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• Injuries From Fireworks on the Rise in the United States

  01-07-2022 23:08 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Fourth of July celebrations often include festive picnics and dazzling fireworks, but these holiday pyrotechnics are causing a growing number of injuries and deaths.
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• CDC Says Mystery Listeria Outbreak Has Killed One, Hospitalized 22

  01-07-2022 23:06 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- At least 23 people in 10 states have been sickened and one of them has died in a Listeria outbreak which may have originated in Florida, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
  Although the cause of the outbreak remains a...
  
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• New York City First to Offer Paxlovid at COVID-19 Testing Sites

  01-07-2022 23:04 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- New York City's Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that the city has launched the first-of-their-kind mobile COVID-19 testing units that will also dispense the antiviral drug Paxlovid to those who test positive for the...
  
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• Tests Find Salmonella in Third of Store-Bought Ground Chicken

  01-07-2022 23:03 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Nearly one-third of ground chicken may contain dangerous Salmonella, a new Consumer Reports investigation shows. Based on its findings, the group called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to redouble its efforts to...
  
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• Many Very Ill After Eating Daily Harvest Lentil Crumbles

  01-07-2022 23:02 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Fallout is mounting for the food delivery service Daily Harvest, which has voluntarily recalled a frozen food product suspected of sickening hundreds of customers in at least 26 states.
  The company said it had received nearly...
  
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• Provider Availability Linked to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Children

  01-07-2022 17:19 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- The availability of vaccine providers increases COVID-19 vaccine coverage among children aged 5 to 11 years, according to research published in the July 1 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity...
  
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• Cognitive Impairment Predicts Outcomes for ICU Survivors

  01-07-2022 17:18 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- For intensive care unit survivors, cognitive impairment at hospital discharge is associated with the risk of new physical disability at six-month follow-up, according to a study published in the July issue of the American...
  
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• Vaccination Protects Overweight, Obese Against Severe COVID-19

  01-07-2022 17:17 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Vaccination protects against severe COVID-19 among people with overweight and obesity, with the magnitude of protection similar to that of healthy weight people, according to a study published online June 30 in The Lancet...
  
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• Lower Fecundability With Residence in Disadvantaged Neighborhood

  01-07-2022 17:16 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Residence in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with reduced fecundability, according to a study published online June 30 in JAMA Network Open.
  Mary D. Willis, Ph.D., from Oregon State University in...
  
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• Health-Sector Shift Work Linked to Increased Odds of Metabolic Syndrome

  01-07-2022 17:16 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- For employees of the health sector, shift work is associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online June 22 in Obesity Reviews.
  Piumika...
  
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• Twelve-Week Treatment Regimen Reduces Facial Redness

  01-07-2022 17:15 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- A 12-week topical treatment regimen for facial redness and sensitive skin calms inflamed skin and is well-tolerated, according to a study published online May 31 in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology.
  Ellen O. Turner, M.D.,...
  
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• Headaches in Teens During Pandemic Tied to Depression, Anxiety

  01-07-2022 17:15 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Among adolescents, new-onset and worsened headaches during the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with significantly higher depression and general anxiety scores, according to a study presented at the annual Congress of the...
  
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• Patients With Migraine Have Balance Impairment

  01-07-2022 17:13 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Patients with migraine have balance impairment, which is associated with fear of falls, dizziness disability, and kinesiophobia, according to a study published online May 20 in Headache.
  Gabriela F. Carvalho, P.T., Ph.D.,...
  
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• Genetic Mutations May Help Predict Survival in Parkinson Disease

  01-07-2022 17:08 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) harboring the LRRK2 or PRKN mutations may have longer survival times than those without a gene mutation, according to a study presented at the annual Congress of the European Academy of...
  
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• Guidelines For Children and Postnatal Infectious Disease Testing

  01-07-2022 17:07 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Children aged <12 years who received postnatal infectious disease testing are exempt from repeat HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing prior to transplant surgery, according to research...
  
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• Children

  01-07-2022 17:07 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, July 1, 2022 -- Children aged <12 years who received postnatal infectious disease testing are exempt from repeat HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing prior to transplant surgery, according to research...
  
