Even during this pandemic, we can participate in outdoor activities that also allow for proper social distancing, like sunbathing, swimming and exercising. But don’t forget you still need to use sunscreen to protect your skin, now and for the future. Sunscreen protects the skin against premature aging, primarily caused by hyperpigmentation, (darkened patches of skin) which is why dermatologists stress sunscreen’s importance. It also
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Two-year outcomes following transcatheter mitral valve replacement with the Tendyne prosthesis showed durable control of mitral regurgitation, sustained improvement in quality of life and functional capacity, and a marked drop-off in the rate of hospitalization for heart failure, David W.M. Muller, MBBS, MD, reported at the virtual annual meeting of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular
Before COVID-19, most of us Ordinary People had no notion that wearing a face mask would disrupt and infiltrate nearly every aspect of our lives. Are there any among us who don’t notice the itchy skin, the sweat, the instant fog on our glasses, the perceived if not honest suffocating feeling when we exercise, climb
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) today issued a formal apology for past racism and included quotes from board meetings in the 1940s that illustrate the depths of the injustices. Specifically, the AAP apologizes for treatment of the organization’s first black members, Alonzo deGrate Smith, MD, and Roland Boyd Scott, MD, who were initially rejected
Telehealth’s early bonanza during the pandemic has given way to persistently elevated use in primary care, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report showed. Analysis of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) data showed an increase in Medicare primary care visits from 0.1% of all primary care in February to 43.5% in April, representing an increase
By 2032, the United States is predicted to see a shortage of nearly 122,000 physicians, according to the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges). In the continuing nightmare that is the global coronavirus pandemic, how can this be, as it seems now more than ever healthcare (public or private) is arguably the most “essential” industry
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The expansion of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how technology can extend the reach of primary care providers, according to a team of researchers. The researchers from the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford
E-cigarette ads on social media platforms frequented by teenagers and young adults that include cartoons get more “likes” than ads that don’t, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California’s Keck School of Medicine. “The promotions that come out of e-cigarette companies are meant to be appealing to young people using
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today: Testing Falling Short The United States has more COVID-19 testing capacity than most other countries, yet laboratories have been overwhelmed and many patients report
Preemptive therapeutic-dose anticoagulation for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 wasn’t linked to better outcomes in a small observational study. In fact, relative risk of in-hospital mortality with this strategy was 2.3 times greater (P=0.04) than seen with standard prophylactic dosing on multivariate analysis, with 38.7 vs 14.4 deaths per 100 patients. “When we focused on patients
By 2032, the United States is predicted to see a shortage of nearly 122,000 physicians, according to the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges). In the continuing nightmare that is the global coronavirus pandemic, how can this be, as it seems now more than ever healthcare (public or private) is arguably the most “essential” industry
Hundreds of academics, anti-poverty advocates and others have signed petitions demanding the journal Society retract a new commentary which argues, in essence, that poor Black and Hispanic people in the United States are poor because they haven’t figured out how to be more white. One petition, to the editor of the journal, Jonathan Imber, had garnered more than 550 signatories by
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Further refinement of data from patients hospitalized worldwide for COVID-19 disease showed a 12% prevalence rate of patients with diabetes in this population and a 17% prevalence rate for hypertension. These are lower rates than previously reported for COVID-19 patients with
For the fifth year in a row, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has taken the top spot in the U.S. News & World Report‘s Best Hospitals annual rankings. For the 2020-2021 edition, the Cleveland Clinic claimed the second slot, up from number four last year, and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore remained at number three.
With all the advanced and sophisticated communication devices available today, who would have thought a dated handheld transceiver, a walkie-talkie, would be the best piece of equipment for COVID-19 patients and their families as they try to connect during the pandemic. Two New York-Presbyterian physicians have launched a new program called VoiceLove Project that aims to
(Reuters) – Moderna Inc said on Monday it had started a late-stage trial to test the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the first such study under the Trump administration’s program to speed development of measures against the novel coronavirus. News of the study, which will test the response to the vaccine in 30,000 adults
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 can mean weeks’ long illness, even in young adults and those without chronic conditions who have mild disease and are treated in outpatient settings, according to survey results in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease
Flu and pneumonia vaccinations were linked to reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease, research from the virtual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) suggested. People who were vaccinated against pneumonia when they were ages 65 to 75 years had nearly 40% less risk of Alzheimer’s disease depending on their genetic profile, reported Svetlana Ukraintseva, PhD, of Duke
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. From mid-March to mid-May, heart donor recoveries and heart transplant volume both decreased by 26% nationally, compared with the early part of 2020. COVID-19’s greatest impact on heart transplant activity was seen in the hardest-hit Northeast part of the country, but
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape’s editors around the globe think you need to know about today: New Symptom Oral petechial lesions observed in a small number of COVID-19 patients have some dermatologists curious if enanthem, in addition to skin rash
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the
We’ve long known that there is a connection between our well-being and nature, but researchers are interested in learning more about the topic, to better understand that connection. To do this, they launched a new study and are looking for participants. Past studies have already drawn a connection between nature and our wellness and well-being. This can
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today granted accelerated approval to brexucabtagene autoleucel (Tecartus, Kite Pharma), the first approved chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). The new agent is the second approved CAR T cell product developed by Kite and follows
There’s no harm in admitting it: Many of us have been a little restless (maybe even more than a little) during the pandemic, and the changes it brought into our lives, with daily schedules that can either make us sleep more than usual or barely at all. However, while it’s crucial to try and keep a consistent
Medical professionals are tweeting pictures of themselves in swimsuits with the hashtag #MedBikini, accompanied by sharp rebukes of a study that labeled such images on social media as “potentially unprofessional.” The study, published by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, sought to quantify the prevalence of “unprofessional” content
During the recent months of the pandemic, cancer patients undergoing active treatment saw their risk for death increase 15-fold with a COVID-19 diagnosis, real-world data from two large healthcare systems in the Midwest found. Among nearly 40,000 patients who had undergone treatment for their cancer at some point over the past year, 15% of those
This past Wednesday, the United States recorded 1,100 coronavirus-related deaths within 24 hours for the second consecutive day, according to a Reuters analysis. Reading numbers like this can be disconcerting, but getting this type of information is important because it keeps us informed about the virus and its effect on the U.S. However, there is more to the story than
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 infections in long-term-care facilities in Ontario, Canada, appear to have started with workers, researchers say. “A lot of the work in these facilities is low paying, and you have folks working in multiple facilities,” David Fisman, MD, MPH, a professor