Reclaiming the Health Misinformation Spiral on Social Media
As medical students and future pediatricians, we recognize that childhood vaccines are one of the single greatest public health achievements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Yet, for one of us, a pregnant cousin announced over the Thanksgiving dinner table that she wasn’t going to vaccinate her unborn child. No matter the facts, research, or […]
Recurrent UTIs linked to gut microbiome, chronic inflammation: Antibiotics may increase risk of further UTIs by disrupting microbiome
One of the greatest frustrations regarding urinary tract infections (UTIs) is that they so often recur. UTIs are caused by bacteria in the urinary tract and characterized by frequent and painful urination. A round of antibiotics usually clears up the symptoms, but the relief is often temporary: A quarter of women go on to develop […]
Opinion | ‘Shocking Mismanagement’ in Our Organ Donation System Is Causing Needless Death
One of America’s greatest tragedies — the still-worsening opioid epidemic — is obscuring another: Abject failures in our national organ donation system. Even worse, opponents of major reforms in our organ donation system are exploiting this tragedy as they attempt to block long-overdue Congressional action. The magnitude of the opioid crisis shows no signs of […]
Survey Probes Barriers to Long-Acting Injectable PrEP for MSM
Fear of potential severe side effects may be the greatest barrier to long-acting injectable HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM), followed by out-of-pocket costs, a researcher said. When examining relative importance of perceived barriers to long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), perceived side effects was the most important, representing 52% of the […]