Target Evangelicals to Boost COVID Vaccine Confidence, Says Advocate
Increasing resources and national efforts to target white evangelicals, the most COVID-19 vaccine-hesitant group in the country, could help end the pandemic sooner, a vaccine advocate said during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Tuesday. Witnesses and lawmakers also weighed the risks and benefits of vaccinating children against […]
Study Examines Off-Target Mortality in Cancer Screening
Cancer screening reduced targeted cancer mortality without significantly increasing deaths from other causes. Meta-analysis of 17 studies found a 0.2% increase in off-target mortality rates in screened patients. Results suggest a need to analyze on-target cancer mortality and off-target mortality separately in trials of cancer screening. Screening for cancer reduced targeted cancer mortality without a […]
The Long Overdue Rise of Gender-Affirming Care
There has been much written recently about the increasing demand for gender-affirming services; specifically, surgical procedures. However, transgender and gender diverse people have always existed. So to then have the need for gender-affirming care. For a long time, this need refused to be seen or acknowledged. Medicine as a field and society as a whole […]
For Kids With Sickle Cell Disease Prescribed Opioids, No Patterns of Misuse Emerged
No patterns of long-term or increasing use of opioids were identified within 3 years among opioid-naive children with sickle cell disease (SCD) who were prescribed the drugs for an acute pain episode, according to a retrospective cohort study. In the cohort of 725 children, mean days’ supply of opioids over 3 years was 30, despite […]
Increasing Wyoming HIV Cases Highlight Need for Prevention – Wyoming Department of Health
Increasing Wyoming HIV Cases Highlight Need for Prevention February 5, 2024 With newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases increasing in Wyoming, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is pressing testing and other prevention strategies. Reginald McClinton, Communicable Disease Unit (CDU) Surveillance Program manager, said 22 cases were reported in 2023, an increase from 13 […]
AMA Urged to Do More to Safeguard Adolescent Gender-Affirming Care
CHICAGO — How should the American Medical Association (AMA) respond to the rapidly increasing number of state prohibitions on gender-affirming care for adolescents? Delegates considered the topic during committee discussions at the AMA House of Delegates meeting Saturday. The AMA already has a policy in place for gender-affirming care, and a new draft resolution moves […]
Persistent Lymphadenopathy and Neck Abscesses in a Healthy Boy
What was causing this previously healthy 12-year-old boy to have nasal obstruction, increasing hoarseness and difficulty speaking, tender and swollen lymph nodes on his neck and recurring deep neck abscesses? That’s the question Samantha M. Moore, BS, of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and colleagues tackled in a case reported in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head […]
Current Reports Increasing for Stomach-Related Illnesses – Wyoming Department of Health
Current Reports Increasing for Stomach-Related Illnesses May 20, 2022 The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) said reports of stomach-related illnesses known overall as viral gastroenteritis have been recently increasing in Wyoming. Recent upticks have been reported from the northern part of the state, including Sheridan and Park counties, as well as in southern Wyoming’s Laramie […]
What benefits nutrition in Africa the most? More variety in the fields is not necessarily the best strategy, a recent study shows
Malnutrition in developing countries is best addressed not by increasing the variety of crops grown on smallholder farms, but by improving access to markets. This is the conclusion of a recent study by the MwAPATA Institute in Malawi and the University of Bonn in Germany. More variety in animal production, however, does show positive effects. […]
Living near fast food restaurants in South Asia may increase risk of Type 2 diabetes
Globally, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing. A study publishing April 26 in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Marisa Miraldo at Imperial College Business School, London, United Kingdom, and colleagues suggests that living near fast food restaurants increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Food environments have an […]