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• NICE issues final draft recommending Novartis’ Scemblix to treat chronic myeloid leukaemia

  01-07-2022 14:05 via pmlive.com
  
  The recommendation makes Scemblix the first treatment in its class to be authorised in Britain
  
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• Alzheimer's Research UK supports government plans for clinical research

  01-07-2022 14:03 via pmlive.com
  
  The charity has suggested creating a Dementia Medicines Taskforce in order to address diseases like Alzheimer's
  
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• GSK announces The HealthTree Foundation’s multiple myeloma programme as first ‘Think Tank’ challenge winner

  01-07-2022 14:02 via pmlive.com
  
  The Foundation will receive a £70,000 grant to improve access, education and support for underserved communities
  
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• NRG Therapeutics partners with Domainex to develop neurodegenerative disease treatment

  01-07-2022 14:01 via pmlive.com
  
  NRG received a £2.68m Innovative UK award to help fund research into treatments for Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease and other neurodegenerative diseases
  
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• United States Had Highest Motor Vehicle Crash Mortality Rate in 2019

  30-06-2022 23:06 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- The United States has higher population-based, distance-based, and vehicle-based motor vehicle crash death rates compared with other high-income countries, according to research published in the July 1 issue of the U.S....
  
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• Supreme Court Curbs EPA's Authority Over Power Plant Emissions

  30-06-2022 23:06 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- In a ruling that will curb efforts to fight climate change, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. The 6-3 decision comes as...
  
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• FDA Tells Vaccine Makers to Update Boosters to Target Omicron Subvariants

  30-06-2022 23:06 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it has asked vaccine makers to update their COVID-19 booster shots to target the omicron subvariants known as BA.4 and BA.5. The two highly contagious...
  
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• Fauci Has 'Rebound' COVID After Paxlovid Treatment

  30-06-2022 23:06 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- After being infected with COVID-19 earlier this month, Anthony Fauci, M.D., chief medical adviser to the president and director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, experienced a rebound after...
  
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• U.S. Orders 105 Million More Pfizer Shots for Fall Booster Campaign

  30-06-2022 18:51 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- Anticipating a surge in booster shots this fall, the U.S. government said Wednesday that it is buying an added 105 million more doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
  The $3.2 billion deal comes at a time when the government...
  
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• Doctors May Under-Prescribe Pain Meds During Night Shifts

  30-06-2022 17:23 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- Under-prescription of pain medications occurs during night shifts, according to a study published online June 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  Shoham Choshen-Hillel, Ph.D., from the Hebrew...
  
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• E-Noses Promising for Diagnosing Cancer from Exhaled Breath

  30-06-2022 17:21 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- Electronic noses (e-noses) appear to have a relatively high diagnostic accuracy in the detection of cancer from exhaled breath, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online June 29 in JAMA Network...
  
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• Two Doses of BNT162b2 Moderately Effective for 5- to 11-Year-Olds

  30-06-2022 17:20 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- For children aged 5 to 11 years, two doses of BNT162b2 provide moderate protection against documented severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and symptomatic COVID-19, according to a study...
  
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• Features of Migraine Identified on Functional MRI

  30-06-2022 17:20 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- The resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of the amygdala and hippocampus can differentiate patients with migraine from healthy controls (HCs) and patients with tension-type headache (TTH), according to a study...
  
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• NHS Privatization Tied to Increase in Treatable Mortality

  30-06-2022 17:16 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- Outsourcing spending for health care services to the private for-profit sector in the United Kingdom is associated with increased mortality from causes that should be treatable by medical intervention, according to a study...
  
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• Prevalence of CRC Screening Remains Low in Those Aged 50 to 54

  30-06-2022 17:14 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- From 2000 to 2018, there was an increase in the prevalence of colorectal cancer screening, but it remained low for adults aged 50 to 54 years, according to a study published online June 23 in Cancer Epidemiology,...
  
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• Study Explores Employment, Economic Consequences of mTBI

  30-06-2022 17:13 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has employment and economic consequences for patients, according to a study published online June 29 in JAMA Network Open.
  Étienne Gaudette, Ph.D., from the Dalla Lana School of Public...
  
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• Newly Detected Vascular Risk Factors Common in Stroke Patients

  30-06-2022 17:13 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- In a cohort of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), two-thirds of patients with no previously diagnosed risk factors had at least one newly detected major vascular risk factor, according to a study presented at the...
  
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• Endocrine Society, June 11-14

  30-06-2022 17:12 via drugs.com
  
  The annual meeting of the Endocrine Society was held from June 11 to 14 in Atlanta and attracted approximately 7,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in...
  
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• COVID-19 Linked to Increased Risk of Neurological Disorders

  30-06-2022 17:12 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 -- COVID-19 is associated with increased risk of specific neurological disorders, although apart from ischemic stroke, there is no excess risk compared to infection with influenza A/B and community-acquired pneumonia,...
  
