Covid-19: Obesity May Increase Mechanical Ventilation Risk
Disease severity increased with BMI in retrospective analysis Obesity was found to be a risk...
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Author: Janine Anthes
Hypofractionated RT for Early Breast Cancer Improves Care
But no cost saving benefits A utilization management policy promoting hypofractionated radiotherapy is associated with the improvement of evidence-based cancer care for women with early breast cancer, researchers found. A...
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Smart Tech on Par with Standard Care for BP Control Following MI
Patients report high satisfaction with smartphone-based intervention An integrated smartphone...
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Effective for Post-Surgical Healing
Results in shorter times to wound closure and higher closure rates Negative pressure wound therapy...
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Reduces Postpartum MS Relapse
Effect seen through six months, but not after Exclusive breast feeding in the first 2 months...
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Klotho Gene Variant Offsets Alzheimer’s Risk
Amyloid burden also favorable for certain Klotho carriers Having one copy of the Klotho (KL) gene...
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Treatment Naive Psoriasis Patients Have Significant QoL Impairment
PROSE study finds treatment of disease not optimal Patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis who...
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Covid-19: Did It Come from Bats, a Lab Accident, a Bioweapons Experiment?
Let’s look at the evidence Was the emergence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 a natural...
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Acalabrutinib Effective as First-Line Therapy for CLL
Significantly improves PFS compared to chemoimmunotherapy The Bruton tyrosine-kinase (BTK)...
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FDA OKs First Targeted Cholangiocarcinoma Tx
A new option for patients with rare bile duct cancer WASHINGTON — Pemigatinib (Pemazyre) is...
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Covid-19: Viral Shedding Can Occur 2-3 Days Before Symptoms
This means contact tracing needs to capture more people to be successful It is no longer a...
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FDA Approves Tucatinib Plus Chemo for HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
First new drug approved under Project Orbis WASHINGTON — The FDA approved tucatinib (Tukysa)...
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Covid-19: PPE Skin Damage Common
Irritation may result in PPR protocol breaches Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic,...
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Covid-19: If It’s Friday, One Hopes the News Is Good
Editor-in-Chief Peggy Peck offers some thoughts about celebrating before all the facts are known...
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Covid-19: Did It Come from Bats, a Lab Accident, a Bioweapons Experiment?
Let’s look at the evidence Was the emergence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 a natural...
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Covid-19: Viral Shedding Can Occur 2-3 Days Before Symptoms
This means contact tracing needs to capture more people to be successful It is no longer a...
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Covid-19: PPE Skin Damage Common
Irritation may result in PPR protocol breaches Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic,...
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Covid-19: If It’s Friday, One Hopes the News Is Good
Editor-in-Chief Peggy Peck offers some thoughts about celebrating before all the facts are known...
Read MoreLab Protocol Failures Led to Ineffective COVID-19 Tests From CDC
Researchers entered and left COVID-19 labs without changing their coats, resulting in contamination of tests
Read MoreADHD Rates Up in Veterans
Rates more than doubled for veterans in the VA health system from 2009 to 2016
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