Risk for Guillain-Barré Syndrome Up After Ad.26.COV2.S Vaccination
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is increased after Ad.26.COV2.S vaccination, but incidence is not increased after mRNA vaccination, according to a study published online April 26 in JAMA Netwo…
Learn MoreMinimal Race, Sex Bias Identified in the ADOS-2 Autism Measure
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Differential item functioning (DIF) is minimal across race and sex in the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2), according to a study published online April 26 in JAMA Network Open….
Learn MoreFDA Approves First COVID-19 Treatment for Use in Children
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the antiviral Veklury (remdesivir) as the first COVID-19 treatment for young children. The drug had so far only been available to this age group unde…
Learn MoreWhite House Moves to Make COVID-19 Antiviral Pills More Widely Available
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Plans to nearly double the number of pharmacies and other locations that carry the antiviral pill Paxlovid for COVID-19 were announced Tuesday by the Biden administration.Demand for the drug has risen in rec…
Learn MoreSystemic Corticosteroids Tied to Vaso-Occlusive Episodes in Sickle Cell
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), systemic corticosteroid exposure is associated with an increased risk for hospitalization for vaso-occlusive episodes (VOEs), according to a study published onlin…
Learn MoreContinued Monitoring Needed for Anti-VEGF Therapy in Macular Edema
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Continued monitoring and treatment with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy as needed maintains long-term visual benefit in patients with macular edema due to central retinal or hemiretinal vein …
Learn MoreCalcium Supplements, Mortality Tied in Seniors With Aortic Stenosis
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For older adults with aortic stenosis (AS), calcium supplementation, with or without vitamin D, is associated with increased mortality and aortic valve replacement (AVR), according to a study published onlin…
Learn MoreSubjective Cognitive Impairment Linked to MACE in T2DM
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with type 2 diabetes, subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) is associated with cardiovascular events, according to a study published online April 21 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &…
Learn MoreBrain Anomalies ID’d on qMRI in Adolescents Born Extremely Preterm
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adolescents who are born extremely preterm (EP) and have atypical development have differences in brain development that can be detected on multiparametric quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI), acc…
Learn MoreAdolescent Handgun Carriage Increasing in the United States
TUESDAY, April 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adolescent handgun carriage is increasing, especially among rural, White, and higher-income adolescents, according to a study published online April 26 in Pediatrics.Naoka Carey, J.D., and Rebekah Levine Col…
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