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• COVID Vaccine Protection Highly Likely to Wane Over Time, UK Advisers Say The protection that vaccines give against coronavirus infection, and potentially severe disease, is highly likely to wane over time so vaccine campaigns will continue for years to come, say UK scientists.
  Reuters Health Information, July 30, 2021
• Book Review: An Ode to the Dank World of Sweat and Stink Journalist Sarah Everts delivers a chatty, informative romp through the unusual science and history of perspiration.
  Undark, August 02, 2021
• Study Highlights Effect of Acne in Adult Women on Quality of Life Feelings of depression, anxiety, depression, and low self-worth during acne breakouts were among the concerns expressed by study participants.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2021
• FDA's Fast-Track Approval Exposed as Lax, in Need of Reform An in-depth investigation shows many drugs given fast-track approval by the FDA linger for years on the market without the required confirmatory trials to confirm they are effective.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• 'A Few Mutations Away': The Threat of a Vaccine-Proof Variant How close is the world to seeing a SARS-CoV-2 variant that gets around protection from current COVID-19 vaccines?
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• Remote 24-Hr Monitoring Improves Life for Patients on Chemo Remote 24-hour monitoring of patients with cancer who were receiving chemotherapy helped improve management of side effects and quality of life.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• IAS 2021 Cryptococcal Meningitis: Single-Dose Regimen Noninferior Mortality from cryptococcal meningitis with a single-dose regimen of liposomal amphotericin B is similar to the longer, more toxic standard of care, but controversy continues over pricing and supply.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Moderate Drinking Protective After MI, Stroke in 'Flawed' Study Light to moderate alcohol intake might protect against repeat CVD events, although flaws in the analysis preclude any firm conclusions, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2021
• Should Deferrals Be Lifted for Gay Blood Donors? Researchers are trying to determine if assessing personal risk for gay men -- instead of ordering a blanket deferral -- would keep the blood supply just as safe.
  WebMD Health News, July 26, 2021
• Can a Supplement That Mimics the Keto Diet Reduce Seizures? A supplement that has a similar effect as the ketogenic diet is well-tolerated and appears to reduce seizures in resistant epilepsy, early research suggests. However, at least one expert has concerns.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Organs From Deceased Recipients of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine May Pose Problems Organs from deceased donors who had received AstraZeneca's vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 may possibly prompt vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia in recipients, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, July 22, 2021
• More Evidence Ties Hearing Loss to Increased Dementia Risk An impaired ability to hear speech in a noisy environment is linked to a significantly increased risk for subsequent dementia, a large population-based study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
• Sinopharm's COVID-19 Shot Induces Weaker Antibody Responses to Delta: Study Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine elicited weaker antibody responses against the Delta variant, based on the first published study of its effect against the more contagious version.
  Reuters Health Information, July 21, 2021
• Pfizer, AZ Vaccines Effective Against Delta After 2 Doses The differences in effectiveness against the Alpha vs Delta variants were modest when both doses of each vaccine were completed, but markedly different after only one dose.
  Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2021
• Vericiguat (Verquvo) Cleared for Heart Failure in Europe Following recent approvals in the US and Japan, the European Commission approved the novel agent for select heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction.
  Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2021