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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Healthcare workers in a recent Medscape poll largely favored getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for themselves, but numbers varied by their healthcare role. Respondents in health business/administration topped the list among those likely to get the booster, at 85%. Physicians

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed cancer care by unleashing T-cells to fight tumors, but they can cause serious cardiotoxicities including myocarditis. ICI-induced myocarditis represents a new clinical syndrome because of the novelty and considerable usage of ICIs. While it has been hard to fully define the clinical features of ICI-myocarditis, new research provides a

Coma patients in ICU, e.g. after cardiac arrest, have been targeted in research projects for many years. One of the key questions is how to predict the outcome after coma. Current approaches are often based on qualitative assessment of electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns. They are relatively slow, time consuming and depend on advanced clinical expertise. Furthermore,

Feeling tired and struggling to focus on simple tasks is something many people are experiencing, as this viral Twitter post points out. It’s safe to say during the last 18 months, our productivity has taken a hit at some point or another. Whether it’s diving headfirst into work, running errands or completing simple everyday tasks,

Michael Mosley explains timed restricted eating We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Dr Mosley spoke about new research detailing the health

It’s well known that 9 of 10 Americans who believe they are allergic to penicillin are not allergic. It’s also known that broad spectrum antibiotics are not as effective as penicillin and their use can increase antibiotic resistance. A new study being presented at this year’s American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual

DAKAR (Reuters) – West and Central Africa could see a rise in HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in a few years due to disruptions in health services because of the coronavirus pandemic, the executive director of the U.N. AIDS agency said. Although human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection rates, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related deaths have

Low impact workouts are a great way to improve your fitness while avoiding injury. While we all know that exercise is good for us, many forms of it can cause injuries, such as running. Here are five low impact workouts you can use as alternatives to boost your fitness while hopefully avoiding injury. There is

Fox News Flash top headlines for November 4 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Genetic evidence suggests a casual relationship between levels of vitamin D and mortality in people with low vitamin D levels, according to researchers. In a study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The first analysis of its impact in England found the rollout of jabs to girls

A computer model developed by Cleveland Clinic oncologist Timothy Chan, MD, Ph.D., and colleagues accurately predicts whether immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) will be effective in patients diagnosed with a wide variety of cancers. The forecasting tool, developed using machine learning, assesses multiple biological and clinical variables in an individual patient’s condition to predict the degree

Results of a gold-standard study published November 2 in JAMA hold promise for reducing the length of antibiotic courses for pediatric patients with pneumonia. Dr Julia Bielicki Julia Bielicki, PhD, of St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom, the lead researcher of the CAP-IT trial, told Medscape Medical News, “The most important thing is

(Reuters) – Deaths and infections related to COVID-19 have declined across the Americas for the eighth consecutive week, the Pan American Health Organization said, adding that a very high percentage of hospitalized cases now were unvaccinated people.FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks are seen at the Kazansky railway station amid the outbreak of the coronavirus

A new study has found that people who have taken a classic psychedelic even once have a lower incidence of heart disease and diabetes. It remains uncertain whether there is simply a correlation or a causal connection. It is also unclear, the study authors note, whether people with access to psychedelics tend to demonstrate lifestyle

Hugs with friends. Birthday parties indoors. Pillow fights. School children who got their first COVID-19 shots Wednesday said these are the pleasures they look forward to as the U.S. enters a major new phase in fighting the pandemic. Health officials hailed shots for kids aged 5 to 11 as a major breakthrough after more than

polio, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The others are the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Suriname, and Venezuela. Another two countries, Haiti and Bolivia, are at very high risk, PAHO member Luiza Helena Falleiros, MD, PHD, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at the Metropolitan University of Santos in Brazil, said during the October 19

Lorraine: Dr Amir says spine could shrink if deficient in vitamin D We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Getting enough vitamin

Insomnia may be a potential risk factor for a brain bleed from a ruptured aneurysm along with more well known risk factors of smoking and high blood pressure, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. More than 3% of

A technique that measures the metabolic activity of bacteria with an electric probe can identify antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes, a dramatic improvement from the one to two days required by current techniques. This discovery means that doctors could quickly know which antibiotics will or won’t work for a patient’s life-threatening infection, a

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported in Wuhan, China, in 2019. It is the causal agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In addition to SARS-CoV-2, six other coronaviruses are known, among which four are seasonal human coronaviruses and cause mild self-limiting upper respiratory tract infections. Study: Humoral response to