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• Pfizer and BioNTech sign $3.2bn COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with US government

  30-06-2022 13:48 via pmlive.com
  
  The companies will supply 105 million doses, which may include adult Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccines, subject to FDA authorisation
  
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• EMA grants Bavarian Nordic access to PRIME scheme for RSV vaccine candidate

  30-06-2022 13:47 via pmlive.com
  
  It is estimated that infections caused by this respiratory virus lead to over 175,000 hospitalisations and 14,0000 deaths in older people in the US each year
  
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• NICE issues final appraisal recommending LEO Pharma’s Adtralza for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis

  30-06-2022 13:46 via pmlive.com
  
  The recommendation will give those living with the condition in England and Wales access to a new treatment option
  
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• Eli Lilly to supply US government with 150,000 additional doses of bebtelovimab

  30-06-2022 13:46 via pmlive.com
  
  The antibody drug treatment has thus far only been authorised for emergency use by the FDA to treat COVID-19 in specific emergency cases in non-hospital settings
  
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• R-Biopharm is IVDR certified

  30-06-2022 12:03 via realwire.com
  
  The quality management system of the biotechnology company complies with the European in-vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) Darmstadt, June 30, 2022 – Quality orientation is an integral part of the culture and processes at R-Biopharm AG. The biotechnology company from southern Hesse thus ensures that quality is integrated throughout the entire company and continually improved in order to deliver reliable products for the health of patients in the long term. The family owned company has reg
  
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• Monthly News Roundup - June 2022

  30-06-2022 02:06 via drugs.com
  
  Skyrizi Approved with On-Body Injector for Treatment of Crohn’s disease
  Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa) works to reduce inflammation by binding to excess interleukin-23 (IL-23), a cytokine involved in several immune-mediated conditions. In June,...
  
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• Overall Cardiovascular Health Score Less Than Optimal for U.S. Adults

  29-06-2022 23:07 via drugs.com
  
  WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 -- The average cardiovascular health (CVH) score is 64.7 (out of a possible 100) for adults based on the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 metric, according to a study published online June 29 in...
  
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• ACIP Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Aged ≥6 Months

  29-06-2022 23:07 via drugs.com
  
  WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 -- In the June 28 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, interim recommendations are presented for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for young children aged 6...
  
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• Pre-TBI Headache Affects Diagnosis of Posttraumatic Headache

  29-06-2022 23:06 via drugs.com
  
  WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 -- Individuals with headache before traumatic brain injury (TBI) are less likely to receive a diagnosis of posttraumatic headache (PTH), according to a study published online May 20 in Headache.
  Zachary Leibovit-Reiben, from...
  
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• U.S. Begins Targeted Vaccine Rollout Against Monkeypox

  29-06-2022 22:15 via drugs.com
  
  WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 -- The United States is deploying an enhanced nationwide vaccination strategy to counter the continuing spread of monkeypox, federal public health officials announced at a White House briefing on Tuesday.
  The U.S. Department...
  
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• Pool Neck Floats a Danger to Babies, FDA Warns

  29-06-2022 22:14 via drugs.com
  
  WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 -- Neck floats marketed for babies to use in water can lead to serious injury or death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned this week.
  The inflatable plastic rings are especially dangerous for infants who have...
  
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• Approach for Assessing Cardiovascular Health Enhanced

  29-06-2022 17:46 via drugs.com
  
  WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 -- An enhanced approach for assessing cardiovascular health, Life's Essential 8, has been developed, according to an American Heart Association (AHA) Presidential Advisory published online June 29 in Circulation.
  Donald M....
  
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• CDC: Infant Outcomes Vary by Maternal Place of Birth

  29-06-2022 17:43 via drugs.com
  
  WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 -- Maternal characteristics and infant outcomes vary by maternal place of birth, according to a report published in the June issue of Vital and Health Statistics, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
  
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• FDA Panel Supports Rollout of Tweaked Booster Shots From Moderna, Pfizer This Fall

  29-06-2022 17:41 via drugs.com
  
  WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended on Tuesday that updated COVID-19 booster shots be used this fall to protect against omicron and its highly contagious subvariants.
  Because the virus mutates...
  
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• Opioid Tapering Tied to Overdose, Withdrawal, Mental Health Risks for Up to Two Years

  29-06-2022 17:20 via drugs.com
  
  WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 -- Opioid tapering is associated with increased rates of overdose, withdrawal, and mental health crisis extending up to two years after taper initiation, according to a study published online June 13 in JAMA Network...
  
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