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• KRAS Mutation Predicts Pembrolizumab Response in NSCLC A new study, published as a preprint, reported a better way to predict if patients with metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer will respond to pembrolizumab.
  First Look, December 02, 2021
• RSNA 2021 Impaired Brain Connections Linked to Autism The microstructure of the brain's white matter in adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder differs from that of neurotypical people.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• RSNA 2021 Older Anticoagulants Linked to Brain Hemorrhage After Trauma Consider repeat head CT scans for trauma patients who are taking any anticoagulants or antiplatelet medications concurrently with aspirin, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• Immunocompromised Key to Identifying Omicron: IDSA Experts Experts address the status of whole genome sequencing in the US to detect variants of SARS-CoV-2 and how it remains essential for staying ahead of COVID-19 as much as possible.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• AHA 2021 SGLT2 Inhibitor Use Tied to Fewer Atrial Arrhythmias Patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices who were treated with an SGLT2 inhibitor had significantly fewer atrial arrhythmias vs those never receiving them, new observational data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• Calcium Does Not Benefit Patients in Cardiac Arrest Among adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, giving calcium did not improve return of spontaneous circulation, and there was a suggestion of worse outcome, in a new randomized controlled trial.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• COVID-19 Took Toll on AIDS Fight, UNAIDS Chief Says New infections and deaths from HIV/AIDS may increase as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted prevention measures, said UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima in an interview.
  Reuters Health Information, December 01, 2021
• RSNA 2021 COVID in Pregnancy Doesn't Harm Fetal Brain Structure Researchers analyzed brain markers on fetal MRI and found no signs that the mother's mild to moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection affected development.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• 'The Fire That's Here': US Is Still Battling Delta Variant 'Omicron is a spark that's on the horizon. Delta variant is the fire that's here today,' said Dr Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
  Associated Press, December 02, 2021
• Post-Exercise PVCs Tied to Higher CV Mortality Risk A new study suggests that post-exercise premature ventricular contractions might flag individuals at long-term risk for cardiovascular death.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• The Healthy and Sustainable Diet We Should All Be Eating How can we meet the dual concerns of ensuring that people around the world get the nutrients they need and that we build a more sustainable industrialized food system? Scientists are working on it.
  Quick Take, December 02, 2021
• COVID-19 Antibody Drug Likely Works Against Omicron The companies said Thursday that they tested the drug, called sotrovimab, against individual mutations found in the Omicron variant.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• New HIV and AIDS Strategy Calls Racism a Public Health Crisis In 2019, 36,801 Americans were diagnosed with HIV, even though effective treatment and prevention pills can eliminate HIV transmission.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• Guselkumab Deemed Effective for PsA Previously Treated With TNFi COSMOS trial results in patients with psoriatic arthritis fit with the expectation that "people who've previously failed a TNF inhibitor might be a little less likely to respond to guselkumab."
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• South Africa COVID-19 Cases Almost Double in 24 Hours Health officials have confirmed that the new Omicron variant has become the dominant coronavirus strain in South Africa and is driving a sharp increase in new infections.
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• Cancer Hospitals Fail to Reveal Prices: 'Not Always Shopable' The Community Oncology Alliance was among the groups that did their own research in support of a plan to boost the federal penalties for hospitals that fail to meet standards for revealing prices.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• Record-Breaking Autism Rates Reported With New CDC Criteria Childhood autism rates are at their highest level since the CDC began tracking the disorder in 2000 – a finding that likely reflects improved diagnosis and not an increase in incidence.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• LeBron James Enters NBA COVID-19 Protocols 'We still have to find ways to win,' Davis said. 'We can't let that affect us. Obviously, he's a huge part of our team. But we've played a huge amount of games without him. So we kind of know how that is already.'
  WebMD Health News, December 02, 2021
• 10 Changes to Keep Clinicians in the Workforce in a Pandemic Doctors make checklist of low-cost action items to start addressing a wave of providers leaving medicine.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2021
• Authors Retract, Resubmit Poor Analysis of COVID-19 Treatment It is the 198th retraction of a paper about COVID-19, according to Retraction Watch.
  Retraction Watch, December 02, 2021