Latest - Public Health & Prevention

• Histopathologic Features of Breast Tissue From Transgender Men What are the effects of androgen therapy on breast tissue when evaluating mastectomy specimens from transgender men? This study assessed the histopathologic findings in these patients.
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, February 01, 2023
• Birth Weight, Childhood Obesity and Age at Menarche Link Is there an association between birthweight, obesity during childhood, and age at menarche development? A new study investigates the potential link.
  Clinical Endocrinology, February 01, 2023
• Children and COVID: Weekly Cases May Have Doubled in Early January Although new COVID-19 cases in children, as measured by the AAP and the CHA, remained steady in recent months, data from the CDC suggest that weekly cases took a big jump in early January.
  Medscape Medical News, January 31, 2023
• Change Makers: Dr Rice on Disparities and Moving From Talk to Action WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, MPH, speaks with Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, on cultural humility in healthcare disparities.
  Medscape, January 31, 2023
• It's 'Telehealth vs No Care': Patients Could Be Left Vulnerable Congress' $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package included a 2-year extension of pandemic-era funding that helped telehealth services grow nationwide during the pandemic. But will that become permanent?
  Kaiser Health News, January 31, 2023
• White House COVID Chief on Why Paxlovid Is Underused   Giving Paxlovid to an older adult with COVID is a clinical no-brainer. So why is there so much Paxlovid prescribing phobia?
  Medscape, January 31, 2023
• All Countries 'Dangerously Unprepared' for Future Pandemics, Says IFRC The world is 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies say in a report published on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, January 30, 2023
• WHO Maintains Highest Alert Over COVID, but Sees Hope Ahead The World Health Organization said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert.
  Reuters Health Information, January 30, 2023
• Similar Brain Atrophy in Obesity and Alzheimer's Disease Gray matter thinning in patients with obesity correlates with that in patients with Alzheimer's disease. It mainly affects the right temporo-parietal cortex and left prefrontal cortex.
  Medscape Medical News, January 31, 2023
• Under-Funded WHO Seeks 'Reinforced' Role in Global Health at Key Meeting The World Health Organization will push at its board meeting this week for an expanded role in tackling the next global health emergency after COVID-19, but is still seeking answers on how to fund it, according to health policy experts.
  Reuters Health Information, January 30, 2023
• GLP-1 Agonists Protected Kidneys in T2D With Advanced DKD Among adults with type 2 diabetes and an eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73m2, treatment with a GLP-1 agonist was associated with better renal preservation and survival compared with a DPP-4 inhibitor.
  First Look, January 31, 2023
• Episode 1: Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Mantle Cell Lymphoma   Drs Peter Martin and Brad Kahl discuss autologous stem cell transplantation for mantle cell lymphoma, the TRIANGLE trial results, and the transition toward use of Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
  Medscape, January 31, 2023
• Gluten-free Diet for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Might patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis benefit from a gluten-free/amylase trypsin inhibitor-free diet?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, January 31, 2023
• Blood Pressure Lowering and Prevention of Dementia The results of this study provides evidence to support benefits of antihypertensive treatment in late-mid and later life to lower the risk of dementia.
  European Heart Journal, January 31, 2023
• COVID-19 Booster in Immunocompromised and LTC Persons How effective are the second booster doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in these individuals?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 31, 2023
• Biden to End COVID Emergencies in May The two national emergency declarations dealing with the pandemic will end May 11. The announcements will mean the end of free vaccines and health services to fight the pandemic.
  WebMD Health News, January 30, 2023
• Infant Screen Time Spells Trouble in School   Are screens responsible for changes in babies' brains or just innocent bystanders when parents routinely use them to get a little free time?
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• Surgeon General Says 13-Year-Olds Shouldn't Be on Social Media "[T]he skewed and often distorted environment of social media often does a disservice to many of those children."
  WebMD Health News, January 30, 2023
• Older Physicians: Balancing Experience With Competence Age-related cognitive decline and even full-blown dementia may become an increasingly common feature with the aging of the world's medical population.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Flu, RSV on Decline, but COVID Deaths Persist Respiratory illness levels in the US have declined so much in recent weeks that they are approaching numbers usually seen during non-flu season.
  WebMD Health News, January 30, 2023