COVID-19 vaccination and infection-acquired immunity provide protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection
1. Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were associated with short-term protection against...
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Discharge from pediatric intensive care unit after respiratory failure may be associated with long-term impact on neurocognition
1. Patients who were discharged from a pediatric intensive care unit for respiratory failure were...
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Immediate postpartum intrauterine device insertion associated with increased risk of device expulsion: the APEX-IUD study
1. Among postpartum breastfeeding women with known intrauterine device insertion, 5-year...
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COVID-19 increased mortality disaster in Switzerland, Sweden, and Spain
1. COVID-19 caused the second-largest infection-related mortality disaster in Switzerland, Sweden,...
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Maternal BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) COVID-19 vaccination is not associated with adverse neonatal or early infant outcomes
1. In a large cohort study, infants whose mothers received the BNT162b2 vaccine during pregnancy...
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Casirivimab and imdevimab reduced mortality in seronegative patients with COVID-19
1. All-cause mortality at 28 days was significantly higher in the usual care group compared to the...
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Traumatic brain injury associated with increased all-cause mortality risk for military veterans
1. This retrospective cohort study found that, in comparison to the total US population, post-9/11...
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Hyperimmune immunoglobulin does not improve outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
1. Hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin (hIVIG) did not increase odds of better outcomes in...
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Mobile stroke units associated with better outcomes for acute ischemic stroke management
1. Compared with usual care, mobile stroke unit deployment was associated with a significant...
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Pain may be greater driver for suicidal behavior in youths and young adults than prescription opioids
1. Initiating a prescription opioid is associated with a more than doubled risk of suicidal...
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Oral HIV preexposure prophylaxis limits willingness to pay for long-acting injectable prophylaxis
1. Compared with generic oral emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (F/TDF), long-acting...
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Oral HIV preexposure prophylaxis limits willingness to pay for long-acting injectable prophylaxis
1. Compared with generic oral emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (F/TDF), long-acting...
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Our Patients Are Using More Supplements: Here’s How We Can Guide Them
Among the less-noted consequences of COVID-19, many Americans have become more health-conscious...
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A Quality Improvement Initiative for Improving Care for Childhood Obesity
A quality improvement initiative helped pediatric practice sustain improvement in adherence to...
Read MoreQuality of Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis on Intervention Effects
Medical research conducted over the years has proven that well-conducted systematic reviews with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials provide a good source of evidence of intervention effects. This study aims to examine...
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COVID-19: A Tsunami Is Building
Disclaimer: The thoughts and ideas in this post are Dr. Tuchler’s alone and do not represent...
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#PWChat: The Status of Mental Healthcare in The US
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the status of mental healthcare in...
Read MoreHome Insulation and Hospital Admission Rates
Excess winter mortality and morbidity are common in countries with mild climates. Whether home insulation can alleviate the incidence of mortality and morbidity is not clear. This study aims to investigate whether home...
Read MoreCannabis Dispensary Counts and Opioid-Related Mortality Rates
Opioid misuse and drug overdose deaths pose a major public health crisis in the United States. Studies suggest that altering drug supplies could help alleviate the crisis. This study aims to evaluate the county-level...
Read MoreFTO Genotype and Weight Loss
Recent studies have identified the FTO genotype as accounting for about 2.7% of the variation in body mass index (BMI). This study aims to investigate the effect of FTO genotype on weight loss after physical activity,...
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