Nursing News

• AstraZeneca Vaccine Not Ready for Quick EMA Approval: Official The European Medicines Authority will most likely not be able to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by drug maker AstraZeneca in January.
  Reuters Health Information, December 29, 2020
• Which Imaging Criteria Identify Progressive Forms of MS? The role of imaging in diagnosing progressive multiple sclerosis and in assessing prognosis is the subject of a new review.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2020
• EU Is Asked to Approve Extra Dose From Pfizer Vaccine Vials The European Union was asked to allow an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer to be taken from each vial, a practice allowed elsewhere that would make scarce supplies go further.
  Reuters Health Information, December 29, 2020
• New Pediatric Cases Down as US Tops 2 Million Children With COVID The number of reported COVID cases in children dipped slightly from the previous week in the US, but has still exceeded 2 million just 6 weeks after recording its 1 millionth case.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2020
• COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Faces Delays The COVID-19 vaccine distribution process in the US is moving slower than anticipated, falling short of the goal to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the end of the year.
  WebMD Health News, December 30, 2020
• Neurologists Call for End to Neck Holds by Law Enforcement In a new commentary, neurologists say that science shows there is no safe use of carotid restraints such as chokeholds and strangleholds.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2020
• Transdiagnostic Approach to Mental Illness Effective in Teens A scalable transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy program delivered in nonspecialist care settings yields clinically meaningful reductions in emotional and behavioral problems in children.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2020
• 'Unexplained' Drug Load in Patients With Epilepsy There is a largely 'unexplained' anti-epileptic drug load in patients with epilepsy that is unrelated to disease severity or seizure frequency, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2020
• Little Improvement in Late-Onset Epilepsy Outcomes Over 30 Years More than three quarters of patients in one analysis became seizure free while on treatment, which most often was monotherapy. The time from seizure onset to treatment initiation appeared long, however.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2020
• Surgery Equals Drug Tx for Bleeding in Diabetic Retinopathy A comparison of vitrectomy and anti-VEGF injections to treat vitreous hemorrhage in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy shows the pros and cons of each, but effects are similar.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2020
• Asthma Inhaler Sensors Improve Pediatric Asthma Control Children whose long- and short-term inhaler use was monitored with sensors that sent data to parents and clinicians had better asthma control than those whose medication use was not monitored, a new study found.
  Reuters Health Information, December 24, 2020
• Vaginal Microbiota Can Affect HIV PrEP Drug Metabolism Vaginal microbes associated with bacterial vaginosis (BV) metabolize drugs used in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) at different rates, which could explain why PrEP is less effective in women than in men, new findings suggest.
  Reuters Health Information, December 25, 2020
• Against CDC Guidance, Some States Give COVID Vaccines to Seniors The states are going against CDC guidance to give the vaccine to healthcare workers and others first.
  WebMD Health News, December 29, 2020
• First Reported US Case of COVID-19 Variant Found in Colorado The variant was found in a man in his 20s who is in isolation southeast of Denver and has no travel history. Public health officials are investigating to determine the spread of the variant throughout the state.
  Associated Press, December 29, 2020
• Even for Wealthy, US Healthcare Can't Match Care in Other Nations When it comes to healthcare, even privileged White Americans fare worse than the average citizens of 12 other developed countries, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 28, 2020
• PSMA Imaging by PET/CT Cost Effective vs Conventional Imaging Prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT provides better accuracy than conventional imaging at a lower cost, researchers in Australia say.
  Reuters Health Information, December 28, 2020
• Treating Inpatient Hypertension Likely More Harmful: Study Hypertension among adults hospitalized for noncardiac reasons is common but treating it could lead to harm, new research suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 28, 2020
• More Evidence for Lower Risk With Certain Blood Groups A large study adds to evidence that people with type O or Rh−negative blood may be at slightly lower risk from the new coronavirus.
  Reuters Health Information, December 28, 2020
• EAS 2020 Lp(a) and LPA Gene Score 'Modest' Predictors of CVD Risk Measuring lipoprotein(a) or determining the LPA genetic risk score appears to offer only marginal benefit for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events, a data analysis suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2020
• Dermatologists: Regulate Direct-to-Consumer Skin-Lightening Products Direct-to-consumer cosmetic products that lighten or bleach the skin pose a major public-health concern and should be regulated, a group of dermatologists says.
  Reuters Health Information, December 28, 2020