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RECAM vs. RUCAM: Finding a better way to diagnose DILI
The Revised Electronic Causality Assessment Method is less subjective and more reliable than RUCAM, especially at diagnostic extremes.
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Antibody mix may prevent COVID symptoms in some asymptomatic people
The results suggest new potential for monoclonal antibodies currently used for postexposure prophylaxis and treatment of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2....
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Childhood trauma may influence vaccine hesitancy
Hesitancy was three times higher among people who had experienced four or more types of childhood trauma.
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Kids’ mask use linked with fewer childcare closings
Researchers analyzed nationwide survey results and found that, when kids wore masks in childcare centers, closings were reduced by 14%.
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COVID at 2 years: Preparing for a different ‘normal’
There are good reasons for optimism among leading U.S. experts.
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Parent group warns of social media/eating disorders link
The January barrage of weight loss, body, and beauty messages can trigger dangerous behaviors in young people, especially on top of the added...
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Medicaid expansion curbs disparities, increases immigrant access, in postpartum care
Expansion of Medicaid was associated with higher rates of postpartum coverage and reduced racial/ethnic disparities in postpartum care, and...
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Super-low uric acid may not be best for erosive gout
Lowering the target for uric acid levels from the current standard doesn’t result in better gout outcomes and leads to more medication use and...
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Pediatric antibiotic prescriptions plummeted in pandemic
Study authors say a reduction in prescriptions at visits for respiratory tract infections accounted for 87.3% of the decrease.
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CDC panel recommends Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for ages 12-15
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, must still approve the recommendation for it to take effect.
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Obesity prevention in infants benefits second-born too
Even years after the first birth, the information parents get on feeding and sleeping approaches helps benefit the next sibling, a study shows.
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COVID affects executive functioning in young to middle-age adults: Study
“COVID is not ‘one and done.’ It can have lasting and quite subtle and damaging effects on the human body.”
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Margin marking of polyps before EMR cuts recurrence: Study
After 6 months, EMR-MM led to a lower recurrence rate compared with the historical control group with traditional EMR.
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Ophthalmologist who developed medical botox dies at 89
Four decades ago, Alan Brown Scott, MD, turned the drug, once a deadly poison, into a revolutionary treatment for obscure eye diseases.