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• Severity of Flu Season Was High for Children, Teens in 2022 to 2023

  13-10-2023 17:56 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- For children and adolescents, the 2022 to 2023 influenza season had high severity, according to research published in the Oct. 13 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly...
  
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• Neighborhood Walkability Level Linked to Risk for Obesity-Related Cancer

  13-10-2023 17:48 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Residence in neighborhoods with a higher neighborhood walkability level is associated with a reduced risk for overall and site-specific obesity-related cancers, according to a study published in the October issue of...
  
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• Minor Neuropsychological Deficits Indicate Risk for Progression to Alzheimer Disease

  13-10-2023 17:44 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- For patients with subjective cognitive decline (SCD), minor neuropsychological deficits (MNPD) are associated with Alzheimer disease-related clinical progression, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in...
  
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• Infertility Risk Perception Increased in Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer

  13-10-2023 17:40 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer have higher rates of perceiving increased infertility risk but frequently overestimate or underestimate their risk, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in JAMA Network...
  
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• Autism Tied to Widespread Physical Health Comorbidity

  13-10-2023 17:27 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- People with autism have widespread, physical health comorbidity that spans nearly all major organ systems versus adults without autism, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in Molecular Autism.
  John H. Ward,...
  
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• Internalizing Symptoms in Early Teens Tied to Later Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

  13-10-2023 17:23 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Internalizing symptoms among Latinx youth during early adolescence relate to health behaviors and outcomes underlying cardiometabolic risk during middle and late adolescence, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in...
  
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• EHR Reminders, Outreach Improve Follow-Up for Abnormal Cancer Screening

  13-10-2023 17:19 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- A multilevel primary care intervention including electronic health record (EHR) reminders and patient outreach improves timely follow-up of overdue cancer screening test results, according to a study published in the Oct. 10...
  
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• Four SNPs Linked to Chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1

  13-10-2023 17:17 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in four genes are associated with chronic complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1), according to a study published online Oct. 10 in the Journal of Medical Genetics.
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• IDSA: Wastewater Surveillance Allows Monitoring of Viral Infections

  13-10-2023 17:14 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Wastewater (WW) surveillance allows monitoring of endemic respiratory viral infections, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDWeek), held from Oct. 11 to 15 in...
  
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• Hospitals Struggling to Reach Time-Related Treatment Goals for STEMI

  13-10-2023 17:08 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 -- Challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are creating longer door-to-balloon (D2B) times for heart attack patients, according to a study presented at the annual American College of Cardiology Quality Summit 2023, held...
  
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• Pfizer announces FDA approval for Braftovi/Mektovi combination in lung cancer

  13-10-2023 13:40
  
  Non-small cell lung cancer accounts for up to 85% of all lung cancers cases
  
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• Almirall and EpimAb Biotherapeutics enter $210m bispecific antibody partnership

  13-10-2023 13:40
  
  The agreement gives Almirall access to EpimAb’s FIT-Ig drug discovery platform
  
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• GSK survey results highlight meningitis knowledge gaps among parents

  13-10-2023 13:38
  
  More than 90% of parents did not know all three common symptoms of the infection
  
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• 21.2 Percent of U.S. Adults Had Diagnosed Arthritis From 2019 to 2021

  13-10-2023 00:45 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 -- An estimated 21.2 percent of U.S. adults had diagnosed arthritis from 2019 to 2021, with most cases among adults aged 45 years and older, according to research published in the Oct. 13 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease...
  
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• Incidence of Lung Cancer Higher in Women Versus Men Aged 35 to 54 Years

  13-10-2023 00:40 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 -- The incidence of lung cancer is higher in women than men aged 35 to 54 years, according to a research letter published online Oct. 12 in JAMA Oncology.
  Ahmedin Jemal, D.V.M., Ph.D., from the American Cancer Society in...
  
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• ED Visit Rate for Assault 4.5 Visits Per 1,000 People Per Year

  13-10-2023 00:36 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 -- The emergency department visit rate for assault was 4.5 visits per 1,000 people per year during 2019 to 2021, according to an October data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National...
  
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• Lavage + Steroid No Benefit in Calcific Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

  13-10-2023 00:33 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 -- For patients with calcific rotator cuff tendinopathy of the shoulder, there is no benefit for ultrasound-guided lavage with a corticosteroid injection or for sham lavage with a corticosteroid injection versus sham...
  
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• CKD Strongest Risk Factor for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Hispanics/Latinos

  13-10-2023 00:30 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 -- For Hispanic or Latino adults, chronic kidney disease is the strongest risk factor for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), according to a study published online Oct. 11 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
  Kyndaron...
  
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