Dental and Oral Health News

• How Long Do You Expect to Wear a Mask? With low flu activity during the pandemic winter, some speculate mask-wearing is here to stay.
  Medscape Reader Polls, April 14, 2021
• Don't Screen for Vit D in General Population, Says US Task Force There is insufficient evidence that screening for vitamin D deficiency among the asymptomatic general population is of any benefit, concludes an update of US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Alert FDA: Time to Move Away From Using Decontaminated Respirators Domestic supplies for new respirators have increased, so the decontaminated disposable versions should be used only when new ones aren't available.
  News Alerts, April 09, 2021
• Black Physicians to AMA: 'Get to Work' Black physicians demand that the American Medical Association take concrete steps to address racism across the organization and in healthcare.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2021
• Clinical Trials Mix Vaccine Types to Boost COVID Protection New investigations combining different vaccine platforms are underway to determine whether a stronger antibody response is possible with a vaccine cocktail to stay ahead of variants and global supply.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2021
• Periodontitis Tied to Higher Blood Pressure in Otherwise Healthy Individuals Periodontitis is associated with significantly higher blood pressure in otherwise healthy individuals, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 01, 2021
• Unvaccinated Care Teams Short on PPE and at Risk Again Nearly all residents in the nation's roughly 15,500 nursing homes have received COVID-19 vaccinations, but fewer than half the staff have, and equipment shortages risk further community spread.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2021
• Starting Monday, Patients Can Read Your Notes: 5 Key Things Monday, April 5 is the start of a law requiring healthcare groups to provide patients with immediate electronic access to their doctor's clinical notes.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2021
• Physician Side Gigs – What's Right for You? More and more physicians are developing side jobs to bring in extra income or to enjoy their passion projects. Would this be a good path for you to take?
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2021
• Doughnut Giveaway for COVID Vaccinations Raises Twitter Hackles Physicians wade into Twitter storm that erupted soon after Krispy Kreme said it would give doughnuts to those who had been vaccinated against COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2021
• Vaccine Mismatch: What to Do After Dose 1 When Plans Change Mixing COVID vaccines from different manufacturers raises questions about safety and efficacy that researchers are now delving into.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2021
• Call to Eradicate All Types of HPV Cancers, not Just Cervical Widespread gender-neutral vaccination against human papilloma virus (HPV) would eliminate HPV infections that cause many different cancer types, not just cervical cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2021
• 'Wicked Happy': Med Students Receive Year of Free Tuition Anonymous donors agreed to pay next year's tuition for 60 Texas medical students.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2021
• Less Sleep, More Burnout Linked to Higher COVID-19 Risk: Study A survey of nearly 3000 frontline healthcare workers examined associations between self-reported sleep duration, frequency, burnout, and likelihood of COVID-19 and severe COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, March 23, 2021
• Match Nightmares: Med Students Share Stories, Fight Stigma They're normalizing the fact that 'this is not a personal failure, it's a systemic failure,' one program director says.
  Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2021
• Antibiotics Aimed at COVID-19 Are Escalating Another Threat Broad-spectrum antibiotics have been overprescribed during the pandemic, and some stewardship programs paused, hindering resistance efforts.
  Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2021
• First Pill for COVID-19 Could Be Ready by Year's End New medications are in clinical trials and, if successful, will be ready to treat patients with COVID-19 by the end of the year.
  Medscape Medical News, March 12, 2021
• More Than 3000 Healthcare Workers Have Died of COVID-19 In April 2020, Medscape began commemorating healthcare workers who have died of COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, March 11, 2021
• No Flu Season Will Affect Next Year's Vaccine Prep Low influenza case numbers are 'strikingly different' this year and will change the trajectory of next year's flu season and vaccine planning.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• Vitamin Sales Skyrocket in the Pandemic, but Buyer Beware The supplement market, valued at $48 billion in 2019, is projected to grow to $58 billion this year, but misleading claims take advantage of people trying new methods to improve health in a crisis.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021