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• More Than 300 Heart Inflammation Cases Reported After Vaccination, CDC Says Although still very rare, the CDC reports hundreds of cases of heart inflammation after COVID vaccination. That's out of more than 20 million teens and young adults who've been vaccinated.
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• ACOG 2021 Hormone Pellet Safety Data 'Not Very Reassuring at All' for Women Women who receive pellet hormonal therapy may be significantly more likely to have side effects compared with women who receive FDA-approved hormonal treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2021
• AP-NORC Poll: Many Americans Resuming Pre-Virus Activities Just 21% are very or extremely worried about a COVID-19 infection in their inner circle, and only 25% are highly concerned that the lifted restrictions will lead to additional community infections.
  Associated Press, June 18, 2021
• Cancer Patients at High Risk of Death From COVID-19 Identified Using real-world data, researchers identified characteristics of cancer patients at highest risk of mortality from COVID-19.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccine Safe and Effective in Cancer Patients on Active Treatment A new study confirms the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in adults with cancer receiving active treatment, a potentially vulnerable population.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021
• No Benefit to Routine Use of Platinum Agents After Neoadjuvant Chemo in TNBC In patients with triple-negative breast cancer and residual invasive disease, there is no benefit and more toxicity when platinum agents are given after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021
• COVID May Cause Long-Term Brain Loss, Study Says According to the study, UK researchers had access to brain image testing for about 40,000 people done before the start of the pandemic.
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• Expert: Variants Mean More in US Must Get Vaccine "Unless we vaccinate a significant percentage of the population before winter hits, you're going to see more spread and the creation of more variants, which will only make this task more difficult."
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• EAS 2021 Real-world PCSK9i Data in FH Reveal Conundrum of Reimbursement Real-world analysis shows evolocumab is as effective as in clinical trials of familial hypercholesterolemia, but high baseline LDL and lack of statins underline issues of reimbursement for PCSK9is.
  Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2021
• Pandemic Swells Medicaid Enrollment to 80 Million People More than 80 million Americans with low incomes were receiving health coverage through the federal-state program in January. The program now covers nearly 1 in 4 people nationwide.
  Kaiser Health News, June 18, 2021
• Delta Variant Drives Huge COVID Spike in UK The number of people infected with the coronavirus in England has increased rapidly, with most infections happening in children and young adults who have not received a vaccine.
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• ASMBS 2021 Insurers Delay Bariatric Surgery for 'Reprehensible' Reason Some US health insurers are restricting access to bariatric surgery to patients with a BMI < 40 based on the intensity of their antihypertensive treatment, which is 'extremely frustrating and dangerous.'
  Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2021
• Polymyositis-Dermatomyositis Tied to Arrhythmias in Young, Middle-Aged Adults Young and middle-aged adults with polymyositis-dermatomyositis are more likely to have arrhythmias than matched controls without these rare rheumatic conditions, a US study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021
• No Benefit to Postop Heparin Bridging in Patients Who Stop Warfarin for a Procedure There does not appear to be a benefit to postoperative heparin bridging in patients with atrial fibrillation or a mechanical heart valve who temporarily stop taking warfarin before a planned procedure, according to results of the PERIOP2 study.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021
• A Community-Based Mental Health Program Pivots During the Pandemic When COVID shuttered in-person activities, one nonprofit for severe mental illness quickly rebounded with a digital platform, including online courses and face-to-face check-ins.
  Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2021
• 'Ice' Flavored e-Cigarettes Tied to Nicotine Dependence Among Young Adults Young adults who use e-cigarettes with fruity 'cooling' flavors like blueberry-ice and melon-ice may be at higher risk of nicotine dependence than vapers who favor other flavor types, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021
• ASLMS 2021 Photobiomodulation: Evaluation in Various Specialties Underway The therapy is used to treat a wide variety disorders including acne vulgaris, psoriasis, burns, wound healing, and oral mucositis associated with cancer treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2021
• High-Priority Patients Often Don't Make It to the Kidney Transplant Wait List Kidney transplantation is often the best option for people with end-stage kidney disease, but many 'high priority' patients are not placed on the kidney transplant wait list, new research suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021
• OCT Corneal Epithelial Mapping May Help Doctors Better Diagnose Dry Eye Optical coherence tomography (OCT) corneal epithelial mapping can help doctors better screen for and stage dry-eye disease, new research suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021
• Drop in Havana COVID-19 Cases Boosts Hopes Cuban Vaccines Working Coronavirus infections have halved in Havana since authorities started administering Cuba's experimental vaccines en masse in the capital a month ago, official data shows.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021