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• Spacing Pfizer COVID Shots Boosts Antibody Levels in Long-Term Study A longer gap between doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter gap, a British study found on Friday, but antibody levels are not sustained for long after the first dose.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids Promising for Borderline Personality Disorder Marine omega-3 fatty acid supplementation is linked to improvement in key symptom domains of borderline personality disorder, such as impulsivity, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Gets EU Regulator Endorsement for Teens Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine could become the second shot okayed for adolescent use in the European Union after regulators on Friday recommended approving it for 12- to 17-year-olds.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• Sinopharm's COVID-19 Shot Offers Weaker Protection Among Elderly: Study Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine was less effective in offering protection against the disease among the elderly, according to the results of a Hungarian study.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• UK Should Be Concerned at Chinese Gene Data Harvesting, Lawmaker Says The harvesting of genetic data from millions of women by a Chinese company through prenatal tests is concerning and Britain should debate how privacy can be protected from 'surveillance autocracy', a senior British lawmaker told Reuters.
  Reuters Health Information, July 22, 2021
• AAIC 2021 Reducing Air-Pollution Linked to Lower Dementia Risk Reducing exposure to air pollution may slow brain aging and reduce the risk of dementia, according to new findings that have important implications for policymakers.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• ARBs Equal ACE Inhibitors for Hypertension, but Better Tolerated Although ACE inhibitors are more commonly prescribed, new findings from almost 3 million patients support starting with ARBs as first-time treatment for hypertension.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• More Children With High-Risk Brain Cancer Now Surviving A practice-changing study shows that molecular testing to distinguish medulloblastoma subtypes has significantly improved survival for children with a high-risk subtype.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• Most Orthopedic Joint Surgery Lacks Scientific Justification This doesn't mean the treatments aren't effective, only that there are few good studies comparing surgery to nonoperative care.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• HIV: Failed viral suppression in CAB/RPV linked to 3 Risk Factors High body mass index, rilpivirine resistance mutations, and a rare HIV subtype increased risk for virologic failure to over 25% among people taking long-acting CAB/RPV.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• In Sickness and in Health: Spouses Can Share Cardiac Event Risk A married person's CV history may predict future cardiac events in the spouse, possibly because the two tend to share lifestyle risk factors. But the effect wasn't seen for both men and women.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
• No Link Between Childhood Vaccinations and Allergies or Asthma Analyses of published data showed no connection between childhood allergies and vaccinations.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
• Vaccine Breakthrough Cases Rising With Delta: Here's What That Means Even though a small percentage of vaccinated people may still be infected with the coronavirus, experts say it's not unexpected and cases are generally mild.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
• The Robot Comes to Mastectomy, But Cancer Outcomes Data Not Attached A series of clinical trials of robotic mastectomy for the prevention and/or treatment of breast cancer have recently started in the US, but oncologic outcomes and randomized trial designs are not in the mix.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
• Healthcare System Fires Supervisors Who Weren't Vaccinated RWJBarnabas Health had mandated in May that its supervisory workers to get vaccinated by June 30. The company says 99.7% of staffers at the supervisor level and above were fully vaccinated by July 14.
  Associated Press, July 23, 2021
• UK to Launch Daily COVID Tests in Food Sector to Tackle 'Pingdemic' Daily contact testing will be rolled out to workplaces in Britain's food sector so staff who have been 'pinged' by the COVID-19 app can keep working if they test negative rather than isolating.
  Reuters Health Information, July 22, 2021
• 5-Year-Old Boy Dies of COVID-19 in Georgia It's rare for children to die of the coronavirus. The CDC says only 335 of the 600,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the United States were under 18.
  WebMD Health News, July 23, 2021
• Produce Prescription Programs: Keys to Better Health? The program is simple: A healthcare provider or insurance plan provides a ''prescription" for produce. Patients redeem it at a local farmer's market, grocery store, or a sponsoring community organization.
  WebMD Health News, July 23, 2021
• Mississippi Asks US Supreme Court to Overturn Abortion Rights Landmark The state of Mississippi on Thursday urged the US Supreme Court in a major case set to be argued in its next term to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling that recognized that women have a constitutional right to obtain an abortion.
  Reuters Health Information, July 22, 2021
• Systemic and Structural Racism Present in US Neonatal Intensive Care Units Quality of care across and within neonatal intensive-care units in the US varies by race and ethnicity, according to a new study that points to systemic and structural racism starting at birth.
  Reuters Health Information, July 22, 2021