Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It is too soon to determine whether omicron’s rapid spread will turn a pandemic virus into an endemic disease, America’s top infectious disease expert says.That “would only be the case if we don’t get another…
Learn MoreACP Issues Two Guidelines for Acute Left-Sided Colonic Diverticulitis
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Two sets of guidelines have been developed: one for the diagnosis and management of acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis and a second for the role of colonoscopy for diagnostic evaluation and interventions…
Learn MoreGuideline Issued for External Beam RT in Primary Liver Cancers
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Society for Radiation Oncology and published in the January issue of Practical Radiation Oncology, recommendations are presented for the use of external…
Learn MoreUnnecessary RT Given Near End of Life in Metastatic Cancer
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among patients with bone and brain metastases who died within 90 days of radiotherapy receipt, 21.6 percent received guideline-nonconcordant therapy, according to a research letter published online Jan. 14 in…
Learn MoreEpstein-Barr Virus Suspected as Cause of Multiple Sclerosis
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) possibly may cause multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online Jan. 13 in Science.Kjetil Bjornevik, M.D., Ph.D., from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public He…
Learn MoreGlobal Burden of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Up From 1990 to 2019
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 1990 to 2019, the global burden of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) increased, with a higher incidence seen among men and older adults and in high social-demographic index (SDI) regions, according to a…
Learn MoreCOVID-19 Cases Surge Again in U.S. Nursing Homes
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Residents of nursing homes have been a particularly high-risk group throughout the pandemic, and the advent of the fast-spreading omicron variant has them facing another wave of infections and deaths, new dat…
Learn MoreCOVAX Program Has Now Sent 1 Billion Vaccines to Poorer Nations
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The latest shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda this weekend signaled a noteworthy achievement: The COVAX program, a United Nations-backed program providing poorer countries with vaccines, has …
Learn MorePreschool Intervention Can Achieve Sustained Lifestyle Changes
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Achieving sustained lifestyle changes by implementing a health promotion program in preschools requires multidisciplinary teams, multidimensional educational programs, and multilevel interventions, according …
Learn MoreFactors ID’d for Eventual Surgery in Patients With Appendicitis
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Presence of an appendicolith is associated with a nearly twofold increased risk for undergoing appendectomy within 30 days of initiating antibiotics for appendicitis, according to a study published online Jan…
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