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Young adult men who were previously infected with COVID-19 were not completely protected against reinfection, a study of U.S. marines found. Among 189 Marines who were seropositive but free of current SARS-CoV-2 infection at baseline, 10% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 via PCR during a 6-week follow-up period, reported Stuart Sealfon, MD, of Icahn School of

Native Natural Deodorant in Coconut & Vanilla Native Natural Sweating. We have to do it, but that doesn’t mean we need to like the results. Sweat helps us regulate our body temperatures but it can lead to unsightly armpit stains and smells. It’s not the sweat itself that creates the odor, it’s the bacteria that

The US Food and Drug Administration has declared Medtronic’s recent recall of batteries, power, and data link cables and other peripheral equipment for its Heartware Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) System as class I, the most serious category of safety alert, agency announced today. The recall, which the company announced to affected healthcare providers and patients

In January 2021, the Consumer Protection Safety Commission* released a report on the number of accidents involving a piece of furniture or a television falling on someone. Of the 571 fatalities, 469 were children under 18 years. The report covered the years between 2000 through 2019. In January 2018,** the CPSC released a similar report,

An investigational polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that detects the presence of a viral gene in Lyme disease–causing bacteria can distinguish between early and late infection, according to the results of a study that the authors describe as “systematic and comprehensive.” Jinyu Shan “The current way of diagnosing Lyme disease is struggling to reflect the

[embedded content] Neither science nor sense can explain these idiotic and damaging rules, says ZDoggMD. Following is a rough transcript of his remarks (Note: errors are possible): Hey everyone, so recently a resident physician from a large academic center back East emailed me and mentioned, OK look, they’re a second-year resident or something like that

Coronaviruses range from the common cold to more severe infections such as SARS (SARS-CoV) and MERS (MERS-CoV) and the current Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2). As yet there is no FDA-approved vaccine to prevent coronavirus infections.  These both have FDA emergency use authorization. Two of the Covid-19 vaccines available in the US use messenger RNA technology to prevent

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) decided Wednesday at the end of an emergency meeting that it did not have adequate information to change the current paused status of the Johnson & Johnson

Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm Burt’s Bees What’s worse than chapped lips? Dry and uncomfortable, chapped lips can even lead to split lips. Unfortunately, lips are primed to be chapped. Lips do not have sweat glands and if your salivary glands are running dry, then dry lips might be right around the corner. Thankfully, we’ve

Excess mortality among people with endogenous Cushing syndrome (CS) has declined in the past 20 years yet remains three times higher than in the general population, new research finds. Among more than 90,000 individuals with endogenous CS, the overall proportion of mortality ― defined as the ratio of the number of deaths from CS divided

For many years, I have treated individuals with substance use disorders. I have found this work to be both gratifying and frustrating. Part of the frustration stems from interactions with governmental agencies and families. The families are, of course, fearful and frustrated. They are watching their loved ones “die” before their eyes and want someone

Thanks to Amerisleep, we know why Tom Hanks’ character was “Sleepless in Seattle” – he had exploding head syndrome. Saying huh? Read on.  Using Google’s Keyword Planner, Amerisleep, a memory-foam mattress maker, analyzed four years of sleep-related queries in Google to learn what makes Americans toss and turn at night. For instance, Californians worry about

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Dr Jan E. Patterson On April 13, the CDC and the FDA issued a joint statement recommending a pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine administration, pending review of six reported US cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot

Our best toy pick for babies 3 months and up. Photo by Manhattan Toy With a newborn baby, it may seem like all you do is feed, change diapers and decipher the source for the latest meltdown. But even in the earliest of days, you should add playing with your child to that list, even

For as many disorders of cornification and types of ichthyosis that have been shown to benefit from retinoids, a seemingly equal number have no data or show no improvement. According to a consensus statement published in the February issue of Pediatric Dermatology, adequate data exist in the medical literature to demonstrate an improvement in use of systemic

WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services announced several actions Monday aimed at improving maternal health outcomes, especially among Black and Hispanic women. “This is the start of Black Maternal Health Week, a week that reminds us that in the year 2021 maternal mortality in the U.S. is higher than in most other

A new study published in the Frontiers of Psychiatry reinforces older studies that say smartphone addiction can ruin your sleep. The definition of smartphone addiction, according to those who consider themselves addicted, is “a decreased interest in face-to-face relationships, use despite knowledge of the negative consequences, impaired control over and preoccupation with their devices, and

Early use of tocilizumab (Actemra) does not reduce myocardial infarct size but modestly increases myocardial salvage in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), results of the ASSAIL-MI trial suggest. “We’re among the first to show that you can actually affect the reperfusion injury through anti-inflammatory treatment — it’s sort of a new attack

Lydia Zuraw, Kaiser Health News Kristin Novotny once led an active life, with regular CrossFit workouts and football in the front yard with her children — plus a job managing the kitchen at a middle school. Now, the 33-year-old mother of two from De Pere, Wisconsin, has to rest after any activity, even showering. Conversations

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Two scientific studies establishing a causal relationship between the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and severe thrombotic complications have now been published. The articles — one from a German/Austrian/Canadian collaboration and one from a Norwegian group — were published online April 9 in

Adding the immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy dramatically increased pathologic complete response (pCR) in patients with operable lung cancer, a randomized trial showed. The pCR rate increased from 2.2% with chemotherapy alone to 24.0% with the addition of nivolumab. The between-group difference increased in an analysis limited to patients who had complete

Claudia Finkelstein, Michigan State University It’s the moment we thought we were all waiting for…or is it?We were cautiously optimistic about the end of the pandemic in view of increasing vaccine availability and decreasing case numbers after the peak in January. Then, whether due to variants, pandemic fatigue or both, cases and case positivity began

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Several vaccine sites across the U.S. paused administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week after adverse reactions were reported, according to The Associated Press. On Thursday, three vaccination sites in North Carolina closed temporarily after several people had

Europe’s stuttering vaccine rollout faced multiple hurdles on Friday as EU regulators said they were reviewing side effects of the Johnson & Johnson shot and France further limited its use of the AstraZeneca jab. The US drugs regulator said it had not found a “causal” link between the J&J vaccine and blood clots, but that

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Loss of smell, loss of taste, dyspnea, and fatigue are the four most common symptoms that healthcare professionals in Sweden report 8 months after mild COVID-19 illness, new evidence reveals. Approximately one in 10 healthcare workers experience one or more moderate-to-severe

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Pfizer-BioNTech asked for authorization Friday to use their Covid-19 vaccine on 12 to 15-year-olds in the United States, which could mark a crucial next step toward achieving herd immunity. The mass vaccination of teenagers would also relieve an enormous strain on parents who are juggling the demands of homeschooling their children while keeping up with

Several students at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, New Hampshire, are being investigated on accusations of cheating on closed-book exams taken remotely, according to a report from a New Hampshire newspaper, the Valley News, on Wednesday. The report says the investigations started at earlier this year when a witness who was using Canvas,