Structured CRC Screening May Help Cut Health Disparities by Race
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Equitable delivery of effective strategies across the screening continuum can increase screening rates and reduce colorectal cancer-related mortality among Black and White individuals, according to a letter to…
Learn MoreSodium-Containing Acetaminophen May Raise Risk for CVD
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with or without hypertension, initiation of sodium-containing acetaminophen is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Feb. 23 …
Learn MoreSystemic Anticancer Treatment Not Tied to Higher COVID-19 Mortality
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients actively receiving systemic anticancer treatment (SACT) who become infected with COVID-19 do not experience higher COVID-19 mortality, according to a study published online Feb. 21 in JAMA Netw…
Learn MoreAsymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Seems to Be Less Common
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Completely asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection seems to be less common than has been reported, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in Open Forum Infect…
Learn MoreChildren, Adults Can Transmit SARS-CoV-2 to Household Contacts
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children and adults within a household can transmit and are susceptible to infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), according to a study published online Feb. 23 in Pediatri…
Learn MoreVaccine 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 lower than expected among dialysis patients from the beginning of vaccine rollout; and antibody titers against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein decrease substantiall…
Learn MoreEnhanced External Counterpulsation Eases ‘Long COVID’
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with “long COVID,” enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) treatment is associated with improvement in symptoms, including fatigue and breathing difficulties, according to a study presented at t…
Learn MoreSpinal Cord Injury Tied to Higher Risk for Psychological Morbidity
MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Adults with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) have a higher incidence of and risk for common psychological morbidities, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in Spinal Cord.Mark D. Peterson, Ph.D., fr…
Learn MorePhysician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Feb. 21 to 25, 2022. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted sou…
Learn MoreCDC Loosens Mask Guidelines as Omicron Surge Subsides
FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that most Americans can now shed their face coverings in indoor public settings, because the agency has changed how it measures the threat o…
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