Month: December 2022

In this video, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, sits down with allergist and immunologist Zachary Rubin, MD, of Oak Brook Allergists in Illinois, to discuss the lasting affects of COVID-19 on pediatric health. Part one of their discussion — where they discuss the pediatric “tripledemic” of flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19 —
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What was causing ongoing severe acute chest pain in this 65-year-old patient with no cardiovascular risk factors or prior heart problems? That was the conundrum for Stefano Savonitto, MD, and colleagues at Manzoni Hospital in Lecco, Italy, when the patient arrived at their emergency department early one morning. They reported in JAMA Internal Medicine that
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This year we have seen three different Prime Ministers and UK governments. Amongst the political turbulence, we’ve accomplished a lot in cancer policy and campaigning in all four nations of the UK and globally. From research and prevention to diagnosis, we’ve been advocating for change to beat cancer. Here are some highlights. A group of
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Leading cardiology societies have issued a “call for action” on a global scale to reinvent randomized clinical trials fit for the 21st century. “Randomized trials are an essential tool for reliably assessing the effects of treatments, but they have become too costly and too burdensome,” first author Louise Bowman, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, told
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There’s no questions that sun exposure increases your risk of skin cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the U.S. More health and medical news on the Mayo Clinic News Network. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/ Journalists: Clean and nat sound versions of this pkg available
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Clinicians in the United States are reporting more cases of invasive group A streptococcal infection (iGAS) in children, according to an alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These infections are rare but can be deadly, and they can affect adults as well as children. Healthcare providers should consider this bacterial infection as
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There are many over-the-counter health supplements available in the market that claim they can lower cholesterol levels. But a new study has said six of these supplements are ineffective in doing so. Supplements, including fish oil, garlic, cinnamon, turmeric, plant sterols, and red yeast do not lower “bad” cholesterol levels, the study published in the Journal
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Travelers have a host of pathogens to dodge this winter, including the “tripledemic” of infections caused by Covid-19, flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). But there are steps people can take to reduce their chances of getting sick, say health specialists at Spain’s SHA Wellness Clinic. The key is to develop “a resilient immune system
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I was reading about the relationship between the pioneering psychologist Erik Erikson and the iconic painter Norman Rockwell. Erikson, who gained fame for explicating eight crucial stages of psychosocial development across the lifespan, was Rockwell’s psychotherapist. Both men lived in the idyllic Massachusetts town of Stockbridge, where Rockwell painted one of his most recognized pieces
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Patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) who abstain from alcohol have improved outcomes, including reduced all-cause and liver-related mortality, even if they have high-risk portal hypertension, indicates a retrospective study. More than 300 ALD patients with clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) who underwent a baseline hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurement were followed for a
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As the temperatures drop, your risk of cold-related injury, like frostbite, can go way up. Dr. Sanj Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon, says frostbite is more common than many people think. If the windchill drops below negative 15 degrees Fahrenheit, which is not unheard of in the northern half of the
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For future doctors, there are few decisions as important or as nerve-wracking as deciding on a specialty. Here are a few questions to get you thinking and help narrow down your options: What are your areas of scientific and clinical interest? Do you prefer direct or indirect patient care? Do you want primarily a surgical
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Various triggers can cause anaphylaxis during peanut oral immunotherapy (POIT), but they’re preventable, a small retrospective study suggests. “Anaphylaxis episodes during POIT can occur both during dose escalation and maintenance phases,” Aikaterini Anagnostou, MD, PhD, and her co-authors at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, write in a Letter to the Editor published this
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In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers longitudinally evaluated the antibody response against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in lactating individuals. Study: Milk antibody response after 3rd dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection and implications for infant protection. Image Credit: evso/Shutterstock Background Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended
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