FDA Expands Approval of Jardiance for Patients With Heart Failure
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Approval for Jardiance (empagliflozin) has been...
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Johnson & Johnson Finalizes $26 Billion Opioid Settlement
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Settlements totaling $26 billion have been...
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Nearly Half of 500 Million Free COVID-19 Tests Still Left
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As COVID-19 cases across the United States drop,...
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Enhanced External Counterpulsation Eases ‘Long COVID’
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with “long COVID,”...
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Vaccine Rollout Linked to Drop in Severe COVID-19 in Dialysis Patients
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of severe COVID-19 infections was...
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Children, Adults Can Transmit SARS-CoV-2 to Household Contacts
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children and adults within a household can transmit...
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Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Seems to Be Less Common
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Completely asymptomatic severe acute respiratory...
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Systemic Anticancer Treatment Not Tied to Higher COVID-19 Mortality
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients actively receiving systemic...
Read MoreThe impact of COVID-19 on healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units in low and middle income countries: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings.
This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare-associated infection (HAI) incidence in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs).Patients from 7 LMICs were followed during hospital intensive care unit (ICU)...
Read MoreMaximizing Benefit of Virtual Learning: Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has profoundly impacted surgical education. We assessed resident perceptions of our virtual academic program, which consists of daily lectures or case conferences held via a...
Read MorePatterns of mortality after pancreatoduodenectomy: A root cause, day-to-day analysis.
Mortality is consistently reported as an outcome metric in pancreatic surgery. Given its heterogeneity, better characterization of it might provide crucial insights for clinical practice. This study aimed to analyze the timeline...
Read MoreRacial and demographic disparities in emergency department utilization for mental health concerns before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study investigated whether emergency department (ED) visits for mental health concerns increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking a health disparities lens. ED encounters from the only academic medical center in...
Read MoreDifferences in Older Adults Walking Football Initiation and Maintenance Influences Across Respondent Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
Despite health benefits gained from physical activity and sport participation, older adults are less likely to be active. This study investigates what influences 50- to 75-year-olds (N = 439) to initiate and maintain walking...
Read MoreEpidemic Rates of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders Require an Urgent Response.
A new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) documents the high prevalence of mental health disorders among America’s children even before the pandemic.1...
Read MoreVeteran drug overdose mortality, 2010-2019.
Prior work documents that Veteran drug overdose mortality increased from 2010 to 2016. The present study assessed trends from 2010 to 2019, by drug type and recent receipt of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) services, and...
Read MorePoint-of-care anti-CD19 CAR T-cells for treatment of relapsed and refractory aggressive B cell lymphoma.
Anti CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has transformed the care of relapsed & refractory aggressive B cell Lymphoma. However, financial toxicity and manufacturing time represent barriers to its widespread...
Read MoreEpidemiological impact of lung cancer screening by low dose CT scan in the French Department of the SOMME.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. In recent years, screening using low-dose CT scan has shown a reduction in lung cancer-related mortality and in all-cause mortality. The DEP KP80 study was implemented...
Read MoreEvaluation of COVID-19 impact on DELAYing diagnostic-therapeutic pathways of lung cancer patients in Italy (COVID-DELAY study): fewer cases and higher stages from a real-world scenario.
COVID-19 has disrupted the global health care system since March 2020. Lung cancer (LC) patients (pts) represent a vulnerable population highly affected by the pandemic. This multicenter Italian study aimed to evaluate whether...
Read MoreEffect of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program on stress, anxiety, and childbirth fear in pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19.
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a live online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in preventing distress, anxiety and childbirth fear in pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19.Designed as a...
Read MoreCombination of tucatinib and neural stem cells secreting anti-HER2 antibody prolongs survival of mice with metastatic brain cancer.
Brain metastases are a leading cause of death in patients with breast cancer. The lack of clinical trials and the presence of the blood-brain barrier limit therapeutic options. Furthermore, overexpression of the human epidermal...
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