Physician’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 Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, 2022. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal studies and other trusted…
Learn MoreCOVID-19 mRNA Vaccination Does Not Impair IVF Outcomes
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), COVID-19 mRNA vaccine administration is not associated with adverse effects on fertilization rates or early pregnancy outcomes, according to a study published …
Learn MoreDeaths Prevented With Increasing Physical Activity Quantified
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 111,000 deaths per year could be prevented by adding 10 minutes per day of physical activity for middle-aged and older adults, according to a research letter published online Jan. 24 in JAMA Internal …
Learn MoreCDC Turns to Wastewater Data to Track Spread of COVID-19
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Federal health officials announced Friday that they are expanding nationwide efforts to track COVID-19 by monitoring virus levels found in raw sewage.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects …
Learn MoreRed Cross Says Blood Shortage Is Worst in a Decade
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The American Red Cross is pleading for donors as it grapples with its worst blood shortage in more than a decade.The organization supplies 40 percent of the nation’s blood supply, but has had to limit blood pro…
Learn MoreMedicare to Provide Free COVID-19 Rapid Tests
FRIDAY, Jan. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Medicare will soon provide up to eight free COVID-19 rapid tests a month to seniors enrolled in the government health insurance program, the Biden administration announced Thursday.The new policy for the over-t…
Learn MoreBleeding Events Up With Full-Dose Thromboprophylaxis in COVID-19
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For hospitalized COVID-19 patients, bleeding events are more common after receiving full-dose anticoagulation, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in Hospital Pharmacy.Maya R. Chilbert, Pharm.D., from…
Learn MoreExperts Propose Solutions to the Opioid Crisis in North America
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fundamental reform of regulatory systems is needed to address the opioid crisis in North America and beyond, according to recommendations from a Commission report published online Feb. 2 in The Lancet.Keith Hum…
Learn MoreASA: Less Bleeding Seen With Tenecteplase for Ischemic Stroke
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with ischemic stroke, use of tenecteplase (TNK) for thrombolysis is associated with a lower rate of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) than alteplase (ALT), according to a study presented a…
Learn MoreType 1 Diabetes Diagnoses in Children Increased During Pandemic
FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There has been a significant increase in the number of type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnoses in children during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in JAMA Pediatrics.Bethany L. Gotte…
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