douching (seriously,
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Immunotherapy with nivolumab (Opdivo) is now approved in the United States for first-line use in the treatment of unresectable advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The new approval for the drug, a programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor, is for use in this patient population regardless of PD-L1 status. the indication also specifies
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Low-Carb and Keto Cereals to Try Right Now – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2022 Everyday Health, Inc. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and may not be used by third parties without explicit
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The World Health Organization has said that there is a “window” of opportunity to contain a recent monkeypox outbreak which has seen cases spread across Europe, the U.S. and Australia. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The World Health Organization said Monday that it is too soon to tell whether a recent monkeypox outbreak could
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Time-restricted eating reduced cardiovascular risk among older breast cancer survivors, a single-group feasibility study suggests. The results show a 15% relative decline in cardiovascular risk, measured using the Framingham Risk Score, among at-risk breast cancer survivors (BCS) after only 8 weeks of following a time-restricted eating regimen, reported Amy A. Kirkham, PhD, assistant professor of kinesiology and
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Joining us today to discuss mitral annular disjunction (MAD) is Samuel J. Asirvatham, M.D., professor of medicine and pediatrics, Vice Chair for Innovation, and Director of Electrophysiology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Visit Mayo Clinic: https://mayocl.in/2COVmlm Like Mayo Clinic on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MayoClinic Follow Mayo Clinic on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mayoclinic/ Follow Mayo Clinic on Twitter:https://twitter.com/MayoClinic
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In a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers assessed the characteristics of natural and hybrid immunity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. Study: Protection and Waning of Natural and Hybrid Immunity to SARS-CoV-2. Image Credit: Cinefootage Visuals/Shutterstock Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections have been known to induce
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5 Ways to Manage Stress and Diabetes – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2022 Everyday Health, Inc. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission.
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Children with high-risk neuroblastoma had worse outcomes if they were from certain racial/ethnic groups or were on public rather than private insurance, despite being treated in clinical trials with standardized protocols, according to a study led by investigators from Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. The study shows that young patients from historically marginalized
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“That’s sort of going, ‘Well vanilla didn’t work; we’ll try French vanilla.'” — Gary Sachs, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, on the benefits of adjunctive cariprazine (Vraylar) for patients who have failed on multiple first-line antidepressants. “Here we are, waking up in yet another scenario where we have, in this case, children that
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A new preprint study on the Preprints with The Lancet* server has found that transforming growth factor (TGF)-β2 levels could be linked to asymptomatic and mild disease in both convalescent mothers and women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2  (SARS-CoV-2) infection at the time of delivery. A protective role of TGF-β2 was depicted in the
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