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In order to mitigate the spread of monkeypox, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expanding access to Jynneos (smallpox and monkeypox vaccine, live, nonreplicating), a vaccine indicated for prevention of smallpox and monkeypox disease in adults 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk for smallpox or […]
Although intramedullary implants are frequently used to treat stable intertrochanteric (IT) fractures, there was little data to show that they are preferable to extramedullary implants in treating these fractures. For a study, researchers sought to assess intramedullary vs. extramedullary implants’ short-term (30-day) results in patients with closed nondisplaced stable IT fractures. Between 2016 and 2019, […]
Although bronchial allergen challenge (BAC) is occasionally used to distinguish patients with allergic asthma among those with atopic asthma, it is currently considered a research tool without any protocols for use beyond diagnosing mild asthma and fulfilling study needs, according to Ioana Agache, MD, and colleagues. Expanding Bronchial Allergen Challenge Application A European Academy […]
Guangdong Eye Institute,Department of Ophthalmology,Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospita,lGuangdong Academy of Medical Sciences,The Second School of Clinical Medicine,Southern Medical University,China Prior research indicates that patients with diabetes for at least 20 years will almost always be diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy (DR). Evidence also suggests a high prevalence of DR in China, thus creating the largest DR […]
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic autoinflammatory skin condition that affects more women than males. The condition causes a terrible quality of life as well as physical and psychological complications. For a study, researchers sought to analyze how HS affected women’s self-perception and life experiences. Interviews were done with 22 women ranging in age and […]
Because of database constraints, many studies only monitor outcomes after surgeries like posterior lumbar fusion (PLF) for 30 days. However, detrimental occurrences may not have reached a halt by that point. As a result, researchers employed a different database for a study to assess the timing of adverse events 90 days following PLF. Adult PLF […]
The United States on Wednesday announced an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech for 105 million doses of Covid vaccine for Americans this fall. The $3.2 billion contract, signed between the companies and the US health and defense departments, includes vaccines for babies, young children, teens and adults, and may include Omicron-specific vaccines, which a panel […]
For many years, there has been a gender discrepancy in orthopedic surgery. Because research has an impact on promotions, researchers for a study sought to determine the patterns in female authorship in three journals over the last 25 years for both first and senior authors. From 1995 through 2020, all publications from the Journal of […]
WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adjuvant hormone therapy (AHT)-related hot flashes predict worse breast cancer outcomes among patients in clinical routine practice, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Erwei Zeng, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues used data from the National Quality […]
WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Insomnia negatively impacts nearly 30 percent of adults, according to the results of a survey released online by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The online survey of 2,010 U.S. adults was conducted from Feb. 17 to 24, 2022. According to the results of the survey, 64 percent […]
